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Rally to Resist outside the Des Moines Iowa State Capitol in support of LGBTQ rights 2023

Iowa bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for adults

The law prevents Medicaid from paying for hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for trans people, but not for cis people.

Protesters in support of LGBTQ+ rights and against book bans demonstrate outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on April 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Supreme Court will decide cases on LGBTQ+ book censorship and reproductive health care access soon

Rulings will come any day in Mahmoud v. Taylor and Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.

Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks at a web summit in Lisbon, 2017

Medicare, Medicaid agency demands info on gender-affirming care for trans youth

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services falsely claims such care is not evidence-based.

concerned patient with nurse at doctors appointment reviewing results

Why experts say Trump's budget bill strips health care from nearly all transgender people

The Republican-passed House bill goes beyond limiting access for Medicaid recipients.

House Speaker Mike Johnson smirking at a press conference

House budget cuts could devastate LGBTQ+ people's health care: What you need to know

It would have terrible consequences for transgender Americans, impoverished LGBTQ+ people, and those living with HIV.

Michele Brooks of Pennsylvania Jeff Leach of Texas

Pennsylvania, Texas lawmakers want insurers to cover detransition care

One bill requiring this is awaiting the governor's signature in Texas, while a Pennsylvania legislator is proposing a similar measure.

U.S. Rep. Mark Takano at last year's Democratic National Convention

Congressional Equality Caucus condemns Medicaid cuts, anti-trans provisions in budget bill

Republicans are advancing a "cruel reconciliation bill," Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano says.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mehmet Oz, and Casey Means

Trump’s three stooges of U.S. health care: a skeptic, a quack, and a huckster

Opinion: These three aren’t a joke. They’re a warning, and if they exert their power, the consequences of their actions could be fatal, writes John Casey.

Human Rights Campaign Stages Die-In in front of the Department of Health and Human Services to Protest Trump Health Care Cuts

Activists hold 'die-in' at HHS to protest Trump health care cuts: in photos

At the die-in, while a narrator slowly read through a list of devastating health outcomes that HHS funding cuts will have on the LGBTQ+ community.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson Donald Trump rally September 2023

S.C. attorney general tells state's capital city to drop its conversion therapy ban

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson told Columbia that its ban on the discredited practice of conversion therapy was unconstitutional, but critics questioned the timing and motivation of the letter.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey speaking on the 2025 governing agenda

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey ‘has a recipe’ for countering MAGA, trans hate, and billionaire bullies

The city’s mayor, who is up for reelection, says it’s important for leaders to "feel the pain" of those being affected by Trump’s agenda, including in the LGBTQ+ community.

Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 ,alongside the Heritage Foundation headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Project 2025 creator is happy beyond his wildest dreams, so your worst nightmares are coming true

Opinion: The manifesto is over 900 pages, so theoretically speaking, Trump has only executed the first chapter, writes John Casey.

Cowboy at Oklahoma Pride (L); Oklahoma Pride float with young people (M); Pulse Nightclub memorial mourners (R)

What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15

A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.

red head teen with freckles beside father checking into doctors office for appointment

What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?

Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.

Kansas Senator Roger Marshall misunderstands gender biological sex science transgender people experience discrimination

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall seeks to block Biden ban on anti-trans discrimination in health care

The GOP senator doesn't think a ban on sex discrimination in health care should include gender identity, and he's making some baseless assertions to argue his case.

South Carolina governor signs extreme gender-affirming care ban into law, effective immediately

South Carolina governor signs extreme gender-affirming care ban into law, effective immediately

Civil rights groups are denouncing the new law while offering resources to families affected. The law targets not only trans youth, but restricts all trans people from accessing public funds for care.