The Academy has taken the following actions in support of LGBTQ+ communities so far in 2023:
- May 12: The Academy joined an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health care organizations challenging the state of Kentucky’s legislation removing access to gender-affirming care. Read more.
- April 28: The Academy joined an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics and other health care organizations in support of a challenge to a Florida Medicaid rule limiting access to gender-affirming medical care. The rule denies Medicaid recipients in Florida with gender dysphoria access to evidence-based treatments designed to improve health outcomes and alleviate suffering. Read more.
- March 6: The Academy submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes proposed rule. The proposed rule would restore the longstanding process for handling conscience complaints and provide additional safeguards to protect patients and providers against conscience and religious discrimination. Read more.
The Academy took the following actions in support of LGBTQ+ communities in 2022:
- September 27: The Academy joined an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health care organizations in support of a challenge to a Florida Medicaid rule limiting access to gender-affirming medical care. The rule denies Medicaid recipients in Florida with gender dysphoria access to evidence-based treatments designed to improve health outcomes and alleviate suffering. Read more.
- August 25: The Academy joined an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health care organizations challenging the state of Texas’s efforts to ban access to gender-affirming care. Read more.
- July 29: The Academy applauds the Administration for elevating Monkeypox to a health emergency. We must commit to reducing the stigma surrounding this disease and commit to evidence-based public health measures to provide the best possible care. Read more.
- May 4: The Academy signed on to an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health care organizations challenging the state of Alabama’s efforts to ban gender-affirming care. Read more.
Expert Panel on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Health
The Expert Panel on LGBTQ Health provides input on issues affecting the health care of individuals within the LGBTQ community, promoting nursing participation in research on LGBTQ health, and developing policy recommendations to reduce health inequities based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Members of the LGBTQ Health Expert Panel are coauthors of the following publications in Nursing Outlook, the Academy's official journal:
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