Roundup: Reusing Condoms in Rural Kenya
Reusing condoms due to lack of availability in Kenya, Governor McDonnell signs TRAP law in Virginia, North Dakota pushes abstinence-until-marriage, and looking at discrimination of transgendered...
View ArticleWhy It’s Terribly Wrong For Gawker To Offer Money for Tips on Who Transmitted...
Cross-posted with permission from Concurring Opinions. On Wednesday evening, popular blog Gawker.com aired a post offering a cash reward for the identity of the individual who transmitted HIV to Magic...
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Medicare Can Now Cover Surgical Procedures for Transgender People
Transgender people seeking surgery as a part of their transition-related health care can no longer automatically be rejected by Medicare, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appeals board...
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Maryland to Cover Transition-Related Health Care in State Insurance Plans
Starting this month, transgender state employees in Maryland can access transition-related health care under the state insurance plans. The change came as the result of a lawsuit filed on behalf of a...
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Oregon Moves to Increase Access to Health Care for Low-Income Transgender...
On Thursday, state officials in Oregon voted to ensure access to a full range of transition-related care for the state’s poorest transgender residents. After a lengthy review process beginning in April...
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Chicago to Cover Transition-Related Care for City Employees
Starting this fall, transgender people who work for the City of Chicago can start getting medical insurance coverage for gender alignment surgery, under a change in policy announced by Mayor Rahm...
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Largest-Ever Transgender Survey Launches
The largest-ever survey of transgender Americans started collecting data on Wednesday, launching an attempt to gain the most comprehensive understanding to date of the lives of U.S. transgender people....
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Another, More Feminist, World Is Possible
We’ve all done it: taken ourselves on a little mental vacation, imagined working less and loving more in the Caribbean or a Parisian café. But what if, instead, we daydreamed of heading to a “feminist...
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Campaign Week in Review: Ben Carson Tells Military to ‘Deal With the...
This week on the 2016 presidential campaign trail, Republicans condemned efforts to make the military more inclusive, strategized the best way to overturn Roe v. Wade, and racked up key endorsements...
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ACLU Report: California Jails Denying Reproductive Health Care
Incarcerated California women are denied abortion services, prenatal care, and even menstrual pads, according to a scathing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California report released Tuesday...
View ArticleRoundup: Reusing Condoms in Rural Kenya
Reusing condoms due to lack of availability in Kenya, Governor McDonnell signs TRAP law in Virginia, North Dakota pushes abstinence-until-marriage, and looking at discrimination of transgendered...
View ArticleWhy It’s Terribly Wrong For Gawker To Offer Money for Tips on Who Transmitted...
Cross-posted with permission from Concurring Opinions. On Wednesday evening, popular blog Gawker.com aired a post offering a cash reward for the identity of the individual who transmitted HIV to Magic...
View ArticleRoundup: Reusing Condoms in Rural Kenya
Reusing condoms due to lack of availability in Kenya, Governor McDonnell signs TRAP law in Virginia, North Dakota pushes abstinence-until-marriage, and looking at discrimination of transgendered...
View ArticleWhy It’s Terribly Wrong For Gawker To Offer Money for Tips on Who Transmitted...
Cross-posted with permission from Concurring Opinions. On Wednesday evening, popular blog Gawker.com aired a post offering a cash reward for the identity of the individual who transmitted HIV to Magic...
View ArticleDid Trump’s Anti-Trans Tweets Come From Far-Right Memo?
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday morning tweets announcing his plan to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military appeared to take his own Joint Chiefs of Staff by complete surprise,...
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I Survived Gender-Affirming Surgery During a Pandemic
This Pride Month, Rewire.News recognizes that celebrating during the pandemic will look very different for many of us, which is why we’re putting together tools of resistance and hope to help us all...
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