Join HRC’s 100 Days of Healthcare Campaign
Fight for LGBTQ+ healthcare!
Healthcare is one of the most powerful ways to connect LGBTQ+ equality to everyday life. Across the country, millions of LGBTQ+ people rely on public programs like Medicaid, the ACA marketplaces, and nondiscrimination protections to access basic healthcare services.
We are currently seeing legislative proposals to cut healthcare programs, restrict gender-affirming care, and undermine nondiscrimination protections threaten to reverse decades of progress.
The fight for LGBTQ+ healthcare is not about special treatment—it is about ensuring that everyone can see a provider, access lifesaving medication, and live with dignity. Medicaid is the largest payer of HIV care in the United States and provides critical coverage for gender-affirming care, preventive services, and mental health treatment for many LGBTQ+ people.
Recent years have brought significant progress in recognizing and addressing LGBTQ health disparities. Federal surveys now increasingly include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures. At the same time, health systems, researchers, and major medical organizations have expanded work focused on LGBTQ health outcomes and culturally competent care. These improvements in data and guidance have helped better document disparities and inform more effective public health responses.
Overall, the past five years have seen important advancements in HIV prevention and treatment, expanded nondiscrimination protections in healthcare, improved research and data collection, and greater public visibility of LGBTQ health issues. While challenges remain, these developments represent meaningful progress in strengthening health equity and access to care for LGBTQ communities.
JOIN US!
HRC is mobilizing people across the country in every congressional district to fight for healthcare this summer, and we need you with us!
We are organizing lobby days, hosting live trainings with subject matter experts, and doing everything we can to make sure our electeds understand that they must support LGBTQ+ healthcare.
Sign up to:
- Attend a training on how to be an effective lobbyist
- Attend trainings on LGBTQ+ healthcare topics
- Lobby your legislators on healthcare
- Commit to engaging your local LGBTQ+ community members about healthcare