Community Impacts of the Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care

In this podcast interview, we learn how proposed rule changes to federal funding for gender-affirming care and other attacks on transgender Americans are impacting the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in Portland, Oregon.

Rafael Otto

2/5/20261 min read

In this 30 minute podcast interview, Joelle from the Q Center in North Portland talks about the lack of safety in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and the feeling of persecution given the federal message and actions around trans rights. She also talks about the intricacies of gender-affirming care, the need to keep funding in place for gender-affirming care, and joy as resistance, all while modeling love as a tool for conquering hate.