{"id":1958058,"date":"2023-06-27T11:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-levine-calls-for-a-summer-of-pride-says-transgender-healthcare-is-suicide-prevention\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:24:34","slug":"rachel-levine-calls-for-a-summer-of-pride-says-transgender-healthcare-is-suicide-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-levine-calls-for-a-summer-of-pride-says-transgender-healthcare-is-suicide-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Levine urges for a &#8216;Summer of Pride,&#8217; emphasizing transgender healthcare as vital for preventing suicide."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frachel-levine-calls-for-a-summer-of-pride-says-transgender-healthcare-is-suicide-prevention%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958058&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Department of Health and Human Services Calls for Extended LGBT Pride Celebration<\/h2>\n<p>Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine from the Department of Health and Human Services is advocating for the LGBT Pride Month celebration to go beyond the month of June. Levine, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-levine-calls-for-a-summer-of-pride-says-transgender-healthcare-is-suicide-prevention\/\" title=\"Rachel Levine urges for a 'Summer of Pride,' emphasizing transgender healthcare as vital for preventing suicide.\">highest-ranking openly transgender government official<\/a> in the United States, believes that Pride month should become a &#8220;Summer of Pride.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Happy Pride! Happy Pride month, and actually \u2014 let\u2019s declare it a summer of Pride. Happy Summer of Pride,&#8221; Levine said in a video message.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While this announcement was met with resistance from conservative commentators, Levine emphasized that implementing this change will require the collective effort of everyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk tweeted: \u201cA day wasn\u2019t enough. A week wasn\u2019t enough. Now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-soars-7-9-in-february-with-no-end-in-sight\/\" title=\"Inflation Soars 7.9% in February With No End in Sight\u00a0\">month isn\u2019<\/a>t enough either. Their cultural conquest knows no bounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdmiral Rachel Levine declares the Summer of Pride. Welcome to the last days of empire,\u201d Ian Miles Cheong commented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On June 21, Levine tweeted, &#8220;Today officially marks the 1st Day of Summer. All summer long we will be celebrating the \u2018Summer of Pride.\u2019 I see it as an opportunity for change in our communities, states &#038; nation. It will take us all, but together we can create a wave of change. Let the &#8216;Summer of Pride&#8217; begin!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the &#8220;Summer of Pride&#8221; initiative, the HHS is releasing a series of interviews between Levine and LGBT activists. In the first video, Levine spoke with transgender activist Ryan Cassata, discussing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-tries-to-forget-a-march-of-misery-things-will-improve\/\" title=\"Stanford makes an effort to move past a miserable March by saying,\" Things will improve.\"\">challenges individuals face<\/a> when seeking transgender surgeries.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We often say that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-loves-me-10-year-old-trans-child-quotes-bible-to-tell-tx-legislators-why-they-shouldnt-ban-trans-surgeries-procedures-for-minors\/\" title=\"\u2018God Loves Me\u2019: 10-Year-Old Trans Child Quotes Bible To Tell TX Legislators Why They Shouldn\u2019t Ban Trans Surgeries, Procedures For Minors\">gender-affirming care<\/a> is healthcare, gender-affirming care is mental healthcare, and gender-affirming care is literally suicide prevention care,&#8221; Levine emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra also joined in by initiating the department&#8217;s first Pride Summit to address LGBT health concerns. Becerra called for a need to move faster in advancing gay and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenlied-trends-on-twitter-as-critics-demand-the-2000-stimulus-checks-he-promised-during-campaign\/\" title=\"#BidenLied Trends On Twitter As Critics Demand The ,000 Stimulus Checks He Promised During Campaign\">transgender rights<\/a>, stating, &#8220;This game of defense can get tiring. We want offense. Let&#8217;s play on the offensive, and let&#8217;s grow.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking openly transgender government official in the US, has urged for the extension of LGBT Pride Month celebrations beyond June. As the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Levine, who transitioned from male to female in 2011, advocates for inclusivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1958059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}