Gavin Newsom cut LGBTQ+ health funding. The CA legislature is set to restore $40 million
Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.
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Iowa bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for adults
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New survey reveals crucial role of family support in transgender health and wellbeing
The results reenforce what trans people already knew.
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VIDEO: A man living with HIV discusses his journey to fatherhood
Many people living with HIV are told that they can never have healthy biological children — but science has proven that wrong.
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Trump administration finalizes plan to eliminate LGBTQ+ 988 crisis services during WorldPride
The Trevor Project called it a “fatal proposal.”
June 09 2025 11:51 AM
Trump guts $258 million in funding for HIV vaccine research
“For HIV vaccine design and development, we've begun to see light at the end of the tunnel after many years of research,” Dennis Burton, an immunology professor at Scripps Research, said.
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Ariana Grande & Pedro Pascal among 100 celebrities asking Congress to save LGBTQ+ youth 988 hotline
Over 100 celebrities are calling on Congress to secure funding for a hotline that supports LGBTQ+ youth considering suicide.
June 02 2025 4:41 PM
Transgender teens sue Kansas over 'harmful' gender-affirming care ban
Kansas' gender-affirming care ban "impermissibly infringes" on parents' "fundamental right to the care, custody, and control of their children," a new lawsuit asserts.
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Democrat Adam Schiff to be the first U.S. senator to participate in California's AIDS/LifeCycle bike ride
This will be the final year for the seven-day AIDS/LifeCycle fundraising ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Schiff previously participated when he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
May 27 2025 10:59 AM
Utah Republicans ignore study supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth. It's research they demanded
In 2023, the state legislature banned care for transgender youth “pending research.” The research is in — and inconvenient for Republicans.
May 24 2025 4:46 PM
Below the belt: My experience with InjectorChris and girth enhancement
Chris Bustamante of Lushful Aesthetics has earned a reputation as InjectorChris, but what’s all the hype about, and is this even worth it?
May 23 2025 8:30 AM
Here's what queer, transgender, and intersex people should know about prostate cancer after Biden's diagnosis
After President Joe Biden's stunning cancer diagnosis, The Advocate asked medical experts what the LGBTQ+ community should know about this disease.
May 20 2025 5:45 AM
Rachel Levine led fights against HIV & STIs at HHS. Now Trump’s undoing that progress, and she’s speaking out
The former assistant secretary for health is breaking her silence on the damage Trump's HHS is doing.
May 13 2025 5:00 AM
HHS deletes mental health report on Utah's transgender children
The Department of Health and Human Services has deleted crucial reports on the mental health of Utah's transgender youth, ignoring their struggles and erasing their existence. One expert says that might be Trump's goal.
May 11 2025 11:39 AM
Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far
Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.
May 06 2025 5:00 AM
Her partner of 45 years developed Alzheimer’s. She's sharing their story to 'take away fear'
Sue began showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease about ten years ago. Since then, Janice has had to balance her work with caring for the love of her life.
May 02 2025 6:05 AM
Spokane City Council passes measure protecting LGBTQ+ rights and gender-affirming care
The Spokane City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to pass gender-affirming care protections while rejecting proposed anti-trans amendments.
April 30 2025 12:54 PM
People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy
The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states.
April 25 2025 10:32 AM
Trump administration to defund suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth starting in October
A leaked budget draft shows the federal government's plans to eliminate all funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services.
April 21 2025 3:54 PM