The federal government will be instructing states on ways to expand access to health care and suicide prevention resources for LGBTQ people among other steps in support of the community, senior administration officials said.
President Joe Biden gestures as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., June 14, 2022.The federal government will be instructing states on ways to expand access to health care and suicide prevention resources for LGBTQ people and will be releasing school policy samples that work to better include such students, among other steps in support of the community including a campaign against conversion therapy, senior administration officials said Wednesday.
A woman holding a sign with Happy Pride written on it during the annual Pride Parade celebrations in Washington DC, June 11, 2022.
Spotlighting the practice's harms is another component of the initiative, and HHS will offer guidance to health care providers through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.The White House said that while LGBTQ parents are "7 times more likely to adopt a child," the foster care system makes it challenging for them to adopt children.
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