CA clinics lose transsexual health grants after Trump’s orders

Health Clinic in Los Angeles says he is losing federal funding as a result of president Donald TrumpExecutive orders aimed at transgender people.

Community Health on St. John, one of the largest suppliers of free and reduced costs in Los Angeles, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday had terminated a $ 1.6 million grant, which he had to support his health program and his health program and Transsexual social services.

St. Jones is the first health provider in California to publicly report on the impact of services as a result of the actions of the Trump administration. According to a letter from CDC, the grant has ended to comply with An enforcement order requiring federal agencies to recognize only two sexesS

“In St. John, we believe that everyone has a fundamental human right to healthcare. You can disagree with the quote skirt ideology and how people can choose to live their lives, but this does not give you the right to eliminate your access to healthcare, “said Jim Maggie, president and CEO of St.

The grant, which started in 2022, was funded through the CDC HIV Prevention Program. This allowed Saint John to manage a transgender adult program that included sexually transmitted infections and HIV testing, health education and social services links, including housing, treatment for use of substances and brands of food, Maggie said. More than 500 people receive services through grants annually.

Last week, along with thousands of clinics nationwide, St. John suffered a brief suspension of more than $ 18 million Federal funding as a result of a separate executive order and an internal budget memorandum trying to try to be widespread freezing of federal aidS

Two separate judges have blocked this order temporarilyBut these decisions do not apply to the executive order, which now does not allow St. John to have access to his grant for transsexual patients, Maggie said.

St. John will not shorten the services and is ready to judge for the continuation of a refusal of federal money, he added.

“We believe that these grants have been distributed by Congress and are protected constitutionally. We will pursue every avenue that is available to keep these programs funded, “Maggie said.

Some of Trump’s executive orders in the last two weeks have been targeted at transgender people, including attempts to provide them from military service and prevent schools from recognizing pronouns or when students pass.

Last week Trump issued another Enforcement order Obstruction of federal funding for transsexual health services for minors, including hormone therapy and surgical procedures. The order specifically called the federal research grants given to hospitals and medical schools, as well as to the financing of Medicare and Medicaid.

In this order and other Trump describes the care for the affirmation of gender such as “sterilization”, “mutilation” and “mutilation”, characteristics that are in direct opposition to clinical evidence supported by large medical organizations, including The Medical association., American Academy of Pediatrics and American Obstetrician College -GynecologistsAll of which oppose the government’s intervention in the decisions of a patient doctor.

Already hospitals across the country are Stopping Services for Equipment ServicesAccording to news reports, including major hospitals in New York, Denver and Washington, Colombia County, which Trump praised in a statement as a “intended effect”.

Organizations throughout the country, which provide transgender health and social services, are worried about their financing, said Jorge Reis Salinas, Director of Communications on California, the largest LGBTQ in the state and the advocacy group of civil law.

“These actions of the Trump Administration could refuse trance the right to medical care and expose their homes and employment to the risk of deeper existing health and economic differences and nourishing further discrimination,” the statement said in a statement in a statement Salinas.

At least 24 California organizations have received federal funding over the last five years for transsexual health programs or research, according to federal data on grants distributed by CDC and national health institutes.

LGBTQ groups in California and senior democratic officials quickly realized the moves last week and assured state residents that the laws of California protecting the rights and services of transgender people remain in force.

“California families looking for gender confirming care, and the doctors and employees who provide it are protected under state laws as Transsexual inclusion law, gender and intersex gender (TGI)S The president’s order does not change this, “said General Prosecutor Rob Bont in a statement.

State legislation requires state insurers to cover medically necessary gender care, including mental health services. It provides protection of licenses for doctors who treat transgender patients and include widespread non -discrimination protection.

However, Trump’s orders have settled confusion among suppliers who are hesitant to cope with the law or lose vital money.

“Some medical suppliers are beginning to cancel the meetings with transsexual young people because they are afraid of losing their license or funding,” says Danny Tsenya, director of CA LGBTQ Health & Human Services Network. “I hear it in the country from different partners.”

Cazene said that any such cancellation is “incompatible with the California law” and families should contact the Prosecutor General if they survive them.

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