LGBTQ activists organized a die-in in front of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to protest the Trump Administration’s dangerous cuts to HHS programs.
Demonstrators stage ‘die-in’ at HHS to protest cuts to HIV programs https://t.co/i9UPrnjS9w
— The Hill (@thehill) April 24, 2025
Via The Hill:
On Thursday, more than 100 participants sank slowly to the ground while Matthew Rose, senior public policy advocate for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), which organized the demonstration, read aloud from a list of possible outcomes that funding cuts at the HHS would have on the LGBTQ community.
“Every person here represents countless other stories. Countless lives. Countless possibilities. And as the federal government cuts funding — from research to housing, from mental health to Medicaid — we’re not just watching systems disappear. We’re watching lives disappear,” Rose said Thursday.
“But LGBTQ+ people will always be here. We are still here. In defiance. In community. In truth.”
The announced cuts will target programs and research on a wide variety of other social and public health issues – STIs, mental health and suicide prevention, gender-affirming care, cancer prevention, elder care, and homelessness – which will result in far-reaching, deadly consequences for the LGBTQ+ community. I highly recommend you watch the five minute video. I’ve known Matt Rose for years. The man knows how to communicate.
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