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Wisconsin Health Insurance Gender-Reassignment Exclusion Struck Down

A federal judge ruled that a Wisconsin state rule excluding health insurance coverage for medically necessary gender reassignment surgery is considered sex discrimination under federal law, reported WiscNews. ...

White House Takes $260 Million from Cancer/AIDS Research to Keep Kids in Custody

According to multiple sources, the Trump Administration will soon re-allocate an estimated $260 million of public funds from medical research (including cancer research, and HIV/AIDS research) so that the Execu...

National LGBT Cancer Network Receives Grant of $2.5 Million

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) awarded the National LGBT Cancer Network with a five-year $2.5 million grant to expand resources for their grantees serving LGBTQ people at risk for tobacco-related cancers...

Trans Women Can Safely Take PrEP Medication, Study Shows

Results of a recent study presented at the international AIDS conference provide some good news to the community of transgender women: PrEP does not affect hormones and can be safely taken by transgender women ...

Medicaid Coverage for Trans and Nonconforming Georgians Enters New Struggle

Transgender and gender nonconforming (GNC) people have long struggled to overcome barriers for access to decent, compassionate medical care. Many members of the community consider treatments like Hormone Re...