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Read the full report at tinyurl.com/HIVCrimPA. Learn more about HIV criminalization at tinyurl.com/WIHIVcrim #LGBT #LGBTQ #HIV #Criminalization #Report #Research #Pennsylvania
HIV Criminalization in Pennsylvania: Enforcement of "Prostitution and Related Offenses" Crimes
tinyurl.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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More than 2 million LGBT adults in the U.S. rely on federal food assistance benefits. Learn more in our report at bit.ly/LGBTSNAP
Millions of Americans are at risk of losing food stamps next month amid shutdown | CNN Politics
Roughly 42 million people are at risk of losing critical food assistance in November amid the federal government shutdown. And it’s not clear whether the Trump administration will step in to find the ...
www.cnn.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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More than half of the transgender people in the U.S. we surveyed have moved or are planning to move to another state they believe to be more welcoming to gender-diverse individuals.
From Haven to Exodus: Trans Americans Are Fleeing The U.S.
As restrictions on trans rights mount under the Trump Administration, more transgender Americans are emigrating.
time.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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The WHO just published its new Model List of Essential Medicines list. Pleased to see cystic fibrosis meds included. Thanks to the great work of the Right to Breathe campaign. However, Vertex's high prices will continue to be a barrier. www.righttobreathe.net/post/a-huge-...
A huge turning point: CF medicine’s Trikafta/Kaftrio added to WHO Essential Medicines List
Today marks a historic breakthrough in the fight for global access to lifesaving cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment.The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially added elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacafto...
www.righttobreathe.net
September 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Arkansas is the only state other than Georgia to have implemented work requirements.

GOP state lawmakers later changed their minds after data showed that red tape associated with verifying eligibility resulted in more than 18,000 people losing coverage within the first few months of the policy.
What Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Tells Us About the Costs of Trump's Spending Bill
GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and…
www.propublica.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Harvard researchers pulled 5 million teens' health insurance claims for 2018-22:
18,000 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria. (0.36%)
<1,000 took puberty blockers (0.02%)
<2,000 used hormone therapy (0.04%)

Really puts the political haymaking into perspective.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
'A very, very small number' of teens receive gender-affirming care, study finds
A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from...
www.npr.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Shield laws protect patients and providers of reproductive and gender-affirming health care. Currently, 23 states and D.C. have reproductive health shield laws, and 17 states and D.C. have gender-affirming care shield laws. bit.ly/Shieldlaws
January 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Respondents confused national demographics with my address book
“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”

The results were hilarious.

Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%

The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”

The results were hilarious.

Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%

The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:31 AM