Press Releases
GLMA comments on critical LGBTQ health issues through the following press releases.
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For press inquires, please contact GLMA’s Executive Director, Alex Sheldon, at asheldon@glma.org or (833) 456-2202.
GLMA and Whitman-Walker Institute Highlight New Study on the Adoption Rates of Expanded Gender Markers in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) System
Oct 21 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – A recent study explores the adoption of new gender marker...
GLMA Welcomes Health Equity Research Fellow from American Council of Learned Societies
Sep 3 2024
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality is excited to announce its ...
The Lesbian Health Fund Reveals the 2024 Grant Recipients!
Aug 16 2024
WASHINGTON, DC - The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a fierce advocate for promoting ...
GLMA Enhances Commitment to Health Equity with 2024 Summer Policy & Position Statement Updates
Aug 1 2024
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality is pleased to announce the ...
GLMA Celebrates the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Announcement of New LGBTQ+ Section
Jul 8 2024
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality applauds recent American Me...
GLMA Condemns the Biden-Harris Administration’s Statement Opposing Surgical Care for Trans Youth
Jul 3 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. — GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality exp...
Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Block Law Banning Health Care for Texas Trans Youth
Jun 28 2024
AUSTIN, Texas, June 28, 2024 – The Texas Supreme Court today reversed a lo...
GLMA Applauds SCOTUS Ruling in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
Jun 13 2024
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality celebrates the U.S. Supreme...
GLMA Proud to Partner with Castle Connolly to Release 2024 Top LGBTQ+ Doctors List
Jun 11 2024
GLMA is excited to announce our ongoing collaboration with Castle Connolly in pr...
GLMA Applauds Biden-Harris Administration for Strengthening Health Care Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ+ Communities with Finalized Affordable Care Act (ACA) Rule
Apr 29 2024
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality commends Friday’s ann...
GLMA Commends APA Policy Statement that Supports Affirming, Evidence-Based, and Inclusive Care for Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Diverse Patients
Feb 29 2024
Washington, DC - GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality applauds t...
New Partnership: GLMA Members Gain Free Access to Violet's On-Demand Continuing Education Library
Feb 20 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equal...
Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban Receives Oral Argument in the Supreme Court of Texas
Jan 30 2024
AUSTIN, Texas — Legal advocates representing transgender adolescents, thei...
GLMA Chosen to Host Fellow from Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
Jan 23 2024
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality is proud to announce that i...
GLMA Unveils New Lifetime Memberships: A Legacy Investment in LGBTQ+ Health
Jan 16 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equal...
GLMA Applauds HHS Rule Reversal on Trump-Era “License to Discriminate” Regulation
Jan 9 2024
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality celebrates the Biden-Harris...
GLMA and Amino Health Collaborate to Enhance and Expand LGBTQ+ Affirming Care Access through the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory
Jan 4 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equal...
GLMA'S Winter Policy and Position Statement Updates
Dec 22 2023
GLMA, the oldest and largest association of LGBTQ+ and allied health professiona...
GLMA Commends SCOTUS Rejection of Legal Challenge to Washington’s Law Protecting LGBTQ+ Minors from So-Called “Conversion Therapy”
Dec 11 2023
[Washington, DC] - GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, the old...
GLMA Joins PFLAG National, Lambda Legal, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) in Taking Legal Action Against the State of North Carolina to Block Harmful Health Care Ban Targeting Trans Youth
Oct 11 2023
The lawsuit challenges House Bill 808, also known as the “Act to Prohibit ...