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Everyone in my personal and professional life knows me as a man, and any stranger on the street who encountered me would view me as a man,
The plaintiffs in this case have had their lives disrupted by a chaotic policy clearly motivated by animus that serves zero public interest,
said Sruti Swaminathan, staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions,
the executive order stated The Order is a cruel and baseless broadside against transgender youth, their families, and the doctors and medical institutions that provide them this critical care. It is an official statement of bigotry from the President that directs agencies to openly discriminate against vulnerable youth on the basis of their transgender status and sex,
This president's order is gross, it is disgusting, it is hateful, so we will always take action against illegal conduct. But this one has special resonance because of the hate behind it,
No organization dedicated to helping youth should have to endure intimidation and threats,
a GLAAD spokesperson said in an emailed statement Earlier this week, like many federally funded non-profits, NCMEC was directed by DOJ to comply with Executive Order 14168,
a NCMEC spokesperson said in an emailed statement Missing persons organizations’ support should be available to all, and a minority group of children shouldn’t be targeted by the government,
the board of the Trans Doe Task Force, a trans-led nonprofit that searches for missing and murdered trans people, said in an emailed statement The direction from DOJ, our grantor, was specifically to review our public facing platforms and materials for compliance,
If you are trying to optimize society, you can’t just pretend some people aren’t in it,
executive director of the National LGBTQI+ Cancer Network, Scout, who legally goes by only one name, told The Post It is egregious that a country's public health agency, or any government authority, should demand the erasure of any terminology, particularly medically relevant terminology,
British Medical Journal editors Jocalyn Clark and Kamran Abbasi wrote in an editorial published on Tuesday, calling the order "sinister and ludicrous." Taking your name off a submitted paper may not be as simple as just, please cross me off,
said Dr. John Moore, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College We have published a number of papers, and we have a number ahead of us,
said Beyrer, although none are currently in review If you can't use the words, how are we supposed to do HIV surveillance? How will we understand what is happening in this country?"
This directive is unprecedented in scope and would be devastating if implemented. Already, it has created chaos and confusion among our residents. I will not stand by while the President attempts to disrupt vital programs that feed our kids, provide medical care to our families, and support housing and education in our communities,
California supports the rights of transgender youth to live their lives as their authentic selves,
said Attorney General Bonta in a letter Wednesday Instead of learning from the defeats of his first Administration, President Trump is once again plowing ahead with a damaging – and most importantly, unlawful – agenda. I’m proud to co-lead a coalition of attorneys general in taking him to court,
Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws,
James wrote in a letter given to medical centers We are actively looking at how to strengthen and expand that law to protect folks,
Let me be clear: California law has not changed, and hospitals and clinics have a legal obligation to provide equal access to healthcare services."
California Attorney General Rob Bonta told the Los Angeles Times
