Civil rights leaders stress we must protect medical privacy of trans youth, after DOJ subpoena

National LGBTQ+ civil rights leaders are sounding the alarm after Trump’s Department of Justice criminally subpoenaed NYU Langone and several other hospitals for the names of transgender patients who were minors when they received gender-affirming care.

Transgender rights advocates across the country are urging medical institutions to not comply with the DOJ by refusing to release sensitive…

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After failing in Senate, Josh Hawley urges House to ban funding for trans youth healthcare

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley says Congress just hasn’t done enough to hurt trans youth’s access to healthcare. Missouri’s senior U.S. Senator wants a ban on any taxpayer funding for “trans-treatment,” even though his colleagues in the Senate have already rejected such a prohibition.

He sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson calling for the Republican House to amend a budget resolution with…

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Idaho Republicans are trying to strip localities of nondiscrimination ordinances that protect LGBTQ+ people

Idaho Republicans are advancing legislation that would void local nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ residents in more than a dozen cities. Advocates warn that it represents not merely a policy disagreement but a decisive turn toward rescinding existing civil rights protections.

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