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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
Congratulations to CAP's Caleb Smith for being listed as one of Out in National Security and @NewAmerica's Out Leaders 2025 honoree. #OutLeadership2025 outinnationalsecurity.org/ho…
ALT 2025 Out Leaders List graphic with Caleb Smith's headshot. "Caleb Smith, (Any Pronouns), LGBTQI+ Policy Director, Center for American Progress"
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
"...we're not going to be put back into the closet to appease anyone, and we're not going to be silent while human dignity is under threat."
@MarkTakano at CAP today speaking out against the continuous attacks on LGBTQI+ rights:
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
Look at this speaker lineup for our event on LGBTQI+ data and policy at CAP tomorrow! So excited to be joined by @RepMarkTakano, Jaymes Black and Dr. Kellan Baker.
There's still time to RSVP!
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
"Equality is an issue in women's sports, but trans people aren’t the reason why women's sports are underfunded and under-resourced." — @CaitESmith1 👏👏👏
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
Trump - yet again - chose politics over keeping our country safe by banning qualified service members from our military. Trans folks have a long history of dutifully serving our country, and I'm proud to be a part of that history. My statement below:
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
United States v. Skrmetti, which SCOTUS will hear Wednesday, has massive implications for the government’s ability to infringe on bodily autonomy. Haley Norris on the gravity of this fight:
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
This week, SCOTUS hears oral arguments for U.S. v Skrmetti - the case about whether trans youth should have access to life saving trans medical care. Today, I and @hvnorris published this explainer on about trans healthcare - and how we can protect it.
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
🎉 Exciting news! Our 2024 #DACA survey is live! Share how DACA has shaped your life and enter for a chance to win one of three $50 Target gift cards! Text “DACA Survey” to 787-57. The following rules apply: americanprogress.org/wp-cont…
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
The far-right attacks on abortion and transgender medical care are one and the same - they're attacks on best practice care and bodily autonomy, pushed by the likes of those behind #Project2025
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
No matter what is said tonight, remember:
✔️Gender-affirming care is best practice care.
✔️Trans youth deserve access to safe and affirming education.
✔️No one deserves to be discriminated against for who they are or who they love.
We are here to stay. 🌈🏳️⚧️
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
The landmark rule to update Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act is a critical step forward for health equity.
The LGBTQI+ community are one step closer to health care that is free from discrimination.
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
Friday, HHS finalized a landmark rule to codify LGBTQI+ nondiscrimination protections in federally funded healthcare programs. It also strengthened protections for marginalized communities - including people who don’t speak English. Here’s my statement 👇🏻
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
🧵Monday, SCOTUS let an Idaho youth trans medical care ban go into effect.
The case is a clear example of coordination by the far-right to dismantle best practice medicine. Here’s what you need to know:
americanprogress.org/article…
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
Attacks on abortion care + transgender medical care = Alliance Defending Freedom, the chief strategist behind Dobbs, Alliance, and now Poe v Labrador and Idaho v U.S.
@CaitESmith1 and I know that these attacks are connected, and we write about it below 👇
The attacks to eradicate access to abortion care and gender affirming care are interconnected, strategic, and intentional.
Read our latest analysis:
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LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
This is a must read by @CaitESmith1 and @SabrinaTalukde1 for folks who need a primer on the interplay between abortion care and trans medical care attacks by extremist judges who are working against scientific evidence to further personal far-right ideology; It harms everyone.
🧵Monday, SCOTUS let an Idaho youth trans medical care ban go into effect.
The case is a clear example of coordination by the far-right to dismantle best practice medicine. Here’s what you need to know:
americanprogress.org/article…
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
Great article, featuring CAP’s @CaitESmith1 on how the negative framing of LGBTQ+ literary and health content tells young members of the community that they don’t belong in schools 👇🏼
“Hostile school policy directly leads to harm,” Smith said.
Moms for Liberty requests information from Baltimore County schools on LGBTQ+ books, health classes trib.al/OzcQtxs
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
"Transgender Americans, I have your back." - @POTUS
We agree, Mr. President, we need LGBTQI+ nondiscrimination protections immediately.
Tell Congress to pass the #EqualityAct now: act.americanprogress.org/pag…
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
“Families must be able to not only survive, but to thrive.” Rep. @rosadelauro on why the U.S. must pass the Family Act, a national, comprehensive paid family and medical leave program.
LGBTQI+ Progress retweeted
There is nothing wrong with being LGBTQI+, yet according to a new @TrevorProject report, there are more than 1,300 practitioners that provide conversion therapy in the U.S.
This fraudulent, unscientific, and harmful practice must end.
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