HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION AND SAGE LAUNCH SURVEY FOR 2023 LONG-TERM CARE EQUALITY INDEX: “We’re proud to be partnering with SAGE on the Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI) as we highlight the need for more equitable and inclusive care for LGBTQ+ people as they age,” said HRC Senior Vice President for Programs, Research and Training Jay Brown (@ThisIsJayBrown, he/him). “By completing this survey, every elder housing provider has an opportunity – and a responsibility – to improve or reevaluate their inclusive policies and practices to ensure that LGBTQ+ people at all stages of life have safe and equitable access to care.” More from HRC.

📺 WATCH: CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS BECOME TARGETS OF ANTI-TRANSGENDER ATTACKS AND HARASSMENT: More from PBS News Hour.

MORE SAME-SEX SURVIVING PARTNERS COULD QUALIFY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURVIVORS BENEFITS: The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has released a short video and fact sheet, “Survivor Benefits for Same-Sex Partners and Spouses,” informing the LGBTQ+ community about new rights related to Social Security survivors benefits. The fact sheet outlines who may be entitled to benefits, how the SSA will decide eligibility, and how to apply. More from HRC.

YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE MOMENT THEY KNEW THEY WERE NONBINARY: More from Seventeen.

FEATURED VIDEO: 2022 TIME TO THRIVE: QUEER JOY PANEL

🎧 LISTEN: COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN THE D.C. REGION ARE PREPARING FOR THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF MPV: More from WAMU 88.5.

NUMBER OF OUT LGBTQ+ ELECTED OFFICIALS SURPASSES 1,000: More from Metro Weekly.

📍 IN THE STATES

FLORIDA AGENCY’S FLIMSY, MISLEADING DATA ON GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE DESIGNED TO MISREPRESENT FACTS ABOUT TRANSGENDER YOUTH: “The DeSantis administration has chosen to push out misleading, cherry-picked data that isn't even available to the general public on its website to push a false narrative for political ends,” said HRC National Campaign Director Geoff Wetrosky (he/him). “The fact that this questionable data was carefully fed to select news outlets rather than released widely exposes the true intent here – to generate controversy, get the name ‘DeSantis’ into headlines and obscure the truth, by any means necessary.” More from HRC.

• MEDICAID CARE FOR TRANSGENDER CHILDREN IS RARE IN FLORIDA, DATA SHOWS: More from the Tampa Bay Times.

THE QUEERNESS OF GEN Z IS BEING USED TO PROMOTE SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION IN NEBRASKA AND BEYOND: More from Seeing Red.

📺 GET CULTURED

BEHIND THE SCENES OF SOUTH KOREA’S BARRIER-BREAKING LGBTQ+ REALITY SHOWS: More from Time.

MEET QUEER “COME DANCE WITH ME” JUDGE DEXTER MAYFIELD: More from LGBTQ Nation.

🌍 GLOBAL EQUALITY

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS LAW CRIMINALIZING CONSENTUAL SAME SEX SEXUAL ACTIVITY FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL: More from the Washington Post.