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Portland passes trans-inclusive health care benefits bill

logointern2 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0000

The city of Portland has passed an ordinance to provide trans-inclusive health care benefits to its transgender city workers.

Basic Rights Oregon Hearing

The law now entitles transgender city(...)

NYC hospitals start gay sensitivity training

logointern1 — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:00:20 +0000

New York public hospitals are helping develop a training program for employees to increase sensitivity when working with gay patients.

The New York Times reported that “gay, lesbian and(...)

Report: Lack of research on LGBT health

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:15:13 +0000

More federally-funded research needs to be conducted on LGBT health issues, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine, published for the National Institutes of Health.

In response to the(...)

Bigotry Watch: The GOP’s war on women and children

David Badash — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:00:16 +0000

From breast pumps to Big Bird, and from food stamps to family planning, the GOP is waging a war on America’s women and children.

Full-fledged Republican battles against women now include

Culhane: Gay rights vs. health care

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:00:22 +0000

I’m sure many of you are as sick as I am over Tuesday’s vote on DADT. I’m frustrated over the political maneuvering of Harry Reid, and furious at the shameless pandering of (the hollow(...)

White House in dispute with ‘professional left’

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:30:04 +0000

(Washington) The White House was on the defensive Tuesday after press secretary Robert Gibbs lashed out at liberals he dubbed the “professional left,” saying some of them should be(...)

Withers: White House announces national AIDS policy

James Withers — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:33:33 +0000

Yesterday the White House unveiled the nation’s first ever AIDS policy. One goal of the plan is to decrease HIV infection rates by 25 percent in five years.

Like all things Obama, there are(...)

Study: Gay marriage bans lead to lack of health insurance

logointern1 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:05:08 +0000

“Partnered lesbians and gay men are more than twice as likely to be uninsured as married heterosexuals,” according to a new study of Californians by Lambda Legal and the Department of Health(...)

Obama extends visitation rights to LGBT partners

logointern1 — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:45:21 +0000

(WASHINGTON) In a move hailed as a step toward fairness for same-sex couples, President Barack Obama is ordering that nearly all hospitals allow patients to say who has visitation rights and(...)

Before health vote, a weekend of ugly discourse

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:01:59 +0000

(New York) Remember how shocking it was six months ago when Rep. Joe Wilson shouted “You lie!” to the president?

Suddenly, that outburst seems positively genteel.

From the “N-word” and anti-gay(...)