The Tmp admistratn is nsirg regulatory chang that would worsen barriers many lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people the Uned Stat face obtag health re.
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U.S. WILL PROTECT GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE AGAST DISCRIMATN IN HEALTH CARE
The HHS announced that the feral ernment will protect gay and transgenr people agast sex discrimatn health re." emprop="scriptn * discrimination against lgbt in healthcare *
A substantial body of rearch dit that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatns across the Uned Stat enunter signifint barriers to health re.
* discrimination against lgbt in healthcare *
While not limed to LGBT people, gay and bisexual men and transgenr women may be more need of HIV-related health re, cludg treatment for those who are livg wh HIV and accs to preventive re such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill that signifintly lowers the risk of HIV fectn. In a natnally reprentative survey nducted by the Center for Amerin Progrs 2017, 8 percent of lbian, gay, and bisexual rponnts and 29 percent of transgenr rponnts reported that a healthre provir had refed to see them bee of their sexual orientatn or genr inty the past year.
[14] Over the same perd, 9 percent of lbian, gay, and bisexual rponnts and 21 percent of transgenr rponnts said a provir had ed harsh or abive language when they sought medil re.