Riding The Policy Rollercoaster

Another week, another set of policy changes. This was a particularly bad week for gender diversity. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state bans on gender affirming care (see Supreme Court Upholds Bans On Gender-Affirming Care). And the federal government will no longer pay for specialized support for LGBTQ people on the 988 crisis line (see Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service). 

In addition, state and local programs that provide youth sex education and get federal funding were ordered to remove any mention of gender identity (see California Directed To Remove “Disturbing . . .