Tag: Connecticut
White man posing as «Black homosexual» online gets arrested for violent article comment
Jeffrey Hanson was taken into custody when police found out he had posted a violent threat linked to a cultural event in New Haven, Conn., and doing it while disguising his identity.
12 States File Brief Supporting Obama Administration’s Historic Guidance on Transgender Students
HRC hails action on behalf of administration efforts to ensure dignity, equal treatment of all students.
Rep. Jim Himes: Why I walked out of the House’s moment of silence for Orlando
Silence won’t do anything to prevent gun violence.
Victory! Connecticut Lifts Medicaid Ban on Transgender Health Care
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the state of Connecticut for making transition-related health care available through its Medicaid program. Connecticut becomes the 7th jurisdiction to expand Medicaid coverage for transgender health care. Yesterday, Connecticut’s Legislative Regulation Review Committee approved a regulation that repeals the ban on coverage for the treatment of gender dysphoria, the diagnostic term used to refer to discomfort or distress caused by a difference between a person’s gender identity and their sex assigned at birth. This regulation will go into effect once it is posted to the Connecticut Secretary of State’s website, likely within the next 30 days.
Transgender teen sues ‘schizophrenic’ Connecticut detention centre
Sixteen-year-old Jane Doe alleges that boys’ detention centre that has been her giving hormone therapy has also traumatised her
New Social Art Movement, “HIV Equal,”
In an effort to bring attention to HIV/AIDS awareness and to reduce the fear and stigma surrounding the disease, a new social media campaign entitled “HIV Equal” has been developed by Connecticut-based World Health Clinicians, and will officially launch on October 26, 2013 as part of the organization’s wellness event.