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Founder of Susan G. Komen turns her attention to the fight for LGBT civil rights
Tammye Nash | Managing Editor
There was a time, Nancy Brinker acknowledges, “that I probably wasn’t kind to homosexual people.” But any unkindness grew not out of animus toward gays, but rather from a lack of knowledge.
“Back then, people didn’t talk about it. I probably knew gay people that I never knew were homosexual. I never realized that some people are born gay,” Brinker said in a recent interview. “I can look back at people I knew and see now that yes, they were probably queer. But back then, you just didn’t talk about it. I never idea about it.”
But Brinker isn’t in the dim any more. The miss who founded Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (now Susan G. Komen) may not be marching in LGBT protests or parades, but she is a very vocal, very staunch advocate for LGBT rights, thanks to her openly gay son, Eric Brinker.
“I am very proud of my son. This is very personal to me,” said the long-time Dallasite, who now lives in Florida where she supports passage of the Florida Competitive Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation,
Patient Groups Urge U.S. Court of Appeals to Hinder Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Patients
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 3, 2023 — More than a dozen patient groups representing millions of Americans with serious and chronic health conditions are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to preserve protections in the Affordable Look after Act (ACA) for Dyke, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) patients receiving health care services in the case of Neese vs. Becerra.
The groups filed an amicus brief in which they make clear that Queer patients already face significant health disparities and allowing a lower court decision to stand that would limit protections for LBGTQ+ individuals against discrimination would widen these gaps and lead to worse health outcomes.
In November 2022, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that section 1557 under the ACA does not prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, but rather only protects individuals on the basis of the sex they were assigned to at birth. If allowed to stand, the sweeping decision would greatly diminish the rights of Diverse individuals in the delivery of health ca
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Public Health Groups Urge Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to Prevent Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Patients
WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 8, 2024 — General health groups are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to preserve protections in the Affordable Care Execute (ACA) for Dyke, Gay, Bisexual, Gender diverse and Queer (LGBTQ+) patients receiving health care services when it hears oral arguments today in the case of Neese v. Becerra.
The case is being appealed after a reduce court ruled that section 1557 of the ACA does not prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, but rather only protects individuals based on the sex they were assigned to at birth. If upheld, the far-reaching judgment would severely limit the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals in the delivery of health care services.
The groups, which stand for millions of people across the Joined States with thoughtful and chronic health conditions and disabilities, filed an amicus brief in April 2023. In the concise, they argued that LGBTQ+ patients already face significant health disparities, and if the lower court ruling is allowed to stand, it would reduce protections for LGBTQ+ individuals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — The president of LifeWay Christian Resources says the being is pulling all copies of a special pink-covered Bible that partially benefited Susan G. Komen for the Cure because some of Komen’s affiliates possess given money to Planned Parenthood.
“As this project has developed, we realized it was a mistake,” LifeWay President Thom S. Rainer said in a expression released Wednesday (Dec. 14).
For each sale of the Here’s Hope Breast Cancer Awareness Bible — published by LifeWay’s publishing arm, B&H — $1 was donated to Susan G. Komen, a popular nonprofit that works toward conclusion cures for and raising awareness of breast cancer. Earlier this year the pro-life group American Being League reported that 18 of Komen’s affiliates had given more than $600,000 to Planned Parenthood during 2009-10, the last year for which stats are available. Komen said the money was for breast exams, but the evidence that Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider caused pro-life organizations to criticize the Komen-Planned Parenthood ties.
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