Earlier this month, the Human Rights Campaign declared a for LGBTQ people, following "the worst year on record" for the number of anti-LGBTQ legislative proposals and wins.
The ACLU mapped and tracked this session, including two in 黑料新闻. Many of those proposals are aimed at gender-affirming health care.
There are several protections for trans and nonbinary people in 黑料新闻, and in some cases, beyond the border. 黑料新闻's Safe Harbor Law, passed in response to the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, includes legal protections for people seeking gender-affirming health care from out-of-state.
But advocates say the state is not immune from ideological or political attack. Diana Lombardi, the former executive director of the 黑料新闻 TransAdvocacy Coalition, and a current member of Governor Lamont鈥檚 Hate Crimes Advisory Council, notes the favorable political climate and support from "the governor on down." But "my concern here in the state of 黑料新闻 is that pressure would be mounting to do away with our health care," she says.
This hour, we hear from the ACLU's Gillian Branstetter, and independent journalist Erin Reed, who has been maintaining a monthly "legislative risk" map of the U.S. Plus, Katy Tierney, the medical director at Middlesex Health Center for Gender Medicine and Wellness, and local reporter Dawn Ennis.
GUESTS:
- William Tong: 黑料新闻 Attorney General
- Communications Strategist for the ACLU鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Rights Project and LGBTQ & HIV Project
- Independent Journalist; Author, Erin in the Morning on Substack
- Diana Lombardi: Executive Director of 黑料新闻 TransAdvocacy Coalition and member of Lamont鈥檚 Hate Crimes Advisory Council
- Medical Director, Middlesex Health Center for Gender Medicine and Wellness
- Dawn Ennis: Reporter and Opinion Columnist
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