{"id":4132,"date":"2019-03-19T16:59:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=4132"},"modified":"2019-03-19T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:59:42","slug":"lgbtqia-us-news-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/4132","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA+ US News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/transgender-health-insurance-5_custom-3afe5200e27db8ee4562a6a19b9a9eb9d4d0f401-s800-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/transgender-health-insurance-5_custom-3afe5200e27db8ee4562a6a19b9a9eb9d4d0f401-s800-c85.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/transgender-health-insurance-5_custom-3afe5200e27db8ee4562a6a19b9a9eb9d4d0f401-s800-c85-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/transgender-health-insurance-5_custom-3afe5200e27db8ee4562a6a19b9a9eb9d4d0f401-s800-c85-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/03\/12\/701510605\/fresh-challenges-to-state-exclusions-on-transgender-health-coverage\">Fresh\nChallenges To State Exclusions On Transgender Health Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the Affordable Care Act and the Americans with\nDisabilities Act have provisions that have broadly been determined to protect\ntransgender individuals from being discriminated against when it comes to their\nhealthcare, however 30 states still allow health plans to exclude\ntransgender-related healthcare from their policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020-democratic-candidates-to-participate-in-debate-focused-on-lgbt-issues\/2019\/03\/19\/75205da8-4a52-11e9-93d0-64dbcf38ba41_story.html?utm_term=.0cf7eec66f3e\">2020\nDemocratic candidates to participate in debate focused on LGBT issues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scheduled to coincide with National Coming Out Day, on\nOctober 10th, democratic presidential candidates will be invited to participate\nin a forum hosted jointly by the Human Rights Campaign and&nbsp;UCLA Luskin\nSchool of Public Affairs. The candidates will debate topics such as hate\ncrimes, bullying, and transgender rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5c6c66e29a272.image_-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5c6c66e29a272.image_-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5c6c66e29a272.image_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5c6c66e29a272.image_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5c6c66e29a272.image_.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalpress.com\/state\/oregon\/nonprofit-supports-inclusiveness-in-agriculture\/article_e626fc76-33d4-11e9-9f24-5f728dae4c87.html\">Nonprofit\nsupports inclusiveness in agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cultivating Change Foundation, which advocates for LGBT\ninclusion in agriculture has been raising awareness since its creation in\n2015.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh Challenges To State Exclusions On Transgender Health Coverage Both the Affordable Care Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act have provisions that have broadly been determined to protect transgender individuals from being discriminated against when it comes to their healthcare, however 30 states still allow health plans to exclude transgender-related healthcare from their policies.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":4134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,770,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-glbt-news","category-law","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}