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The U.S. Senate passed H.R. 1, the Budget Reconciliation Bill, after days of debate, with major cuts to Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that will impact millions of ...
Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) strongly condemns the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which departs from decades of the Court’s precedent and gives the plaintiff parents in ...
On June 18, the Supreme Court issued a disappointing ruling that upholds Tennessee’s SB1—a ban on transition-related healthcare for trans youth. The Court sided with Tennessee to affirm the Sixth ...
On June 16, the Senate Finance Committee released their prospective budget text. Like the recently passed House bill, it would also exclude trans healthcare from Medicaid and essential health benefit ...
Washington, D.C. - Today, H.R. 3492, a Congressional bill criminalizing gender-affirming care while endorsing intersex genital mutilation, was approved by the House Judiciary Committee. The ...
A4TE Condemns House Budget Cuts as Cruel Attack on Trans Lives and Lifesaving Healthcare Proposed Congress budget includes sweeping cuts to Medicaid and restrictions on Affordable Care Act Essential ...
On day one of the new administration, President Trump signed EO 14183, titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness,” to remove all trans service members. The ban has far-reaching ...
[Washington, D.C.] - Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund (A4TE) filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of eight organizations including Queer Crescent, Al-Wāsi ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule that would prohibit states from requiring coverage for gender-affirming care as part of their Essential Health Benefits (EHB) ...
The federal government is currently attempting to undermine access to passports for trans people, and it's crucial that we act now! The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on ...
Washington, D.C. Today, the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). In response, Sinead Murano-Kinney, Health Policy Analyst at ...