U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services

HHS affirms health care discrimination law protects LGBT people

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
August 7th, 2012

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed that it views a 2010 law prohibiting sex discrimination in health care services as protecting transgender and other LGBT people from discrimination based on gender identity and gender stereotyping.

The announcement comes after the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), along with other groups, sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asking for a clarification of the law.

White House creates a watershed moment for LGBT Health

Scout, Ph.D. - NETWORK FOR LGBT HEALTH EQUITY
February 28th, 2012

(Editor's note: This commentary was originally published on HuffPost Gay Voices, a content-sharing partner of SDGLN.)

In the mid 90s, when my mentor, Dr. Judy Bradford, tried to urge me into the LGBT health field, I asked her, "But what's different about our health?" It still makes me chuckle to think of it. "Almost everything" is the answer.