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…
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…
Seattle Pride Awards $2K to Support Swedish Medical Center’s Fourth Annual LGBTQI+ Health Symposium
The LGBTQIA+ community experiences more barriers to healthcare than non-LGBTQIA+ individuals. With 15 percent of LGBTQIA+ Americans reporting postponing or avoiding medical treatment due to discrimination, there is work to…
Report: LGBTQ people are disproportionately impacted by COVID
LGBTQ households—especially those headed by Black and Latinx LGBTQ people—experienced disproportionate, negative impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New study finds more severe eating disorders among LGBT individuals
A new study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders finds that eating disorder patients who identify as LGBT have more severe eating disorder symptoms, higher rates of trauma history, and longer delays between diagnosis and treatment than heterosexual, cisgender patients.