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‘Devastating’: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles To End Trans Healthcare for over 3000 Adults and Minors, According to Leaked Email

CHLA plans to cut much of its healthcare to trans patients, once again obeying the Trump administration in advance to put trans lives in danger, despite their threats having no legal power.
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Trans Inclusion in Healthcare and Sports Are Under Attack in California — Officials Blame Newsom and Trump
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 • 
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 and 
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 • 
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 and 
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‘Devastating’: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles To End Trans Healthcare for over 3000 Adults and Minors, According to Leaked Email
CHLA plans to cut much of its healthcare to trans patients, once again obeying the Trump administration in advance to put trans lives in danger, despite…
 • 
Mira Lazine
1
Trans Inclusion in Healthcare and Sports Are Under Attack in California — Officials Blame Newsom and Trump
Funding cuts to HIV healthcare threatening thousands of queer Californians and fascist attacks against trans athletes suggest Newsom's deference to the…
 • 
Mira Lazine
 and 
Mady Castigan
4
Don’t Panic–the Battle Over the Trans Medicaid Ban Is Far From Over. Here’s How To Fight Back.
While confusion and misinformation spreads on social media, advocates offer concrete strategies to stop the GOP’s genocidal attack on trans people’s…
 • 
Mira Lazine
 and 
Mady Castigan
6
Some Sexual Abuse Nonprofits Cut Resources For LGBTQ+ And Immigrant Survivors. DOGE Slashed Their Funding Anyway.
Some sexual violence nonprofits have bent over backwards obeying to the Trump administration to protect their funding. That strategy has hurt survivors…
 • 
Mady Castigan
1
Opinion | Republicans Want To Kill All Trans People—And Many Democrats Would Let Them. What Can History Teach Us About Resisting Queer…
“Never forget conservatives want to kill you and liberals want you to die quietly.”
 • 
David Forbes
3
"Absolute Terror”: Lawsuit Alleges Maryland Trans Prisoners Face Rape, Medical Detransition, Defied Court Orders, Retaliation, and Torture…
Gov. Moore's prisons defied a judge’s order to follow standards to keep a woman safe from rape, as AG Brown has mounted "vigorous" defense against her…
 • 
Mady Castigan
 and 
Tom Sayers
4
Proposed HHS Rule Would Ban Trans Healthcare From Essential Health Benefit Coverage In ACA Plans
Trump's most sweeping attack on trans healthcare so far could have devastating impacts on trans people of all ages on ACA plans, especially for those…
 • 
Mady Castigan
 and 
corinne green
3
Opinion | Governor Newsom’s Depraved MAGA Betrayal Mandates Mass Resistance From LGBTQ+ Californians
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Mady Castigan
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