Press Statements

The Trump administration is withholding millions of dollars in federal funding from universities that allow transgender students to play sports, accusing schools of violating Title IX – wh…

Today, the Equality Act was reintroduced in both chambers of Congress. The bill’s introduction comes on the heels of the Trump Administration’s latest attack on the LGBTQ+ community: a report…

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case that would restrict young people’s access to LGBTQ+ books at school and pave the way for far-reaching classro…

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., a case that could threaten the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s mandate that insurance companies cover pre…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as HIV programs face funding cuts and partisan attacks, Advocates for Youth honors National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) and the young people advocat…

The Trump Administration has withdrawn funding from 16 Title X providers, threatening millions of people’s access to life-saving healthcare including cancer screenings, STI tests, contraception, and…

Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration has continued to target student immigrants, detaining and threatening students and scholars from Tufts, Alabama University, Columbia, Cornell, an…

The Trump Administration is expected to drastically cut and possibly eliminate HIV programs and funding at CDC, including in the Division of HIV Prevention (DHP). In response, Debra Hauser, …

This weekend, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested former Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, threatening to revoke his green card due to his participation in pro-Palestine student…