Fact Sheet

The federal 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law requires nursing homes to “protect and promote the rights of each resident” emphasizing individual dignity and self-determination in the provision of long-term care. Every nursing home accepting Medicare and/or Medicaid must meet federal requirements, including those regarding residents’ rights.

To see a compiled resource list of direct service providers for LGBTQ youth, please click here. 

THE PROMISE OF A FAIR AND INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IS UNDER SIEGE.

Today, medical practitioners recognize the importance of providing ethical and compassionate health care to people born with intersex traits and have launched efforts to ensure that intersex people are receiving appropriate, sensitive, and nondiscriminatory health care.

April 12, 2019 is the National Day of Silence, a student-led action sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in which thousands of students around the country will remain silent for all or part of the school day to call attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

In 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 239 into law, transforming the legal landscape with respect to HIV criminalization in California. Under the new law, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (DSan Francisco) and Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), criminal penalties based on a person’s HIV status cannot be imposed unless the person acts with the intent to harm another person.