Bob Hentschel Elderly Man Beaten And Burned By Nursing Home Staff For Being Gay, Later Passes Away Ted Brown said his now-deceased civil partner of 50 years, Noel Glynn, received bruises and cigarette burns from homophobic workers while living in a London nursing home for nine months. Brown sued th... Queer Up Health Aug 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Dr Tai Houser States that Protect Transgender Health Care Now Try to Absorb Demand States that declared themselves refugees for transgender people have essentially issued an invitation: Get your gender-affirming health care here without fearing prosecution at home! Now that bans on ... Queer Up Health Aug 17, 2023 Queer News Tonight
TriniDaddy With FDA Lift On Gay Blood Donation Bans, The AMA Is Pushing For Other Tissue Donations To Be Treated The Same After a decade of advocacy from the AMA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this spring finally removed its longstanding restrictions on blood donations from men who have sex with men. Jesse M. Eh... Queer Up Health Aug 16, 2023 Queer News Tonight
FayWhat?! Tennessee Hospital That Released Transgender Records To State AG Under Civil Rights Investigation Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general. The U.S. Department ... Queer Up Health Aug 14, 2023 Queer News Tonight
John Hayden American Academy Of Pediatrics Continues To Support Gender-Affirming Care As "Evidence-Based Health" The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its support for gender-affirming medical care for transgender children, even as the treatments face a growing push for bans and restrictions from Republic... Queer Up Health Aug 10, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Drag Queen, Bonnie Builder Conservatives Turn Their Sights On Vital HIV Program PEPFAR PEPFAR is the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which was signed into law 20 years ago this summer by President George W. Bush. It serves as a conduit for providing HIV medications to i... Queer Up Health Aug 10, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Amy McGrotty The Red Cross Has Relaxed Donation Restrictions For Gay Men Giving Blood On Monday the Red Cross, the organization that provides about 40% of US blood and blood components, started using a more inclusive risk-based individual assessment to determine whether someone is elig... Queer Up Health Aug 8, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Amy McGrotty LGBTQ+ And Women Veterans Speak Out Against Lack Of Appropriate Care At VA Hospitals Women veterans are less likely to go to Veterans Affairs hospitals for health care due to harassment, stigma and a lack of resources and services. Lindsay Church, a 38-year-old trans nonbinary Navy ve... Queer Up Health Aug 8, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Adrianna Tender Study Shows That Conversion Therapy Leads To Suicide Attempts In Trans Youth Prior research has been unable to tease out cause and effect between health outcomes and gender-affirming care like hormone therapy or gender-denying interventions like conversion therapy, largely bec... Queer Up Health Aug 8, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Dale Stine Floridians File For Emergency Block On Adult Gender-Affirming Care Ban Four Florida residents have filed a motion in federal court seeking an emergency block on provisions in SB 254 that have created "arbitrary, harmful, and medically unjustified restrictions on medicall... Queer Up Health Jul 27, 2023 Queer News Tonight
John Hayden Lawsuit Filed To Block Missouri Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors Three families with transgender children have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to block a new Missouri law that would ban gender-affirming care for most minors in the state starting next month. The law,... Queer Up Health Jul 27, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Gregg Shapiro Colorado Children's Hospital To Stop Gender-Affirming Surgeries On Adults A Colorado children’s hospital has stopped offering transition-related operations for transgender patients 18 and older. The hospital said it never provided such surgery for minors. Rachael Fowler, a ... Queer Up Health Jul 20, 2023 Queer News Tonight
