New report examines the global impact of monkeypox on LGBTQ people
A new review of data from the Williams Institute finds that only a few nations are collecting data that would confirm the prevalence of monkeypox among LGBTQ people, men who have sex with men, or people living with HIV. The failure of governments to measure the impact of monkeypox on LGBTQ populations affects public health responses and hinders the ability to effectively target vaccines and other resources to communities most in need.
The Arkansas Trial on Gender-Affirming Care Has Serious Implications for Trans Youth Across the U.S.
By Kerith Conron in TIME
October 21, 2022
This week, a federal court in Arkansas is hearing testimony about whether a ban on access to gender-affirming health care passed by the state’s legislature in 2021, and stayed by court injunction, should be upheld or struck down. In Arkansas, up to 1,800 transgender youth under the age of 18 could be prohibited from accessing health care that is recommended by many professional associations, including the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, as evidence-based patient care. This ban has direct and severe consequences for the lives and safety of transgender children in Arkansas, and generates unnecessary stress for transgender youth and families across the U.S.
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