Rhode Island advances HIV prevention with ‘game-changing’ PrEP access law
In June the Rhode Island legislature passed, and Governor McKee signed, a law that will mean fewer people will get HIV. “An Act Relating To Insurance – Accident And Sickness Insurance Policies –...
US Sen. Markey (MA) introduces bill to support older LGBTQ+ Americans
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, last week introduced the Elder Pride Act, legislation to support LGBTQI+ older adults and older...
RI legislature passes bill to safeguard access to trans, repro heath care
Health care providers and advocates for health care access, reproductive health, and LGBTQ+ equality praised the RI Legislature’s final passage of the “Health Care Provider Shield Act,” (S2262 Sub B, HB757 Sub...
Boston-based Fenway Health appoints Jordina Shanks new CEO
The Fenway Health Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that it has hired Jordina Shanks as Fenway Health’s next CEO. Shanks has been serving as Fenway Health’s Interim CEO since March....
Maine Gov. Mills signs gender-affirming health care shield bill into law
Maine Governor Janet Mills yesterday signed into law a bill to protect out-of-state patients seeking gender-affirming care, and also abortions, from states where such health care is illegal, even if received in...
Rhode Island Senate passes Health Care Provider Shield Act
The Rhode Island State Senate last week passed a bill that would protect medical providers from civil or criminal action when offering transgender health care and abortion services to out-of-state patients.
GLAD commends clarification on LGBTQ+ health care protections
The Biden Administration last week reinstated health care protections under the Affordable Care Act, which had been rescinded under the Trump administration, and issued a clarification making it clear that the ACA's...
Fenway Institute welcomes Amy Ben-Arieh as its new executive director
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health—one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people—has a new executive director. Says Fenway:
Amy Ben-Arieh
Bay State AG joins call to restore ACA health care protections for transgender people...
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell announced yesterday that she is joining 17 other state attorneys general across the US in an effort to reverse a Trump-era elimination of nondiscrimination protections for...
MA Senator Markey hosts roundtable with LGBTQ+ community leaders in support of trans, nonbinary...
Amid the state of emergency that transgender and nonbinary people in Massachusetts and across the United States are experiencing—including increasing reports of violence, discrimination, and fear—Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday hosted...
