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These Men Say Their Utah Therapist Touched Them Inappropriately During Sessions Paid for by the LDS Church

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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. This story discusses sexual assault. Three additional men have come forward to say a therapist recommended and paid for by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints touched them inappropriately during counseling sessions related to struggles with their sexuality. The men’s statements follow allegations by three others, previously reported by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica, that clinical mental health counselor Scott Owen touched them sexually during therapy. The three who most […]

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18 GOP attorneys general file brief accusing doctors of lying to make money with needless trans care

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Eighteen state attorneys general signed a brief asking a federal judge in Florida to allow states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender people from being covered under state Medicaid programs, using inflammatory language to explain why trans people shouldn’t have equal access to health care. Last year, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) finalized a rule banning healthcare providers from billing the state’s Medicaid program for trans people’s gender-affirming care, a rule that covered puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and surgical procedures for adults. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program providing healthcare coverage for low-income people. Related: Four trans […]

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Philadelphia becomes safe haven for trans people seeking gender-affirming healthcare

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Philadelphia has become a safe haven for trans people seeking gender-affirming healthcare. On Tuesday (17 October), mayor Jim Kenney signed an executive order at City Hall, giving anyone who goes to the state access to treatment. The executive order prohibits the local government from using any resources to assist states seeking to investigate or punish people for providing or receiving gender-affirming care in the Pennsylvanian city, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.  Ahead of signing executive order 4-23, Kenney said: “We won’t help those who seek to discriminate against trans people.”  Sultan Shakir, the president and executive officer of the Mazzoni Center, a […]

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Black Trans Woman Chyna Long Shot and Killed in Milwaukee

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Chyna Long, a Black transgender woman, was found shot to death on a street in Milwaukee on Sunday. Family members think she may have been targeted for being trans; she had often been harassed about her identity, Milwaukee TV station WISN reports. Family and friends who gathered for a vigil Thursday night said police told them a suspect was in custody, but police would not confirm this to the station. Her loved ones remembered her fondly. “She wasn’t apologetic about nothing,” April Gipson, her aunt, said at the vigil, according to WISN. “This was who she was. And we accepted her, with all our hearts.” Of […]

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EU Launches New Hate Speech/Terrorism Probe Into X

Via press release from the European Commission: Today the European Commission services formally sent X a request for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This request follows indications received by the Commission services of the alleged spreading of illegal content and disinformation, in particular the spreading of terrorist and violent content and hate speech. The request addresses compliance with other provisions of the DSA as well. Following its designation as Very Large Online Platform, X is required to comply with the full set of provisions introduced by the DSA since late August 2023, including the assessment and mitigation of risks […]

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Cases of multi-drug resistant gonorrhea ‘super strain’ multiply

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with the World Health Organization  are raising red flags for the second time this year as cases multiply of a “super strain” of drug-resistant gonorrhea globally, but particularly among men who have sex with men.  This strain of gonorrhea has been previously seen in Asia-Pacific countries and in the U.K., but not in the U.S. A genetic marker common to two Massachusetts residents and previously seen in a case in Nevada, retained sensitivity to at least one class of antibiotics. Overall, these cases are an important reminder that strains of gonorrhea in the U.S. […]

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A hack for affording Doxy PEP if you’re uninsured

Looking for DoxyPEP & uninsured? Picking up your prescription of DoxyPEP is just a few steps away! Here’s how to get GoodRx’s coupon to use for a discounted price of doxycycline at the pharmacy.  1.  Go to GoodRx.com. 2. Enter “Doxycycline hyclate” in the search bar. Then click “Find the lowest prices.” 3. Section 1: Check your prescription Confirm the selections are set to: 4. Section 2: Choose your pharmacy 5. Section 3: Pick the price that’s right for you 6. Get your coupon. 7. Show the GoodRx to the pharmacist when picking up your prescription to get the discounted price. Alto pharmacy […]

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STI Rates, Including HIV, Could Spike Due to Medicaid Cuts

We have come a long way from the days when HIV was an almost certain death sentence. But our work is far from over. The COVID-19 pandemic led to an uptick in rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and low-income communities, LGBTQ+ communities, and communities of color continue to be impacted at alarming and disproportionately high rates. These communities are also more likely to be served by Medicaid. Medicaid is the largest source of insurance coverage for people living with HIV in the United States, covering an estimated 40 percent of nonelderly adults with HIV, and Medicaid accounted for 45 percent […]

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Meta has allowed anti-LGBTQ+ group Gays Against Groomers to freely spread misinformation & hate

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has allowed an anti-LGBTQ+ group to spread hate speech and misinformation about LGBTQ+ people on its platforms in violation of the company’s policies for over a year, according to a new report from Media Matters for America. The report, published by the media watchdog organization on Tuesday, details dozens of instances in which Gays Against Groomers used its Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts to post anti-LGBTQ+ content, including false claims that trans people are mentally ill and that LGBTQ+ people embrace pedophilia, as well as misinformation about gender-affirming care and the false “groomer” […]

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Meta Fails to Moderate Content from Anti-Trans Hate Group on Instagram, Watchdog Group Says

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A report released by Media Matters for America, the media watchdog group, on Tuesday, criticizes Instagram, for its alleged failure to effectively moderate content posted by the controversial anti-trans organization Gays Against Groomers.  The report, which The Advocate is reporting exclusively, highlights a series of instances where Gays Against Groomers is accused of spreading harmful rhetoric about LGBTQ+ people on the platform, clearly violating Instagram’s community guidelines against hate speech, harassment, and misinformation. One of the primary concerns raised by the report is the apparent inconsistency in Instagram’s enforcement of these content policies. While other prominent platforms, including PayPal and Google, have taken decisive action to ban Gays […]

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