Previewing LGBTQ public health under new Trump administration
Recent years have seen major inroads in the fight against HIV, including through the development of new preventative medicines that have become more affordable and accessible thanks in part to government interventions like the Affordable Care Act’s federal health insurance coverage and cost-sharing mandates.
Over the past four years under the Biden-Harris administration and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, health policy has focused to a significant extent on health equity, including for LGB and trans or gender diverse populations.
President-elect Donald Trump’s record from his first administration, plans laid out in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 governing blueprint, and the policies championed by voices closest to him offer a roadmap for how the federal government is likely to approach public health issues important for the LGBTQ community in the second term.
Speaking about these matters with the Washington Blade earlier this month were two experts from the Human Rights Campaign, Torrian Baskerville, who serves as director of HIV and health equity, and Matthew Rose, the organization’s senior public policy advocate.
