Harvard doctors sue over Trump removal of articles mentioning LGBTQ health

[Lori Dee]

Harvard doctors sue over Trump removal of articles mentioning LGBTQ health issues
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Reuters - Nate Raymond
March 12, 202512:25 PM MDT

Doctors from Harvard Medical School have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's removal of articles about their research from a government-run website focused on patient safety because they referenced people in the LGBTQ communities.

Represented by lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union, Drs. Celeste Royce and Gordon Schiff filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in Boston federal court alleging their articles were removed as a result of an executive order President Donald Trump signed requiring agencies to remove statements promoting "gender ideology."

Their articles were published on the Patient Safety Network ... run by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The doctors' lawsuit argues that the Trump administration violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment by imposing a viewpoint-based restriction on the doctors' participation in a government-provided forum open to private speakers.

The lawsuit also argues the administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act by removing articles without a reasoned basis.

"Censoring information about transgender people or anyone a politician does not like, who have documented increased risks of negative health outcomes, is antithetical to the very mission of public health," Schiff said in a statement.

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