Disability / LGBTQIA+ / Health News Roundup June 21, 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Gut Programs That Support Children by Kennedy Andara and Kyle Ross on June 20, 2025 at The Center for American Progress
"This column builds on previous Center for American Progress analysis to confirm the sweeping impact the bill would have on children. The bill’s cuts would increase the cost of basic needs for families during a time when they are already struggling with high prices and economic uncertainty, fueled in part by sweeping tariffs."
Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors by Madison Pauly on June 18 2025 at Mother Jones
"In a major ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning transgender kids, but not cisgender kids, from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy—regardless of their parents’ support for the treatment."
The Trump Administration Is Shutting Down the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth by Julie Lurie on June 18, 2025 at Mother Jones
"On Tuesday, the Trevor Project, a LGBTQ suicide prevention nonprofit that contracts with Health and Human Services to respond to the calls, received a stop-work order, effective July 17."
Q&A: AI and Disability a blog post by Dan McQuillan posted June 19 2025
"I wrote this Q&A to help me prepare for a TV interview about AI and disability. I tried to include concrete examples and I steered clear of theory (not my usual approach!). The questions were what I imagined might come up, the answers are my attempt to challenge those assumptions."