As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to advancing the rights of LGBTQ people, President Biden signed the Executive Order (EO), Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation on his first day in office….
Howard Brown Health commends Governor Pritzker for his signing and support of legislation that helps ensure health equity for LGBTQ Illinoisans. Here is a look at the four important bills that the Governor signed on July 27. HB 1063: HIV…
California v. Texas The plaintiffs in this case, a group of Republican state officials, argued that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate was unconstitutional, and as a result, the entire ACA had to be struck down. The individual mandate of…
Tania Cordova grew up in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood after emigrating from Mexico in 1985. As a transgender woman, Tania’s memories of the early 90’s are full of traumatic encounters with Chicago police. “I used to go to ‘Chicks’ — a trans nightclub — on Broadway and Clark. The police would arrest everyone transgender anywhere near the club for solicitation.”
Last week, the 2021 spring legislative session came to a close with several critical health equity bills supported by Howard Brown Health advancing out of both houses of the Illinois General Assembly! SB 2133: This bill requires 10 state government…
Police violence is a public health crisis that disproportionately harms Black and Brown people and other marginalized communities that we care for at Howard Brown Health. In 2016, the Police Accountability Task Force issued a recommendation to increase community oversight…
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will interpret and enforce Section 1557 sex discrimination protections to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Section 1557…
Today is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Howard Brown Health condemns the national crisis of MMIWG, and we stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities in honoring the memory of those lost…
Today, Howard Brown recognizes and honors International Transgender Day of Visibility. Held every year on March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility is an opportunity for all of us to recognize and celebrate transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary people. Just…
Over a year into the pandemic, equitable progress has not been made to address the racial disparities in health outcomes that have existed and been exacerbated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In short, systemic racism made Black, Indigenous and Latinx/e communities…
Howard Brown mourns the loss of eight lives, the majority of whom were Asian women, to an act of hatred and violence committed earlier this week. We stand in solidarity with Asian immigrant, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities across…
The state of Illinois recently expanded eligibility criteria for the COVID-19 vaccine—called Phase 1B Plus—to include people with certain high-risk conditions. However, the list of qualifying conditions does not yet include people living with HIV (PLWH). This is at odds…