civil rights - HHS Budget Would Fund Discrimination at Expense of Civil Rights Enforcement

Sharita Gruberg
Center for American Progress

Hubert H. Humphrey Building

 Health and Human Services

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Cream City Foundation awards grant to fund trans cultural competency training

Press
Wisconsin Gazette

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Caitlyn Jenner Launches Lipstick With MAC for AIDS Fund Transgender Initiative

Julianne Carrell
Glamour

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Fund helps LGBT DREAMers get work permits, deportation relief - http://www.windycitymediagroup.com

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B.C. to fund phalloplasty surgery for transgender men - Larkin Schmiedl - http://rabble.ca (Canada)

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Idea of the day:Fully Fund Shelters Designed for Gay and Transgender Youth ( Center for American Progress )

When reauthorizing the Runaway Homeless Youth Act, Congress should consider increasing the current $195 million allocation for homeless youth, as well as setting aside a portion of this funding that would go directly toward tackling the issue of LGBT youth homelessness. (more above)