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Lil Kalish

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LGBTQ Rights Reporter at HuffPost

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  • Trump Administration Peddles Junk Science, Conversion Therapy In Youth Trans Health Care Report

    1 week ago | huffpost.com | Lil Kalish

    The Trump administration’s top health agency released an extensive review of transgender health care on Thursday, falselydeclaring that available scientific evidence does not support providing gender-affirming care to trans youth.

  • Democrats Are Reviving A Decades-Long Effort That They Think Republicans Might Join

    2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Lil Kalish

    Several Congressional Democrats reintroduced the Equality Act on Tuesday, resurrecting a decades-long effort to enshrine anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ Americans in federal law. Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep.

  • Trump’s HIV Prevention Cuts May Hurt Trans People The Most

    2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Lil Kalish

    The Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services make the dream of ending the HIV epidemic more unattainable than it has been in years, and public health experts warn it also marks an escalation of the president’s attacks on trans people. The administration began its drastic overhaul of the HHS last month, which included department secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. axing key agencies and federal grants dedicated to HIV prevention, treatment and research.

  • Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating Funding For LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Hotlines

    3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lil Kalish

    The Trump administration has proposed eliminating funding for suicide prevention services tailored to LGBTQ+ youth, according to a preliminary budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. The draft budget, first obtained by The Washington Post last week, slashes about one-third of the agency’s total spending and eliminates funding for dozens of services for LGBTQ+ youth and adults.

  • This Supreme Court Decision Could Make It Harder For Millions To Access Preventive Health Care

    3 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Lil Kalish

    The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood, the first significant challenge to the Affordable Care Act under the current Trump administration and a case that could strip away insurance coverage for preventive services like cancer screenings, HIV prevention and diabetes medication for millions of Americans.

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