Email UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital President Deborah Brodine with this link and a few clicks. actionnetwork.org/letters/dema... Demand all trans youth receive proper medical care while hospitalized for a mental health crisis at UPMC.

While I am glad that UPMC has yet to hand over any records, UPMC continues to refuse to take bold action to protect trans kids. "Crucially, UPMC’s brief does not oppose the subpoena itself, but instead takes a neutral stance, calling for “clarity” from the court on its obligations."

Gender-affirming care saves lives

Trans youth and their families in Pennsylvania saw a significant legal victory on Friday, just not the one many in Pittsburgh had been hoping for.

Tonight! Join Us!

Join Act Up PGH Trans Day of Remembrance Unite in Anger Mourn trans youth abandoned by UPMC Thurs. Nov. 20 6pm Allegheny Cemetery entrance/Penn Ave for a MARCHING VIGIL towards Children’s Hospital After, gather for hot drinks/snacks (location TBA) to raise money for TransYOUniting #trans #pittsburgh

Join Act Up PGH Trans Day of Remembrance Unite in Anger Mourn trans youth abandoned by UPMC Thurs. Nov. 20 6pm Allegheny Cemetery entrance/Penn Ave for a MARCHING VIGIL towards Children’s Hospital After, gather for hot drinks/snacks (location TBA) to raise money for TransYOUniting #trans #pittsburgh

Transgender Awareness Week begins today. This week is about education, visibility, and truth. It is a reminder that our stories and our lived experiences matter, especially for our Black trans family. TransAwarenessWeek TransYOUniting

Join Act Up PGH Trans Day of Remembrance Unite in Anger Mourn trans youth abandoned by UPMC Thurs. Nov. 20 6pm Allegheny Cemetery entrance/Penn Ave for a MARCHING VIGIL towards Children’s Hospital After, gather for hot drinks/snacks (location TBA) to raise money for TransYOUniting #trans #pittsburgh

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UPMC can fight for trans youth and adults, why won’t they? Did you know: Several UPMC Board Members have donated thousands to Republican candidates? The lead UPMC litigator for the DOJ subpoena worked for the DOJ during Trump’s first administration? We stand with CHOP and Boston Children’s!

UPMC plans to give children’s private medical data and identifying information (names, addresses, social security numbers) to the Trump Administration. Are you mad? Repost and tag @upmc.com and demand they protect kids and families! This sets a VERY dangerous precedent for ALL.

Jay Cleveland Jr is a voting board member of UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh and donated $60K to Trump. What are UPMC’s priorities?

BREAKING: SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy. The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings. Today, at Law Dork:

It's really not that hard.

3. They argue that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), which is the largest health care provider in Western Pennsylvania, violated the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act when it suddenly stripped trans people under the age of 19 of their health care this past June.

Pittsburgh for families at UPMC. And here Philadelphia, for families at Children’s Hospital:

“If the Constitution means anything, it means that the federal government can't rifle through your child's medical records in order to intimidate you.” This bit of fighting for the right to privacy of trans children brought by families, @pubintlawctr.bsky.social, and Ballard Spahr. Pittsburgh:

Trans patients are fighting back against gender-affirming care clinic closures. A group of trans patients and their families have filed a lawsuit against UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, after the hospital ended gender-affirming care for youth. Read more: buff.ly/QTxglwQ

Full-throated defense of trans people is a good thing.

So proud to be representing these courageous patients in their first-in-the-country lawsuit against a medical system for stopping gender affirming care for those under 19.

Just in: WLP, Berger Montague, and law professor David S. Cohen filed a complaint against UPMC Children’s Hospital for unlawfully denying gender-affirming care to transgender patients under 19.

Pittsburgh families struggle to find gender-affirming care as providers follow UPMC’s lead

Chad gets it.

I just need to say this is brave as hell and an uncomfortable but necessary read.

Trump's executive order targeting gender-affirming care for people younger than 19 cowed UPMC, and other Pittsburgh providers followed that lead. Here's what affected families are doing www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-t...

1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth. Many complied and shut down their programs. Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care. And now, they just beat Trump in court. Subscribe to support our journalism.

“When UPMC cut off care, it was not just a policy change. It was them saying our lives are not worth protecting.” Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ and allies community turned grief into resistance with a funeral march and die-in at UPMC. qburgh.com/funeral-die-...

You can help by donating to the TransYOUniting's Youth Healing & Health Fund. This fund helps trans youth: - Receive affirming therapy - Access puberty blockers - Connect to private providers when public options fall short

A long line of people in a funeral march from Pittsburgh’s Mellon Square to UPMC HQ. UPMC has _chosen_ to stop gender affirming care for people 19 and younger.

JOIN US FOR A FUNERAL PROCESSION & DIE-IN! Demand UPMC reinstate gender affirming care & reverse their deadly attack on trans youth! Sept 8, 3pm Mellon Square, Downtown Pittsburgh Dress in black, dress in drag, or both. Stop business as usual. UPMC Providers for Justice, ACT-UP, & TransYOUniting

Community Art Making Event! Create protest art for the Funeral Procession and Die-In. Join us Wednesday September 3rd from 6:30-8pm

UPMC Providers for Trans Justice and Pittsburgh Healthcare Workers and Scientists statement on the end of gender affirming care at UPMC