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By Queen Shannon My name is Queen Shannon Gipson, I’m a black trans women and representative from the Unique Woman’s Coalition, a black trans led organization here in Los Angeles California. I want to share my own experience of how I overcame smoking cigarettes. It has been a long road of smoking since I was…

Today marks a painful anniversary – a year since George Floyd was taken from his daughter and his community. A year since George Floyd last called out for his mama. A year since the Minneapolis Police Department first reported, “Man Dies After Medical Incident During Policy Interaction.” A year since a child, 17-year-old Darnella Frazier,…

By: Marielle Reataza, MD, MS Like many, I’ve spent the majority of my time in my apartment for the better part of a year. This past March marked the anniversary of California’s Stay at Home order, one of the most restrictive in the nation. This whole year has led us to question our beliefs around…

Los Angeles LGBT Center receives new funding from Health Net to help Californians enroll in Medi-Cal and other programs Health Net’s $80,000 grant means more LGBT residents in Los Angeles will have access to quality care and receive education about their Medi-Cal benefits Woodland Hills, CA (April 5, 2021) – To increase access to quality…

By Health Access We at Health Access California and the California LGBTQ Health & Human Services Network are heartbroken over a series of horrific hate crimes targeted towards the AAPI community, most recently in Atlanta. Our hearts are with the families and loved ones of the eight people who lost their lives, six of which…

Dear Trans, Gender Non-Conforming and Intersex (TGI) Community Members, In early December 2020, researchers at Vanderbilt University and UCLA reached out to transgender people across Southern California who are active in the community, work in advocacy, or work for organizations that provide care, resorces, or safety for folks who do not identify as Cisgender. According…

Today, the Trump Administration released its final rule making changes to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and rolling back the Obama-era guidance explicitly prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity. While courts have consistently affirmed that federal rules banning sex discrimination also ban discrimination against transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people, this rule is…

Black Lives Matter. The California LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network expresses its outrage and grief at the loss of Black Lives. We join movement leaders across the country in demanding justice and accountability for the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Stephon Clark, and too many others over the past…

In the initial days of what we call the LGBTQI community today, Black trans women gave you the medicine you needed to thrive in a world where you were rejected.