A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from removing nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in health care, issuing a temporary setback to a major policy priority for social conservatives.
US: LGBT Health Discrimination Rule Blocked by Federal Judge
UK: Trans patients are being forced to wait up to 193 weeks for vital healthcare. The NHS target is 18 weeks
Kenya: Dramatic rise in early pregnancies amid school closures, IRC data suggests
UNAIDS calls on Poland to uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of LGBTI people
UNAIDS is deeply concerned by reports of the targeting and arrest of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights activists as they peacefully exercise their rights to freedom of expression and association, as well as reports of discrimination, repression, and scapegoating of LGBTI people.
US: One quarter of young adults contemplated suicide during pandemic
China Approves HIV Drug Capable of Preventing 99% of Infections
US: New study supports more frequent HIV screening among high-risk young men who have sex with men
US: Will People With HIV Be Excluded From COVID-19 Vaccine Trials?
US: We Are Currently Living in an Active Trauma State: An Interview With Jimanekia Eborn
The intersections of race, gender, identity, and sex are more visible these days, thanks to the work of people like Jimanekia Eborn, and they influence the spaces of interpersonal relationships. Even in a growing gender fluid world, these intersections can still seem like a novelty with few spaces in mainstream media that reflect the lived experiences of QTBIPOC individuals.
COVID-19 has “devastating” effect on women and girls
Colombia: Violence is just one of the sufferings of trans people in a pandemic
The death in Bogotá, on May 29, of Alejandra Ortega 'Monocuco', a trans sex worker from Magangué who apparently had covid and who apparently did not receive medical attention when she reported that she was HIV-positive; The police harassment last weekend for six hours of Emma Hidalgo, another trans woman, when she was trying to enter the Medellín Metro.