Erased!

Trump is attacking us in anyway he can... now he is going after our healthcare. Not our hormones, not puberty blockers... but our healthcare. You know, like when you need to visit them for a high fever or a broken leg.

Trans people and people of color have been quietly erased from national caregiving plan

The decision ignores the stark reality that underserved communities experience greater negative impacts from caregiving, from financial hardships to worse health outcomes, advocates say.

19^th News

By Sara Luterman

November 20, 2025

Three years after the release of the first comprehensive roadmap to address difficulties faced by family caregivers of older adults and people with disabilities, the Trump administration has quietly erased transgender caregivers and caregivers of color from a list of underserved or hard-to-reach populations, The 19th has exclusively learned. 

Dozens of changes were quietly made this year to the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers, which was first released in 2022 after years of work by government officials and community stakeholders. An objective to “prioritize efforts to advance equity for unserved and underserved populations of caregivers” was removed entirely, as was a section noting that the challenges of family caregiving are not equally distributed.

You know Trump has to pay off his tax cuts to billionaires some way!

But the why is clear: On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order stating that the government recognizes only two sexes, male and female. That order signaled his administration’s opposition to gender diversity and tasked federal agencies with excluding transgender people from laws that protect against sex discrimination. The order also equates being transgender to an ideology, or belief system, instead of an identity that is protected by state and federal law. That executive order is cited on the first page of the edited version of the report, along with a reference to a second executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

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“One thing that was really important to us was that all caregivers be able to see themselves in the report,” Barkoff said. “By taking out caregivers from certain communities, from taking out the acknowledgement of the unique barriers that people face in different communities face — I think it’s going to create challenges in really meaningfully engaging some types of caregivers that actually face the most barriers and are maybe the least likely to see themselves as caregivers and to seek support.”

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Flatt said they are concerned about how erasing certain populations and the idea of inequality from government documents and research will impact policy and funding. 

“If a certain group isn’t listed as a priority, they don’t just go away,” Flatt said. “It just means we will not have data or information on them, which will create knowledge gaps and limit how we move forward and provide care to all caregivers.”

Hey... you know how we can save money... let them die. Trump says these groups get "special" treatment. The special treatment... is home healthcare, diabetes, and chronic disease.

This is from BF (Before Trump)...

LGBTQ+ Caregivers: Challenges, Policy Needs, and Opportunities

Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)

November 2023

Authors: Liz Gipson, Courtney Roman, Nida Joseph, Center for Health Care Strategies; and Jason Flatt, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and people with additional sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ+) have a rich history of caring for both biological and chosen family. Compared to their non-LGBTQ+ peers, LGBTQ+ people are 1.2 times more likely to be primary caregivers and 3.5 times more likely to provide care for friends and chosen family.

LGBTQ+ caregivers also report higher rates of social isolation and depression, as well as high rates of discrimination in health care settings. These challenges, coupled with fear of additional discrimination, result in caregivers and care recipients delaying or forgoing care.

 As the U.S. population ages overall, the LGBTQ+ older adult population will increase to an anticipated five million by 2030 and the number of LGBTQ+ caregivers will grow as well. Responding to their unique needs is becoming increasingly critical.

But hey, Trump & Company don't they just want to erase everything LGBTQ+. They know what they are doing and they want to bring us back to before the Stonewall Uprising, back to the era of "Father Knows Best".