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A Massachusetts district court ruled the administration broke federal procedure when it tried to remove gender-affirming care from the ACA's essential health benefits — a decision with real financial stakes for transgender people buying marketplace insurance.
A new CMS rule bars federal Medicaid and CHIP matching funds for gender-affirming care for anyone under 18, effective October 13. States can still cover it — just not with federal money.
At a Ljubljana conference hosted with ILGA-Europe, a state secretary at Slovenia's Ministry of Labour pledged to draft the country's first dedicated national strategy for LGBTIQ+ equality — a document advocates have wanted for years.
The White House has ended direct federal funding for HIV prevention at 96 community-based organizations, rerouting the money through state health departments with no requirement it reach the groups doing the work.
Fresh off topping Europe's Rainbow Map, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a first-of-its-kind State Strategy for the Social Inclusion of Trans People — a four-year roadmap that turns the 2023 Ley Trans into concrete policy.
Brussels has a five-year plan to protect and empower LGBTIQ+ people across the bloc. The ambition is genuine — but for the Balkans and the countries queuing to join, what happens next depends on whether anyone makes it bite.
Iceland scored 30 out of 32 on TGEU's annual ranking of trans rights in Europe and Central Asia. There's no dramatic recent reform driving it — just a decade of small, undramatic changes that quietly compound.
