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		<title>Same-sex couples now have the same protections afforded to straight couples for Medicaid long-term care</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is set, today, to issue policy guidance to states expanding their ability to offer same-sex couples the same protections afforded to straight couples when they receive long-term care under Medicaid, the Washington Blade has learned exclusively.&#8221; According to &#8220;the new guidance, dated June 10, states have the option to allow healthy partners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LGBT Cultural Competency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 14:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LGBT Cultural Competency is critical for helping Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Bisexual cancer patients. Contact us at info@lgbtcancer.org or at 212-673-4920 for more information on how you can be LGBT Culturally Competent.]]></description>
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		<title>Same Sex couples now have visitation rights at Medicare and Medicaid hospitals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) has just issued new rules for Medicare- and Medicaid-participating hospitals that protect patients’ right to choose their own visitors during a hospital stay, including a visitor who is a same-sex domestic partner. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that “Basic human rights—such as your ability to choose your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New LGBT Facebook Page for Cancer Survivors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National LGBT Cancer Project &#8211; Out With Cancer, has a new Facebook page! Now, all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender cancer survivors and their allies have a welcoming Facebook page to meet on and post to. Please show your support for this new initiative by visiting http://tinyurl.com/294oln7 and clicking Please &#8220;like&#8221; LG &#8220;Like.&#8221; http://tinyurl.com/294oln7]]></description>
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		<title>Transgender Patient Reports &#8220;Ridicule&#8221; at Indiana Hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LGBT Cancer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an 8/2/10 broadcast, FOX59 News in Indianapolis reported on the claims by a transgender patient that she was ridiculed and refused treatment by staff at Ball Memorial Hospital. Advocacy groups have filed complaints against the hospital saying that the patient,  Erin Vaught, was “…inhumanely treated, dehumanized, and disrespected.” Earlier this year The LGBT Cancer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visitation Rights for Patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out With Cancer helped make visitation rights for all patients and their loved ones a right. We were one of several LGBT focused nonprofit organizations fighting to change hospital policies that excluded  same sex partners from the same visitation rights as married heterosexual couples.  On April 15, 2010, the President issued a Presidential memorandum to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Votes 9-6 to continue Gay Blood Donation Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HHS Committee voting at 2:40PM 6 voting yes to repeal ban. 9 voting no. Gay Blood Donation Ban is NOT repealed.]]></description>
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		<title>Watch the HHS discuss the Gay Blood Donation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch the HHS Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability discuss the Gay Blood Donation Ban http://hhs.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&#38;event_id=5]]></description>
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		<title>Kerry Demands Blood Ban Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A June 9 letter to the chair of the HHS Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability from Sen. Kerry and Rep. Mike Quigley, Democrat of Illinois, was co-signed by thirty-three representatives and nine senators. &#8220;We join with medical experts at the American Red Cross, America’s Blood Centers, AABB, and the American Medical Association, among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Gay Blood Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will review the FDA policy on Wed, June 9, that bans any man who has ever sex with a man from donating blood.  The LGBT Cancer Project &#8211; Out With Cancer has been advocating for repeal of this ban. Representative Quigley (D-IL) and Senator Kerry (D-MA) are [...]]]></description>
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