@kylegavulic.bsky.social
MD-PhD Candidate @ Yale School of Medicine & Yale School of Public Health, training in health policy, LGBTQ health, Vanderbilt University alum, French speaker. Views are my own. he/him
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Presidential Powers And LGBTQI+ Equity: Advances And Rollbacks | Health Affairs Forefront
We empirically present the progress that the Biden administration made by executive order for civil rights, health equity, and the social determinants of health for LGBTQI+ people. Then we examine the...
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Check out our piece & share widely! TL;DR Through the limited but significant powers of the presidency, the landscape for LGBTQI+ civil rights & social determinants of health can be fundamentally altered. W/ co-authors @CarsonFerrara @medlawdan.bsky.social @GilbertGonzales
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Neighborhoods with high levels of both historical and contemporary structural racism, such as redlining and modern segregation, experienced higher rates of opioid overdose deaths, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. ja.ma/4otrgG3
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Neighborhoods with high levels of both historical and contemporary structural racism, such as redlining and modern segregation, experienced higher rates of opioid overdose deaths, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. ja.ma/4otrgG3
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When is the point of no return for extending ACA tax credits?
They expire 12/31, so that’s a drop dead date.
Open enrollment starts November 1. If they’re not extended by then, enrollees may start dropping out. Even if open enrollment is extended, people could be hard to reach.
They expire 12/31, so that’s a drop dead date.
Open enrollment starts November 1. If they’re not extended by then, enrollees may start dropping out. Even if open enrollment is extended, people could be hard to reach.
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When is the point of no return for extending ACA tax credits?
They expire 12/31, so that’s a drop dead date.
Open enrollment starts November 1. If they’re not extended by then, enrollees may start dropping out. Even if open enrollment is extended, people could be hard to reach.
They expire 12/31, so that’s a drop dead date.
Open enrollment starts November 1. If they’re not extended by then, enrollees may start dropping out. Even if open enrollment is extended, people could be hard to reach.
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Join the 24-hour #SaveAIDSResearch livestream starting TODAY, Tuesday, September 16th at 11a ET: www.youtube.com/live/fbza_tI...
I’ll hosting 2-4p ET today and 9-10a ET tomorrow morning.
Join us!
I’ll hosting 2-4p ET today and 9-10a ET tomorrow morning.
Join us!
September 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join the 24-hour #SaveAIDSResearch livestream starting TODAY, Tuesday, September 16th at 11a ET: www.youtube.com/live/fbza_tI...
I’ll hosting 2-4p ET today and 9-10a ET tomorrow morning.
Join us!
I’ll hosting 2-4p ET today and 9-10a ET tomorrow morning.
Join us!
Words cannot express the gratitude I hold to be able to work alongside my friends & colleagues in the TGD community, & an incredible multidisciplinary team of clinicians, to push fwd the frontier of equitable & inclusive UME. If you've never been to @glma-lgbthealth.bsky.social, I highly recommend.
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Words cannot express the gratitude I hold to be able to work alongside my friends & colleagues in the TGD community, & an incredible multidisciplinary team of clinicians, to push fwd the frontier of equitable & inclusive UME. If you've never been to @glma-lgbthealth.bsky.social, I highly recommend.
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Please to write this @washingtonpost.com Op-Ed with Eric Rubin about the importance of independent medical journals like ours @nejm.org & @jama.com
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Opinion | This system is critical to Americans’ health. We must defend it.
Medical progress depends on independent journals to advance science without political interference.
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July 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Please to write this @washingtonpost.com Op-Ed with Eric Rubin about the importance of independent medical journals like ours @nejm.org & @jama.com
wapo.st/4kUqfV9
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Senate passes the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” with JD Vance’s tie-breaking vote. Now back to the House where there remains hope to still defeat this deeply harmful and unpopular bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Senate passes the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” with JD Vance’s tie-breaking vote. Now back to the House where there remains hope to still defeat this deeply harmful and unpopular bill.
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Justice Sotomayor: "Today's ruling ushers in that new reality."
"Exposing students to the 'message' that LGBTQ people exist, and that their loved ones may celebrate their marriages and life events, the majority says, enough to trigger the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny."
"Exposing students to the 'message' that LGBTQ people exist, and that their loved ones may celebrate their marriages and life events, the majority says, enough to trigger the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny."
BREAKING:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court rules Maryland parents can pull their children from public school lessons that use LGBTQ storybooks.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court rules Maryland parents can pull their children from public school lessons that use LGBTQ storybooks.
June 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Justice Sotomayor: "Today's ruling ushers in that new reality."
"Exposing students to the 'message' that LGBTQ people exist, and that their loved ones may celebrate their marriages and life events, the majority says, enough to trigger the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny."
"Exposing students to the 'message' that LGBTQ people exist, and that their loved ones may celebrate their marriages and life events, the majority says, enough to trigger the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny."
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#Breaking: Supreme Court rejects challenge to free preventive care, bolsters RFK Jr.’s power
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to free preventive care, bolsters RFK Jr.'s power
The SCOTUS decision preserves free preventive health care and sets the stage for a bigger role for RFK Jr. in determining what's covered.
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June 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#Breaking: Supreme Court rejects challenge to free preventive care, bolsters RFK Jr.’s power
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Good news! SCOTUS has ruled that the US Preventive Services Task Force can continue determining which preventive care services must be covered at no cost - meaning everything from PrEP to cancer screenings must be covered.
While this is good news, let’s continue to push for healthcare for all!
While this is good news, let’s continue to push for healthcare for all!
Supreme Court endorses Obamacare panel that requires free preventive care
The case grew out of a conservative religious challenge to the approval of HIV prevention treatments that insurers are required to provide at no cost to patients.
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June 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Good news! SCOTUS has ruled that the US Preventive Services Task Force can continue determining which preventive care services must be covered at no cost - meaning everything from PrEP to cancer screenings must be covered.
While this is good news, let’s continue to push for healthcare for all!
While this is good news, let’s continue to push for healthcare for all!
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Proud of Dr Pachankis @yalesph.bsky.social and his team. While #mentalhealth care for LGBTQ+ Americans is being gutted … this team keeps doing the work. 🏳️🌈
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Taking the initiative: improving LGBT+ mental health through science - Nature Mental Health
Nature Mental Health - Taking the initiative: improving LGBT+ mental health through science
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June 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Proud of Dr Pachankis @yalesph.bsky.social and his team. While #mentalhealth care for LGBTQ+ Americans is being gutted … this team keeps doing the work. 🏳️🌈
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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On this Juneteenth, I'm so happy to share my twin sister’s, Uché Blackstock, MD, powerful op-ed on Black children’s futures.
As a Black mother and physician, she names the urgent need to protect and nurture our children especially in these challenging times.
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
As a Black mother and physician, she names the urgent need to protect and nurture our children especially in these challenging times.
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
June 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On this Juneteenth, I'm so happy to share my twin sister’s, Uché Blackstock, MD, powerful op-ed on Black children’s futures.
As a Black mother and physician, she names the urgent need to protect and nurture our children especially in these challenging times.
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
As a Black mother and physician, she names the urgent need to protect and nurture our children especially in these challenging times.
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
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Young people can still contact The Trevor Project just as they always have by calling 1-866-488-7386, via chat at TheTrevorProject.org/Get-Help, or by texting START to 678678. (4/4)
Get Help
Get immediate help 24/7/365. The Trevor Project's crisis counselors are just a text, chat, or phone call away. Completely confidential and free LGBTQ hotline.
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June 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Young people can still contact The Trevor Project just as they always have by calling 1-866-488-7386, via chat at TheTrevorProject.org/Get-Help, or by texting START to 678678. (4/4)
Just because this Court chooses neither to acknowledge violations of the Equal Protection Clause in plain sight, nor to engage with the evidence base for gender affirming care, does not change the fact that this care is life-saving. The fight continues today and every day.
June 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just because this Court chooses neither to acknowledge violations of the Equal Protection Clause in plain sight, nor to engage with the evidence base for gender affirming care, does not change the fact that this care is life-saving. The fight continues today and every day.
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Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
Great coverage of the current state of LGBTQ mental health research in the words of Dr. John Pachankis @yalesph.bsky.social
Taking the initiative: improving LGBT+ mental health through science - Nature Mental Health
Nature Mental Health - Taking the initiative: improving LGBT+ mental health through science
www.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Great coverage of the current state of LGBTQ mental health research in the words of Dr. John Pachankis @yalesph.bsky.social
As I was leaving the North Haven Pride fest, I ran into @delauro.house.gov on her way in. We spoke for a few min about the dire state of HHS & she held my hands the entire time. It really meant a lot, not to mention her making the time to attend the local Pride fest. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Thank you, Congresswoman!
June 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
As I was leaving the North Haven Pride fest, I ran into @delauro.house.gov on her way in. We spoke for a few min about the dire state of HHS & she held my hands the entire time. It really meant a lot, not to mention her making the time to attend the local Pride fest. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Thank you, Congresswoman!
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June 12th is Pulse Remembrance Day. Today we remember the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016.
June 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
June 12th is Pulse Remembrance Day. Today we remember the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016.
Breaking: The 2022 US Trans Survey report is here! I have been itching for this report to come out for some time as the 2015 US Trans Survey has been such a valuable reference.
2. A report on the largest survey ever of trans Americans’ health was released on Wednesday, June 11, and its findings reaffirmed what many academics, health care providers and trans people already know: gender-affirming care saves and improves lives.
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US Trans Survey
The U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) is the largest survey devoted to the lives and experiences of transgender people across the United States. The USTS was created by trans people, for trans people.
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June 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Breaking: The 2022 US Trans Survey report is here! I have been itching for this report to come out for some time as the 2015 US Trans Survey has been such a valuable reference.
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If people are interested in learning about the ACIP and its decades of contributions to US vaccine policy successes, here’s a short 2014 piece I wrote in NEJM with Adel Mahmoud (timed with its 50th anniversary) www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Half-Century of Prevention — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | NEJM
In 1964, after a vaccination program against polio, diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis
began, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was created to advise the
U.S. government on vaccinati...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If people are interested in learning about the ACIP and its decades of contributions to US vaccine policy successes, here’s a short 2014 piece I wrote in NEJM with Adel Mahmoud (timed with its 50th anniversary) www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Excited to share that I've been awarded a Poynter fellowship to visit @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social. "Law, Politics & Medicine: Understanding the Executive Orders" will discuss Trump actions on DEI, opioids, and trans ppl, the underlying strategy, and ways to respond
poynter.yale.edu/events/2025-...
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May 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Excited to share that I've been awarded a Poynter fellowship to visit @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social. "Law, Politics & Medicine: Understanding the Executive Orders" will discuss Trump actions on DEI, opioids, and trans ppl, the underlying strategy, and ways to respond
poynter.yale.edu/events/2025-...
poynter.yale.edu/events/2025-...
On HHS budget hearing with RFK Jr., Rep Watson Coleman demands SPECIFIC answers to her Qs about the CURRENT destructive decisions being made under his leadership. His response: "my time has expired." To which she responded, "& so has your legitimacy." Mic drop as she yielded back to the chairman.
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On HHS budget hearing with RFK Jr., Rep Watson Coleman demands SPECIFIC answers to her Qs about the CURRENT destructive decisions being made under his leadership. His response: "my time has expired." To which she responded, "& so has your legitimacy." Mic drop as she yielded back to the chairman.
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Must-read report from @sanders.senate.gov ahead of tomm's HELP hearing with HHS Secretary RFK Jr. detailing the many ways he & the President are destroying biomedical research, worsening healthcare access, & harming patients through misinformation: www.help.senate.gov/dem/newsroom... #MedSky #EpiSky
NEWS: Sanders Releases Report Documenting Trump’s War on Science | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
WASHINGTON, May 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Must-read report from @sanders.senate.gov ahead of tomm's HELP hearing with HHS Secretary RFK Jr. detailing the many ways he & the President are destroying biomedical research, worsening healthcare access, & harming patients through misinformation: www.help.senate.gov/dem/newsroom... #MedSky #EpiSky