UPMC restores LGBTQ+ web pages with edits

Catch up quick: Axios on May 9 reported the health care giant removed dozens of web pages related to LGBTQIA+ care, diversity, equity and inclusion, and racial health disparities.

Zoom in: Sections back online include clinical care, affirming providers, and gender-affirming treatments.

• The updated content adds language that says due to federal directives, UPMC cannot provide gender-affirming care to those under 19.

Yes, but: While blog sections on LGBTQIA+ Health and Health Equity were restored, dozens of posts about health disparities and LGBTQIA+ issues remain offline alongside pages outlining DEI efforts and LGBTQIA+ youth resources.

UPMC did not respond to Axios' request for comment.

Context: Earlier this year, UPMC Children's Hospital stopped providing gender-affirming care for patients under 19 and removed CHP's Gender and Sexual Development Program web page.

Zoom out: Hospitals, universities and companies across the country continue to dismantle DEI programs and remove LGBTQ+ content from their websites as they navigate tentative Trump administration orders targeting gender-affirming care and race-based equity programs.