As extremist lawmakers in state after state try to attack our transgender community’s basic health care, the misinformation is rampant. Serious misconceptions about transgender people are fueling legislation from Florida a Misuri a Misisipi – and they all aim to stop young people and their parents from accessing essential health care. Some even go farther, with some bills attempting to ban transition-related care hasta la edad de 21 or even beyond. These bans attack our most basic values of privacy and control over our own bodies, and they’re based on misleading or even outright false ideas. Here are the real facts everyone should know.
NCTE Commends Introduction of Health Equity and Accountability Act
The National Center for Transgender Equality commends the Congressional Tri-Caucus, comprised of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) for reintro
Victoria: Maryland excluye exclusiones de seguros para empleados estatales
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) celebrates a Maryland resolution ending transgender health care exclusions for state employees.
NCTE Commends CDC's Clarified Breast Cancer Screening Policy
El Centro Nacional para la Igualdad Transgénero (NCTE, por sus siglas en inglés) elogia a los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) por aclarar que su Programa Nacional de Detección Temprana de Cáncer de Mama y Cáncer Cervical cubrirá la detección de mujeres transgénero elegibles