Gender-Affirming Surgeries Covered By MassHealth
The Office of Attorney General Maura Healey Reminds Health Care Practitioners They Shouldn’t Be Billing Out-Of-Pocket for Most Aspects of Gender-Affirming Surgeries BOSTON—The AG’s Office…
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Transgender Detransition: Due To Family Pressures, More
Study Shows Discrimination, Stigma, and Family Pressure Are The Culprit Of Transgender People’s Detransition BOSTON—A new study published in LGBT Health found that 13.1% of currently identified transgender…
Black And Pink MA Launches Bold Legislative Agenda
Bill State Sen. Julian Cyr and State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis Worked with Black and Pink Massachusetts to File a Fourth Bill to Repeal Archaic…
Welcoming Health Care Settings For LGBTQIA+ People
BOSTON—A paper published in Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved provides detailed guidance for creating culturally responsive health care environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
Mazzoni Center: PTWC ’21 Will Be Virtual
PHILADELPHIA—Mazzoni Center today announced that due to the ongoing pandemic, its 2021 conference will be delivered in a virtual format. For more than a decade the…
Trans Military Ban Reversed
As Promised, President Joe Biden Delivers For The LGBTQ+ Community; Reverses Trans Military Ban Today, President Biden issued an executive order lifting the ban on…
Transgender Emergency Fund Of MA At Work
The Gift of Love Is What The Transgender Emergency Fund Of MA Is Giving To Transgender People of Color and Overall, Especially During The Pandemic…
Trans Voting, Overcoming Barriers At The Polls
Trans Voting and the importance of voting for trans and nonbinary people By: Patrick DuBois/Trans Headlines & Louise Prollamante*/GLAAD A recent VoaNews report explained that…
College: Dangers In Returning To Campus This Fall
The threat of eternal return; college and what it means to go back By: Nicole Collins* / Trans Headlines The new phase in Mass American…
Vibrant Colors Within The Transgender Community (and Everywhere Else!!)
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist I am a white trans woman who enjoys living a comfortable middle class life. I know trans people who are…
Stonewall & The Black Lives Matter Rebellion
By: Keegan O’Brien*— The Stonewall Riots gave birth to the modern LGBTQ movement, as we know it. On its 51st anniversary, we are witnessing the…
Arizona: Trans Teens Sue Medicaid’s Surgical Exclusions
Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s Medicaid’s Categorical Exclusion of Surgery for Transgender People TUCSON—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the National Health Law…
Trans Man Sues Baltimore Hospitals For Discrimination
The facility claims religious exemption to deny the surgery to trans man BALTIMORE—A transgender man allegedly was denied gender affirmation surgery at the University of…
Journal Affirms New Practices For Trans, TGD Patients
The paper requests new psychiatric practices that affirm transgender and gender diverse patients without pathologizing diagnoses BOSTON—An editorial published in The British Journal of Psychiatry…
Suicide: Why Transgender People Attempt It?
Suicide is something that most, if not all, transgender people think about By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— I just was informed that a transgender friend…
LGBTQ Workers Protected, Says High Court
LGBTQ Workers, in an unexpected move from the mostly conservative Court (and a blow to the Trump Admin.) are now protected by federal law BOSTON—In…
Boston’s Transgender Resistance Vigil
Boston’s Transgender Resistance Will Hold Vigil/March This Saturday DORCHESTER, Mass.—As the world reflects on the 50th Anniversary of Pride, it is a somber moment for members…
Trans, NonBinary People: Accessing Health Care During The Pandemic
This Op-Ed highlights many of the struggles that trans and nonbinary and focuses on the message: “It’s Ok To Be Concerned: Call Your Doctor Anyway”…
Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference Postponed
The largest trans wellness conference in the nation, taking place in Philadelphia, postponed due to COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA—Today Mazzoni Center announced that after careful consideration and…
Introducing Ellen LaPointe, Fenway Health’s New CEO
If you haven’t yet made her acquaintance, get ready to see a lot of Ellen LaPointe. The longtime social justice activist, attorney, and nonprofit leader…
Fear & Ignorance Masquerading As Religious Freedom, Conservatism
The right’s religious freedom uses excuses to discriminate against trans and many other groups By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Extremist religion has been—and still is—a…
Miss Trans America Founder’s Husband Sentenced To Life
Miss Trans America’s killer gets life with possible parole in 25 years; Friends reacts to the sentencing By: Audrey Cole/Reporter— NORTH ADAMS, Mass.—Many members of…
Life in the Dollyverse: Dolly Parton & Her New Netflix Series
‘Ms. Dolly’s’ (the Beloved Dolly Parton) LGBTQ-inclusive Netflix series is rooted in the ‘golden rule,’ according to the well-known artist, actor, and performer By: Chris…