

(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, use the Department of HHS’s authorities to protect LGBTQI+ individuals’ access to medically necessary care from harmful State and local laws and practices, and shall promote the adoption of promising policies and practices to support health equity, including in the area of mental health care, for LGBTQI+ youth and adults. Addressing Harmful and Discriminatory Legislative Attacks on LGBTQI+ Children, Youth, and Families. Through these actions, the Federal Government will help ensure that every person - regardless of who they are or whom they love - has the opportunity to live freely and with dignity.

It must also address the discrimination and barriers that LGBTQI+ individuals and families face by expanding access to comprehensive health care, including reproductive health protecting the rights of LGBTQI+ older adults and preventing and addressing LGBTQI+ homelessness and housing instability. The Federal Government must strengthen the supports for LGBTQI+ students in our Nation’s schools and other education and training programs. My Administration must safeguard LGBTQI+ youth from dangerous practices like so-called “conversion therapy” - efforts to suppress or change an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression - a discredited practice that research indicates can cause significant harm, including higher rates of suicide-related thoughts and behaviors by LGBTQI+ youth. The Federal Government must take action to address the significant disparities that LGBTQI+ youth face in the foster care system, the misuse of State and local child welfare agencies to target LGBTQI+ youth and families, and the mental health needs of LGBTQI+ youth.
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It is therefore the policy of my Administration to combat unlawful discrimination and eliminate disparities that harm LGBTQI+ individuals and their families, defend their rights and safety, and pursue a comprehensive approach to delivering the full promise of equality for LGBTQI+ individuals, consistent with Executive Order 13988 of Janu(Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation). The Federal Government must defend the rights and safety of LGBTQI+ individuals. They echo the criminalization that LGBTQI+ people continue to face in some 70 countries around the world. These attacks defy our American values of liberty and dignity, corrode our democracy, and threaten basic personal safety. Today, unrelenting political and legislative attacks at the State level - on LGBTQI+ children and families in particular - threaten the civil rights gains of the last half century and put LGBTQI+ people at risk. These disparities and barriers can be the greatest for transgender people and LGBTQI+ people of color.
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In spite of this historic progress, LGBTQI+ individuals and families still face systemic discrimination and barriers to full participation in our Nation’s economic and civic life. Our Nation has made great strides in fulfilling the fundamental promises of freedom and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) Americans, owing to the leadership of generations of LGBTQI+ individuals. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””īy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.
