Transgender Health Care | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:06:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png Transgender Health Care | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Heroes of the Resistance: Standing Up for LGBTQ Rights in Employment, the First Amendment, Health Care, Marriage Equality, and More. https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/ https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:47:30 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=934914 Much has happened this week in positive changemaking for the LGBTQ community at this time of challenge and uncertainty. Heroes in government, law, and in faith communities, are standing up to enormous pressure by the Trump administration and those emboldened by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Standing Up for LGBTQ Protections in Employment At the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/feed/ 0 GLAAD RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DISINFORMATION TARGETING LGBTQ AMERICANS DURING JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-responds-to-president-trumps-disinformation-targeting-lgbtq-americans-during-joint-address-to-congress/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:24:22 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=930359 (New York, NY  – March 5, 2025) GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress and the administration’s continued attempts at spreading false and harmful rhetoric about LGBTQ people.  Among the Falsehoods: Trump falsely claimed he “brought back free [...]

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]]> Thousands “Rise Up for Trans Youth” in New York City, Leading National Conversation on Denial of Healthcare Across Major Hospital Systems https://glaad.org/thousands-rise-up-for-trans-youth-in-new-york-city-leading-national-conversation-on-denial-of-healthcare-across-major-hospital-systems/ https://glaad.org/thousands-rise-up-for-trans-youth-in-new-york-city-leading-national-conversation-on-denial-of-healthcare-across-major-hospital-systems/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:36:40 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928460 This weekend, thousands of people rallied for transgender (or trans), nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and gender nonconforming youth faced with appointment cancellations, and lags in prescription refills by leading New York City caregivers like NYU Langone, Mt. Sinai and New York Presbyterian, according to parents and families impacted.  The cancellations and medication refill lags are in direct [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/thousands-rise-up-for-trans-youth-in-new-york-city-leading-national-conversation-on-denial-of-healthcare-across-major-hospital-systems/feed/ 0 Fact Sheet: Intentional Mischaracterizations of Transgender Health Care https://glaad.org/intentional-mischaracterizations-of-transgender-health-care/ https://glaad.org/intentional-mischaracterizations-of-transgender-health-care/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:22:46 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928424 Transition-related health care for transgender people, including youth, is supported by every major medical association and leading health authority. Efforts to ban and criminalize this care are not based in medical nor scientific expertise, and frequently employ intentional misinformation about what health care for trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people may encompass.  Advocates for Trans [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/intentional-mischaracterizations-of-transgender-health-care/feed/ 0 New Yorkers Are Rising Up Against Anti-Trans Attacks! https://glaad.org/new-yorkers-are-rising-up-against-anti-trans-attacks/ https://glaad.org/new-yorkers-are-rising-up-against-anti-trans-attacks/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:12:23 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928103 Last night, thousands of people showed up to protest NYU Langone Hospital to protest after the hospital canceled appointments trans youth had already booked. Why were they canceled? Trump’s anti-trans executive order attacking healthcare for trans youth. Yet New York’s Attorney General James told hospitals to continue providing healthcare to trans youth. And thousands of [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/new-yorkers-are-rising-up-against-anti-trans-attacks/feed/ 0 STATEMENT FROM GLAAD ON INACCURATE, INFLAMMATORY TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ON EDUCATION https://glaad.org/releases/statement-from-glaad-on-inaccurate-inflammatory-trump-executive-order-on-education/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:57:28 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=927632 Today GLAAD is responding to an executive order from President Trump attempting to restrict funding for schools that are LGBTQ-inclusive: “This is another inaccurate, inflammatory, highly unhinged executive order, designed to spread disinformation, chaos, and blatant lies. Schools should be safe for all students. Nothing in this order is normal. If implemented, this would harm [...]

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]]> STATEMENT FROM GLAAD ON INACCURATE AND DISCRIMINATORY TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TRANSGENDER HEALTH CARE https://glaad.org/releases/statement-from-glaad-on-inaccurate-and-discriminatory-trump-executive-order-on-transgender-health-care/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:29:34 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=927500 Donald Trump and his administration are irrationally and illegally trying to stop funding for lots of things that Americans rely on for their health and happiness, efforts that are being blocked left and right as blatantly unconstitutional. The rhetoric in his executive orders about transgender people is appallingly inaccurate, incoherent, and extreme. Health care for [...]

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]]> New Jersey LGBTQ Advocates from Garden State Equality Say They’ll Continue to Pushback with Facts https://glaad.org/new-jersey-lgbtq-advocates-from-garden-state-equality-say-theyll-continue-to-pushback-with-facts/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:30:28 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=927177 LGBTQ activists in New Jersey say they’re fortunate to live in New Jersey as the new administration kicks-off its term by attacking the transgender community and diversity initiatives. Advocates at Garden State Equality say New Jersey sets a standard for legal equality that can inspire states throughout the country. As part of its education and [...]

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]]> GLAAD STATEMENT ON PASSING OF CECILE RICHARDS https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-statement-on-passing-of-cecile-richards/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:26:49 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=926662 Today GLAAD is responding to the news of the passing of Cecile Richards, former President of Planned Parenthood.  Statement from Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD: “We are heartbroken and devastated to hear the news that Cecile Richards has passed. Cecile was a one-of-a-kind fearless leader in the fight for abortion rights. For [...]

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]]> LGBTQ Advocates Rally as Lawmakers Target Trans Georgians on Day One of Legislative Session https://glaad.org/lgbtq-advocates-rally-as-lawmakers-target-trans-georgians-on-day-one-of-legislative-session/ https://glaad.org/lgbtq-advocates-rally-as-lawmakers-target-trans-georgians-on-day-one-of-legislative-session/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:23:57 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=926266 Banning trans youth from participating in sports in Georgia may be a solution in search of a problem, but that did not stop conservative state lawmakers from making good on their promise to introduce anti-trans legislation on January 13, as the Georgia General Assembly began its legislative session at the State Capitol. Nor did it [...]

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