Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings examining the state of LGBTQ+ health in Philadelphia.

Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings examining the state of LGBTQ+ health in Philadelphia. WHEREAS, LGBTQ+ health includes, but is not limited to, access to and quality of general healthcare, sexual and reproductive healthcare, gender-affirming healthcare, HIV/AIDS medication and preventative healthcare, mental healthcare and treatment, and population health and wellbeing generally; and WHEREAS, Data consistently shows that LGBTQ+ people have significant health disparities in comparison to their straight and cis peers; inequities in accessing healthcare, quality and affordable housing, fair treatment in the education and criminal justice system, and LGBTQ+ people are at greater risk of dying by suicide; and WHEREAS, this disproportionate impact is the direct result of compounded anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and other systemic barriers to accessing healthcare services across the United States. Under the current federal administration, the impacts to health outcomes for LGBTQ+ people have only worsened; and WHEREAS , The federal government has rescinded numerous laws protecting Trans people; it has enacted laws banning life-saving healthcare such as gender-affirming care; it has written numerous letters and official memos threatening and stating its desire to stop funding for any health provider serving Trans people, and has contributed to a culture of fear and violence that directly impacts the health, wellbeing, and lives of Trans peopl…