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Mehmet Oz

Nominee for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Television Presenter

Updated: November 25, 2024

—Opposed the Affordable Care Act, the law that expanded access to health insurance for millions of Americans and that outlawed rejecting people with preexisting medical conditions, or charging them more for insurance, a provision that disproportionately affected women and LGBTQ people.

—Mocked his opponent John Fetterman’s disability during his Senate campaign in 2022.

—Made the false claim that 80–85% of gender-dysphoric youth would revert to their gender assigned at birth without external influence, citing debunked data. Recent research indicates trans youth are highly unlikely to re-identify with their assigned sex.

—Trivialized the experiences of transgender youth by likening their struggles to a boy wearing his mother’s shoes. Such remarks could undermine the rights and protections of queer and trans individuals.

—Platformed dangerous and discredited so-called “conversion therapy” on his show. He did not endorse the practice but including it legitimizes the harmful practices against LGBTQ people.

–Said he would support legislation to bar transgender women from participating in women’s sports.

The GLAAD Accountability Project catalogs anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and discriminatory actions of politicians, commentators, organization heads, religious leaders, and legal figures, who have used their platforms, influence and power to spread misinformation and harm LGBTQ people.