Senator Murray: Trump Abortion Bans are Killing Women in America
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), spoke on the Senate floor following introduction of her resolution which…
New Report Reveals Barriers for Trans and Nonbinary Youth in Public Systems
The report reveals lack of protective policies, new harms, and little effort at preventing system involvement or meeting the needs of trans and nonbinary youth. National experts alongside a group…
Fenway Health: Project 2025 Poses a ‘Grave Threat’ to LGBTQ+ People
The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining the dangers to equality and public health posed by the policies in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Presidential Transition…
Court Strikes Down Last Disqualification to Military Service for Those Living with HIV
A U.S. District Court has struck down the last categorical disqualification preventing people living with HIV from joining the U.S. Armed Services. “Defendants’ policies prohibiting the accession of asymptomatic HIV-positive individuals…
FDA Initiates New Studies on Toxic Metals Released in Tampons
“For too long, women’s health has been overlooked and understudied—ever since I came to Congress, making sure that women’s health was a federal priority has been important to me. These are…
Biden-Harris Announce $68M to Improve HIV Care for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has announced more than $68 million in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding to provide family-centered medical…
PFLAG National Partners with Gender Spectrum
Beginning May 20, parents and caregivers of transgender and gender-diverse children who previously found support through the nonprofit Gender Spectrum can once again connect in community through PFLAG National. This…
Sen. Patty Murray Advocates for Mental Health Resources in Tacoma
This week, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, met with local leaders and advocates in Tacoma to discuss local and federal partnerships around mental and behavioral health care.…
The ‘Us vs. Them’ Mentality Needs a Revamp – Here’s Why
As humans, we were conditioned to spot similarities and differences in others as a survival mechanism. How is that working for us?
FDA to Allow More Gay and Bisexual Men to Donate Blood
The FDA plans to issue the updated blood donation screening guidelines in coming months. Current FDA guidance bans men who have had sex with men in the last three months from donating blood and plasma.