Decoding Project 2025: Fight Back Against this Anti-LGBTQ+ Agenda
by Center for Education, Research, and Advocacy This election year there has been much discussion around Project 2025, a political transition plan being pushed by a coalition of conservative extremists. Project 2025 is comprised of numerous harmful policy proposals that…
Roundup of the 2024 Illinois Legislative Session
Every year, Howard Brown Health (HBH) supports several state legislative priorities to advance healthcare for LGBTQ+ patients. There were some important LGBTQ+ health equity and healthcare funding bills that Howard Brown and our community advocated for and passed during the…
The Fight Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
Over the past few years, we have seen a record-breaking onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the country. So far in 2024, 515 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have already been introduced in states all across the United States. Of these bills, 336 specifically targeted…
Safe Spaces: Combating Housing Disparities for LGBTQ+ Individuals
This past March in Chicago, voters were asked to vote on the Bring Chicago Home initiative. This initiative would have restructured the Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT), a one-time tax on properties when they are sold to create a substantial and…
Beyond The Ballot – Know Your Right To Treatment!
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that outlines strengthened protections for LGBTQ+ people in health care. Section 1557 specifically prohibits discrimination based on…
Revolutionizing Research – Pushing Medicine Forward With Pride
Paraphrased from an episode of Charting Queer Health entitled “Revolutionizing Research with Pride” Before you pop your next PrEP pill or even your next Tylenol, pause a moment and think of all the resources, time, and research that it took…
Funding The Future Of Healthcare
Advocate for historic investments in community health centers Community Health Centers (CHCs) are vital providers of healthcare in the United States, providing care to around 31 million people annually. CHCs provide affordable, high-quality, comprehensive primary care to medically underserved populations…
Beyond The Ballot: Vote For Chicago’s First Elected School Board!
This November, Chicago will hold elections for the Chicago Board of Education (CBE) for the first time. Based on a law passed in 2021, the Chicago Board of Education will transition from a seven-member board appointed by the mayor to…
OB/GYN for the Modern Man: Why Gynecology for Trans Men is So Important
Forget what you thought about OBGYN healthcare; a trans man’s life may depend on it. A visit to your local OBGYN isn’t just for cisgender women.
Beyond the Ballot: Fueling Acceptance for LGBTQ+ Students In Our Schools
They may be farther down the ballot, but school board elections are some of the most important decisions we make as voters. School boards are responsible for a wide range of academic, legal, and financial issues impacting our students’ quality…
Smiles All Around: Bridging The Gap In Dental Healthcare In Chicago
Historically, the fields of medicine and dentistry evolved very separately. So it wasn’t like dentistry developed as a subspecialty of medicine. As a result, I think that dentists and physicians just concentrated on just our own individual professions. I think…
From Couple To Throuple: Polyamory And Authenticity With Ashmal and Rehman
You read that right, “From Couple to Throuple.” Peacock’s new show presents us with four couples that have decided they want to add a third and make their couple a “throuple” and follows them over the course of several weeks…