Gay and transgenr people will be protected agast sex discrimatn healthre, the U.S. health secretary said on Monday, as Print Joe Bin's admistratn reversed a policy put place unr his precsor Donald Tmp.
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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.
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.
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. * discrimination against lgbt in healthcare *
[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.