Take Action
The Center advocates for comprehensive healthcare and ending homelessness while fighting against anti-LGBTQ policies across the country. We do this by organizing grassroots community leaders (like yourself) to phone bank, canvass, and rally for affirming LGBTQ policies.
Hospital Conditions of Participation Proposed Rule
This proposed rule seeks to require hospitals to cease providing transition-related care to individuals younger than 18 in order to maintain their federal Medicaid funding.
These rules are an aggressive use of executive power to curtail access to health care that the Trump administration dislikes. Finalizing these rules as they currently stand will lead to a chilling effect for providers of transgender health care and a further reduction in access to this care across the country. The proposed rules could lead to hospitals and providers stopping care of trans youth to maintain their federal funding and forcing families to pay for this care out of pocket. The proposed rules will also decrease health care access for trans people, a population that already faces barriers in affordability and insurance coverage.
We need your help to assist submitting comments directly to the Federal Register to oppose these rules by February 17.
Instructions:
– Click on “Submit Public Comment” to be redirected to the Federal Register webpage.
– Click on the green “Submit a Public Comment” button beneath the rule title.
– Type your comment.
– Enter your email address, if you choose to provide it (you can opt out of giving your email).
– Select whether you are an individual, organization (comment will be public) or anonymous (comment will not be public).
– Submit your comment.
Medicaid & CHIP Funding Restriction Proposed Rule
This proposed rule would prevent federal funds from being used to pay for transition-related health care for youth covered by a state’s Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but states may still use their own non-federal funds to cover the costs for those treatments.
Instructions:
– Click on “Submit Public Comment” to be redirected to the Federal Register webpage.
– Click on the green “Submit a Public Comment” button beneath the rule title.
– Type your comment.
– Enter your email address, if you choose to provide it (you can opt out of giving your email).
– Select whether you are an individual, organization (comment will be public) or anonymous (comment will not be public).
– Submit your comment.
Protect Trans and Intersex Youth
Two dangerous and discriminatory bills—H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498—have been introduced that would criminalize doctors and block access to medically necessary health care for transgender and intersex youth.
These bills put politicians between families and doctors, threaten lifesaving care, and disproportionately harm low income families by cutting off Medicaid coverage. We cannot allow this to happen.
Tell your Representative to vote NO on H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498 and to stand for health, dignity, and autonomy for all young people.
Stop LA County’s $216 Million Cut to Homeless Services!
Last year, Los Angeles County voters took a historic step by approving a permanent sales tax to finally confront the homelessness crisis. Yet today—despite that mandate—the County is proposing more than $200 million in cuts to homeless services next fiscal year.
We cannot allow these services to be dismantled. Send a strong message to LA County right now: honor the will of the voters, stand up for homeless Angelenos, and reverse these cuts immediately.
