Rachel Levine led fights against HIV & STIs at HHS. Now Trump’s undoing that progress, and she’s speaking out
The former assistant secretary for health is breaking her silence on the damage Trump's HHS is doing.
May 13, 2025
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Major Virginia medical center stops gender-affirming care for minors after Trump’s executive order
The treatment remains legal in Virginia, but at least one medical provider is complying with the anti-trans presidential directive.
February 1, 2025
Gender-affirming care ban leaves Trump with ‘blood on his hands,’ group says, joining others in outrage
“Only eight days into his second term, President Donald Trump has blood on his hands,” executive director of Advocates for Trans Equality Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen said earlier this week.
January 30, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues second doctor over gender-affirming care
The suit comes two weeks after Paxton, known for his anti-LGBTQ+ views, filed the first case in the nation.
October 31, 2024
Rachel Levine receives honorary degree from Rutgers
The trailblazing trans doctor and advocate recieved an honorary science doctorate from Rutgers.
May 7, 2024
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Vows to Veto Anti-Trans Legislation
Lawmakers are considering bills to ban gender-affirming care for youth and bar trans girls and women from female school sports teams.
October 7, 2023
America’s Pediatricians Reiterate Support for Gender-Affirming Care
The American Academy of Pediatrics said it continues to support the necessary and evidence-based care young transgender people need.
August 4, 2023
Anti-Trans Misinformation Spewed at Senate Hearing — But It Gets Countered
The hearing was on the realities of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S.
June 22, 2023
Puberty Blockers Will be Limited to Clinical Trials, Says U.K. Health Service
LGBTQ+ activists in the U.K. are criticizing this restriction on care for transgender youth.
June 11, 2023
Florida Subpoenas Medical Associations Over Trans Youth Care
It comes as the state's GOP-controlled legislature has passed a number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills this session.
April 25, 2023
Texas GOP Votes to Halt Gender-Affirming Care for Existing Patients
Because the cruelty of taking essential medical care away from people who rely on it seems to be the point of Republican politicians, who are not doctors, in 2023.
April 4, 2023