Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

18/07/2025

With fewer protections and more paperwork, LGBTQ+ Americans face a Medicaid coverage cliff

LGBTQ+ adults are twice as likely to use Medicaid as their main insurance. Trump’s new tax law could create insurmountable hurdles for their health care.

18/07/2025

Adelita Grijalva wins Arizona Democratic primary, fending off challenge from Deja Foxx

The U.S. House seat was left open after the March death of Rep. Raúl Grijalva, the father of candidate Adelita Grijalva.

18/07/2025

America’s child care system relies on immigrants. Without them, it could collapse

The Trump administration’s far-reaching war on immigration is threatening America’s already-fragile child care system, where immigrants play a critical role. In New Mexico, which is leading the nation in child care policy, immigrants who run child care businesses say immigration policy is alread...

18/07/2025

Puerto Rican Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón (R) has signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for trans youth under 21. The legislation bans both gender-affirming surgeries (which are rarely performed on minors anyway) and hormone therapy.

Anyone who provides this care to young people faces 15 years in prison and a $50,000 fine, as well as the loss of their medical license, according to the Associated Press. Follow the link in bio to read more.

18/07/2025

Chaise-lounge?

17/07/2025

Following the UPMC decision to end Gender-Affirming Healthcare for Trans youth, we are publishing Q&A's with staff resisting that decisioni

Q&A with Katherine: Many Of Us Will Always Choose to “Aid and Abet” For Trans Kids - Pittsburgh Le***an Correspondents https://bit.ly/4nQiQZL

17/07/2025

An exchange today with a friend. My comments in color

17/07/2025

Today, July 17, the Trump Administration is officially shutting down the 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services, a major su***de prevention program for young LGBTQ+ people in the U.S.

If you’re an LGBTQ+ person experiencing a mental health crisis, it’s important to know that you still have people on your side, and there are resources you can use to get support. At the link in bio, a guide to alternative U.S. hotlines with LGBTQ+-specific services and operators that are here to support you.

17/07/2025

Daily meeting of the ginger cats.

I had just fluffed and sorted the sofa cushions, covers. Then this ...

17/07/2025

The Trump administration on Thursday afternoon officially terminated the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ Youth Specialized Services program, which gave callers under age 25 the option to speak with LGBTQ-trained counselors.

The announcement that the specialized service would be shuttered was made last month by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

The 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline launched in July 2022, two years after President Donald Trump signed the National Su***de Hotline Designation Act, making 988 the universal number for the national su***de prevention line. The bipartisan legislation noted that LGBTQ youths “are more than 4 times more likely to contemplate su***de than their peers and stated that SAMHSA “must be equipped to provide specialized resources” to high-risk populations, including LGBTQ youths.

While 988 has discontinued its LGBTQ youth service, LGBTQ youths and young adults seeking specialized crisis intervention and su***de prevention help can still contact the Trevor Project for such services by calling 1-866-488-7386, texting START to 678678 or visiting TheTrevorProject.org/Get-Help.

Read more at the link in bio.

17/07/2025

Today for Nonbinary Awareness Week, we are featuring Rain! Rain is a two-spirit, nonbinary person whose pronouns are he/they.

"Non-binary means to me that you're beyond the binary of just man and woman. Something greater than those default boxes that were expected to fit into. We're also bridges between those boxes that let people see what is possible and bring people together."

17/07/2025

She helped stop measles in her Texas county. She thinks there is an ‘uphill battle’ in the fight against the disease

Lubbock County in Texas has been free of measles cases for more than 50 days. But Katherine Wells, director of the Lubbock Health Department, is staying vigilant.