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New Census Bureau data finds more food and housing insecurity among LGBTQ+ people than straight and cisgender Americans.

STATEMENT: Sharita Gruberg on HHS Enforcing Health Protections To Cover LGBTQ People Date: May 10, 2021 Contact: Adam Peck Washington, D.C. — On Monday, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would apply the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year in  Bostock v. Clayton County—that sex discrimination includes sexual orientation and gender identity—to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In practice, the change will clarify for patients and providers that the ACA’s nondiscrimination clause protects L...

STATEMENT: CAP Applauds HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge for Rescinding Proposed Rule Change Targeting Transgender Americans Date: April 22, 2021 Contact: Adam Peck Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge announced that her agency is withdrawing a proposed rule change sought by the previous administration that would have reinterpreted the Equal Access Rule to gut protections for transgender people. The proposed rule change would have made it easier for HUD-funded shelters to deny service to transgender Americans. The Obama...

Deseret News The Equality Act would add sexual orientation and gender identity-based protections to federal civil rights law. Share this story Photo illustration by Alex Cochran In a largely party-line vote Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed landmark LGBTQ rights legislation, advancing one of the Biden administration’s key policy initiatives to the Senate, where observers say the Equality Act won’t pass without significant changes. Thebill, which would amend anti-discrimination law to add protections for gay and transgender Americans, passed on a 224-206 vote. Three Repub...

Making the Case for Chosen Family in Paid Family and Medical Leave Policies February 16, 2021, 9:06 am In the past year, the coronavirus pandemic has revealed that U.S. workplaces and work-family policies are ill-equipped to support workers with illnesses or caregiving responsibilities. This policy gap has affected LGBTQ individuals, who often have less access to care from traditional family structures, in particular ways. The United States’ lack of any permanent, national paid leave policy makes it the sole outlier among industrialized countries and puts workers’ jobs, economic security...