Policy Archives - Callen-Lorde

Category: Policy

  • December 19, 2024

    Understanding what New York’s shield laws mean for you

    Dear Callen-Lorde Patients,  Callen-Lorde wants you to know that New York seeks to protect residents and out-of-state visitors that seek reproductive and gender-affirming health care here.   In New York there are certain laws in place–shield laws–that aim to safeguard residents and health care providers from investigation and persecution based on the care they receive […]


  • October 31, 2024

    Callen-Lorde celebrates proposed PrEP ruling to widen access

    On Oct. 21, the Biden administration issued a proposed rule that would require health insurers to cover injectable forms of PrEP, medication that can prevent transmission of HIV. The ruling, if it goes forward, would be a significant step in widening access to breakthrough prevention methods that have the potential to jumpstart efforts to end […]


  • August 7, 2023

    American Academy of Pediatrics Reaffirms Support for Gender-Affirming Care

    NEW YORK (August 7, 2023) — Today Callen-Lorde released the following statement from Uri Belkind, MD, Associate Director of Medicine for Adolescent Medicine in support of the American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirming its support for gender-affirming medical care for transgender children. “It is my hope the recent unanimous decision from the Board of Directors of the […]