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Bisexual Health Awareness Month Draws Attention to Community’s Urgent Health...
Guest Post by Ellyn Ruthstrom Forty-five percent of bisexual women have considered or attempted suicide, followed by bisexual men (35%), lesbians (30%), gay men (25%), and much lower rates for...
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Birth Control is Not My Boss’s Business
By Arielle P. Schwartz, Holley Law Fellow, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is committed to reproductive justice and your right to access birth control and...
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Discrimination and Transgender Mental Health: My Response to Aurora’s Story
Yesterday, as I heard the story of Aurora Adams, a trans woman dealing with the stresses of being who she really is in a world that ridicules and denigrates her at every turn, I gave thanks to...
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Ending the Criminalization of People with HIV: New Department of Justice...
In the wake of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s, ignorance and anti-LGBTQ bias led to state legislatures across America passing a myriad of laws criminalizing people living with HIV/AIDS. These...
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In Memory of Transgender Healthcare Advocate Andrew Cray
Andrew Cray 1986-2014 9/2/14 By Patrick Paschall, Senior Policy Counsel, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force On August 28, 2014, Andrew Cray, a leading expert in transgender health policy and former...
View ArticleNational Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day “a day to remember; a day to take...
WASHINGTON, DC, February 7 2015 — To mark National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the National LGBTQ Task Force issued the following statement: “This is a day to honor and remember many friends,...
View ArticleWomen’s History Month: “Time to celebrate, time to be vigilant”
Washington, DC, March 5, 2015 — In celebration of Women’s History Month, the National LGBTQ Task Force issued the following statement: “This month we get the opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules in favor of Obamacare and Fair Housing
Washington DC, June 25, 2015 — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two important rulings regarding Obamacare and the Fair Housing Act. Both rulings are being welcomed by the National LGBTQ Task Force....
View ArticleAmericans with Disabilities Act at Twenty Five
Rea Carey: ADA “Life changing” for millions Washington, DC, July 24, 2015—In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) this weekend, the National LGBTQ Task...
View ArticleCarey: “We stand with Planned Parenthood”
National LGBTQ Task Force responds to video attack designed to hurt vital health care access: WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2015–The National LGBTQ Task Force is describing a much-publicized video attack on...
View ArticleSupreme Court Decision on Birth Control Will Affect Millions of LGBTQ People
WASHINGTON, DC, November 9, 2015—The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear seven court cases that challenge the Affordable Care Act’s (2010) accommodation to the birth control benefit, which currently...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day 2015
Rea Carey: “The time to act is now” Washington, DC, November 30, 2015 — On the eve of World AIDS Day 2015, the National LGBTQ Task Force is urging everyone to “decisively act” to help end stigma and...
View ArticleNew FDA Blood Donation Policy Still Fuels Negative LGBTQ Stereotypes, HIV Stigma
Washington, DC, December 21, 2015—Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had finalized their new policy that will allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood only if they...
View ArticleBroad Coalition of LGBTQ, Racial Justice, and Health Groups File Amicus Brief...
Washington, D.C., January 5, 2016—The National LGBTQ Task Force has joined a coalition of LGBTQ, racial justice, and health equity organizations in filing an amicus brief in Whole Woman’s Health v....
View ArticleJoint Statement on the Death of Kayden Clarke
WASHINGTON, DC, February 8, 2016—We, the undersigned disability and LGBT rights organizations, strongly condemn the police shooting of Kayden Clarke, an Autistic transgender man, in his home on...
View ArticleNational LGBTQ Task Force Celebrates Bisexual Health Awareness Month
WASHINGTON, DC, March 1, 2016—The National LGBTQ Task Force is joining LGBTQ advocates across the nation in celebrating Bisexual Health Awareness Month. “Bisexual Health Awareness Month is an...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling leaves millions of people in limbo over contraceptive...
Washington, DC, May 16, 2016—Today, the United States Supreme Court refused to issue a ruling on Zubik v. Burwell, a case brought by religiously affiliated non-profit groups challenging the...
View ArticleSex Education and HIV/STI Prevention in LGBTQ Reentry
LGBTQ people are disproportionately impacted by the mass incarceration epidemic. Transphobia, homophobia, racism, poverty, and experiences of homelessness increase the risk of being targeted by the...
View ArticleNational LGBTQ Task Force Commemorates World AIDS Day 2016
Today is World AIDS Day. This year’s theme is “Leadership. Commitment. Impact.” Washington, DC, December 1, 2016–The National LGBTQ Task Force is joining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer...
View ArticleNational LGBTQ Task Force Joins Bisexual Health Awareness Month Celebration
WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2017—The National LGBTQ Task Force is joining LGBTQ advocates across the nation in celebrating Bisexual Health Awareness Month. “This month, we are proud to join bisexual...
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