Press Statements

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Nearly 80 public officials and 38 organizations have joined in a letter sent to UPMC demanding the healthcare system continue saving the lives of transgender youth. The letter calls for UPMC to resume full basic medical care it had provided for over a decade to young patients who are […]

TODAY: Rallies Across PA to Demand UPMC Continue Saving Trans Lives Public Outcry Grows as UPMC Denies Life-Saving Gender Affirming Medical Care to New and Some Existing Patients Under 19 Years Old PITTSBURGH, Pa. — UPMC has made an outrageous decision to begin denying full gender affirming medical healthcare for […]

The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee is planning to vote on Senate Bill 9 on Wednesday, March 26th. It’s vital that we ensure constituents in the districts of the following Senators on the committee express their opposition ASAP! The following are members of the committee and would have a vote on […]

Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) is a day to celebrate transgender individuals and communities all around the world! The day was created in 2009 by Rachel Crandall, the Executive Director and co-founder of Transgender Michigan. While Trans Day of Remembrance is a solemn day held each November to mourn the lives […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | March 7, 2025 PA Youth Congress Responds to Cruel Petition in Commonwealth Court to Reverse Regulatory LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Protections in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Youth Congress has released the following statement in reaction to yesterday’s filing of a petition for review in the Commonwealth […]

The following letter comes through the Pennsylvania Coalition of LGBTQ+ Organizations, a network faciliated by the Pennsylvania Youth Congress. Over 125 LGBTQ+ community leaders have signed this statement. — Dear LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians, These are not going to be easy times. The challenges we face are profound, and the pain and […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — PA’s only Pennsylvania-based statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization in Harrisburg is releasing the following statement, and has posted a guide for LGBTQ Pennsylvanains on understanding two Executive Orders issued yesterday (“Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions” and “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — PA’s only Pennsylvania-based statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization in Harrisburg released its second comprehensive LGBTQ legislative agenda. The LGBTQ Legislative Agenda from the Pennsylvania Youth Congress (PYC) provides a robust narrative on 21 specific priority areas for the General Assembly to advance LGBTQ equality, equity, and inclusion across […]

Thousands of bills are introduced into the Pennsylvania General Assembly each legislative session. Each session is two years for both the House and Senate. For over a decade, PYC has actively monitored the introduction of both negative and positive substantive legislation explicitly impacting LGBTQ Pennsylvanians. In past sessions, we only […]