SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A coalition of LGBTQ+, health care, civil rights, and community organizations, including Equality California, celebrated Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement of the 2026-27 California State Budget, which includes a historic $26 million investment to protect access to transition-related care and strengthen California’s network of providers serving transgender Californians. The budget also includes the…

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the California LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network issued a scathing condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling in Chiles v. Salazar. The decision, which sides with a Colorado-based counselor, threatens the validity of state-level bans on the discredited and harmful practice of “conversion therapy” by reclassifying medical malpractice as “protected…

LOS ANGELES, CA – On March 20, the California LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network, along with TransFamily Support Services, the Trans Latin@ Coalition, and Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, convened a listening session for key California health agencies to elevate the urgent needs and lived experiences of transgender, gender-diverse, and intersex (TGI) community members…