Trump administration rolls back LGBTQ and women’s healthcare protections

During a pandemic and a national uprising against racist terror the Trump administration handed down another devastating blow: the Department of Health and Human Services announced it had completed revisions to the Affordable Care Act removing anti-discrimination protections for women and LGBTQ people in healthcare. June 12 was a brutal day for the LGBTQ community. People learned of the brutal murders of two Black trans women – Dominique “Rem’Mie” Fells of Philadelphia and Riah Milton of Liberty Township, Ohio – even as we continue to fight for justice for Tony McDade, a Black trans man killed by police in Tallahassee, Florida, last month. It was also the fourth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, when a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 others at a gay club in in Orlando, Florida, in 2016. Then, in the evening, the DHHS announced it had finalized long-anticipated changes to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, removing language that protected women and LGBTQ people from discrimination in healthcare. Read the full article: https://www.liberationnews.org/trump-administration-rolls-back-lgbtq-and-womens-healthcare-protections/