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'Children will die': Transgender advocates warn about risks as more states consider banning gender-affirming care for kids Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Willow Breshears knew she was different for as long as she can remember. Growing up in rural Arkansas, she said she often felt depressed her personal discoveries about herself quashed by social norms and Baptist teachings. Now 18 and living in Little Rock, the transgender activist recently testified before lawmakers as part of an effort to try to stop the passage of a proposed state law that, among other thi...

San Francisco officials held a virtual town hall intended to inform LGBTQs in particular about the three authorized COVID-19 vaccines, while on the Peninsula, the San Mateo County Pride Center announced it hopes to set up a vaccination clinic for the queer community. Dr. Susan Philip, San Francisco's acting health officer, said during the March 9 town hall that it is expected that beginning Monday, the state will allow health care providers to use their own clinical judgment in vaccinating individuals ages 16-64 who are "deemed to be at the very highest risk to get very sick from COVID-19" du...

As COVID vaccinations ramp up with a third vaccine authorized for use, community leaders and health officials across California are pushing to see that LGBTQ individuals sign up to get inoculated. Yet there will be no way to know just how many LGBTQ people get a shot. The state's public health department is not tracking vaccinations among LGBTQ Californians, the Bay Area Reporter has learned. The lack of gathering sexual orientation and gender identity data related to the vaccines comes as California health officials remain blind to just how widespread COVID-19 has been within the Golden Stat...

The San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives recently announced a new campaign alongside the SF Bay Area LGBTQ COVID Relief Coalition to address health disparities, particularly as they concern the pandemic. The Trans Wellness SF campaign is also seeking to collect more data about the transgender and gender-nonconforming communities, according to Clair Farley, a trans woman who is the executive director of the Office of Transgender Initiatives, in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter February 11. "I think what's new with this wellness campaign launch is a connected strategy of doin...

President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order repealing the ban on transgender troops serving in the military. The January 25 action was announced by the White House shortly before the ceremonial swearing in of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Politico reported. Austin had supported the repeal of the ban, which was put into effect by former President Donald Trump. "I truly believe ... that if you're fit and you're qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve," Austin told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. "President Biden believes tha...