1.0Funders for LGBT Issueshttps://lgbtfunders.orgFunders for LGBTQ Issues Staffhttps://lgbtfunders.org/author/staff/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://lgbtfunders.org/newsposts/funders-for-lgbtq-issues-statement-on-hhs-contracting-rule-change/">Funders for LGBTQ Issues Statement on HHS Contracting Rule Change</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lgbtfunders.org/newsposts/funders-for-lgbtq-issues-statement-on-hhs-contracting-rule-change/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Funders for LGBTQ Issues Statement on HHS Contracting Rule Change” — Funders for LGBT Issues" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://lgbtfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img18.jpg1200628[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Earlier this month the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it would immediately allow discrimination against LGBTQ people and other vulnerable communities in its taxpayer-funded programs. Even in the context of the Trump administration’s steady drumbeat of attacks against the most vulnerable members of our communities, this change is extraordinarily wide-reaching, impacting programs that make up more than one-fourth of all federal spending.[1]   The announcement means HHS will no longer enforce its own regulations requiring HHS funded programs to prevent discrimination against LGBTQ people, people seeking abortion and related reproductive healthcare, people living with HIV, children […]