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“Shifting from a scarcity mindset to a mindset of abundance allows us to imagine and to savor what is actually possible.” —Ana Lopez “There’s a world where…we don’t center money and we don’t center greed and wealth accumulation.” —Jarvis Benson Being queer and trans is inherently revolutionary, and that includes destroying an economic system that effectively puts people into poverty. And not only that, but thrives off poverty itself.” —TyrONE Hanley resources The LGBTQ...

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Statement by NCLR Federal Policy Director Julianna Gonen following her participation in yesterday’s White House roundtable on access to IVF services

“The alarming decision by the Alabama Supreme Court holding that frozen embryos are persons under the state’s wrongful-death law is shocking and yet predictable. It comes amidst a widespread assault on individuals and families and their ability to make the most personal of decisions regarding their health and futures. From bans on abortion and transgender health care to censorship aimed at erasing LGBTQ people from view, far-right activists and government officials are seeking to impose their...

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National Center for Lesbian Rights Applauds Biden Administration’s Final Health Care Conscience Rule 

“NCLR applauds the Department of Health & Human Services for rescinding the most harmful aspects of the Trump-era denial-of-care rule, which would have allowed virtually anyone in the health care system to refuse care to a patient for religious reasons. The revised rule issued today is premised on the recognition that a proper balance must be struck between respecting conscience and ensuring that people get the health care they need. Given the continued prevalence of discrimination in...

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NCLR Applauds Ohio Governor DeWine for Vetoing Transgender Medical Care Ban

December 29, 2023 – Today Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed HB 68 – a bill that would have banned medical care for transgender adolescents, stating: “It is the parents who know their child best.” Across the country, federal district courts have enjoined similar bans enacted by other states, finding that they violate parents’ fundamental right to make medical decisions for their children and also unlawfully discriminate against transgender people. Recently, however, both the Eleventh...

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Federal Trial Concludes In Challenge To The First State Law Attempting To Deprive Transgender Adults Of Healthcare, Florida’s SB 254

Multiple days of powerful testimony highlight the danger and lack of justification for the first law in the country that would seek to deprive transgender adults of healthcare in addition to banning care for adolescents Contact:Amanda Johnston, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders  | 617-417-7769 | ajohnston@glad.org Aryn Fields, Human Rights Campaign Foundation |...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2023  Contact:  Shannon Minter SMinter@nclrights.org  Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined review of Tingley v. Ferguson, a Ninth Circuit decision affirming the validity of Washington state’s law prohibiting licensed mental health professionals from subjecting minors to the harmful practice of conversion therapy, which seeks to change a young person’s sexual...

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We Call on the Senate to Reject Extreme Anti-Immigration Measures

Washington D.C. - As federal funding debates continue, a small group of senators are demanding changes to asylum and immigration policy in exchange for funding to aid Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. These changes are being disguised as “border security measures,” however, they would eliminate essential protections for people seeking asylum—protections that have been in place for decades– and cause harmful confusion and disruption at the U.S.- Mexico Border.  The proposed...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, November 13, 2023 CONTACTJennifer Bing, NCLR, 415.845.9406, jbing@nclrights.org  SAN FRANCISCO, CA – To kick off Transgender Awareness Week 2023, the National Center for Lesbian Rights announced today the launch of the Healthcare is Caring campaign to show that transgender healthcare, just like any other form of essential care, can save lives and enable people to thrive.  The...

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We call on our elected leaders to stand up for equal access to health care for transgender youth and adults. The medical community has stated clearly and forcefully that this health care is safe, essential and lifesaving and, yet, some politicians are intent on taking it away. This has to stop. The state bans, the federal funding restrictions, the false “child abuse” investigations – all of it must stop. Let’s be clear: Healthcare decisions should be made by the patients and their...

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