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Advocates and providers ask NYC Council for $35M–$50M to shore up gender-affirming care as federal funding wanes
Summary
Advocates, providers and community leaders urged the City Council to increase funding for transgender equity and gender-affirming care — including requests for a $10 million Trans Equity Fund baseline, $15 million to protect providers and $10 million for LGBTQ youth shelters — as federal support for gender-affirming care weakens.
Multiple community groups and health providers used the public testimony portion of the hearing to press the City Council to make substantial, near-term investments to protect transgender and gender-diverse New Yorkers as federal support for gender-affirming care comes under threat.
Speakers from Make the Road NY, the Trans Justice Leadership Program, Collective Public Affairs, Callen-Lorde and other coalitions asked the council to act quickly. Matteo Guerrero of Make the Road NY urged the council to increase the Trans Equity Fund to $10 million, allocate $15 million to protect…
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