Trump’s war on harm reduction will cost LGBTQ+ lives
The Trump administration is wrong about a lot of things when it comes to LGBTQ+ health and well-being. They have attacked transgender medicine, disbanded federal HIV prevention offices, and even endorsed conversion therapy under a new name. There seems to be no floor to how low this administration will go to undermine the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people in the United States and around the world. Their most recent action is yet another example of the destructive policies that worsen LGBTQ+ health: President Trump signed an executive order instructing SAMHSA, the nation’s scientific agency administering behavioral health and substance use interventions, to defund harm reduction programs nationwide. Harm […]