News for the LGBTQ+ Community Since 2010
News for the LGBTQ+ Community Since 2010
Sarah ToceA federal judge in Oregon has blocked a declaration by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that claimed gender affirming care for young people is unsafe and ineffective, granting preliminary…
Read moreSarah ToceThe 2024 National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People, conducted by The Trevor Project, reveals alarming trends in mental health, access to care, and the impact of societal and…
Read moreSarah ToceSince November 2024—and especially in the months since the beginning of President Trump’s second term—anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has increased, violence has escalated, and legislation, executive orders, and other targeted actions have…
Read moreSarah ToceAhead of the start of open enrollment nationwide on Saturday, November 1, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)—Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and former chair…
Read moreSarah ToceThe following is a news release and The Seattle Lesbian is sharing the data without commentary in its original form.
Read moreSarah ToceU.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and other colleagues in reintroducing their Global Health, Empowerment and Rights (HER) Act. The bipartisan…
Read moreSarah ToceOpill — the first and only daily birth control pill available without a prescription in the U.S. —launched an educational college campus tour and the next phase of its multiyear partnership…
Read moreSarah ToceTransgender young adults and families with transgender youth joined PFLAG National and GLMA in a federal legal challenge against an executive order from the Trump administration attempting to shut down…
Read moreSarah TocePresident Donald J. Trump issued a broad ban on health care for transgender youth Tuesday, including denying coverage to children of federal employees, postal employees, and military service members. The…
Read moreSarah ToceGenerations of the general population have likely been negatively impacted by lead in gasoline, a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry revealed. The study examined…
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