BREAKING: FDA approves breakthrough drug that reduces risk of contracting HIV by 96 percent
Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir, has been approved after nearly eliminating the spread of HIV among trial patients.
June 18, 2025
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Inside the Veterans Affairs Department’s underground resistance to Trump’s care ban for transgender vets
“We’re building the underground as fast as we can,” one Veterans Affairs medical center doctor told The Advocate.
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June 17, 2025
Largest trans survey ever finds the top reason transgender people stop transitioning is transphobia
“In almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to ‘detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community,” the survey found.
June 15, 2025
Supreme Court to rule on two cases that could reshape access to health care for LGBTQ+ people
The justices are expected to issue rulings on the most controversial cases of the term imminently.
June 11, 2025
New survey reveals crucial role of family support in transgender health and wellbeing
The results reenforce what trans people already knew.
June 11, 2025
'New pathway' to cure for HIV discovered using tech from COVID-19 vaccine
One of the main roadblocks in developing a cure for HIV has been finding a way to isolate the virus as it hides among white blood cells.
June 11, 2025
Chuck Schumer demands reinstatement of federal HIV funding after RFK Jr.’s ‘indiscriminate cuts’
With HIV vaccine research canceled and prevention programs dismantled, the Democratic Senate minority leader expects answers from the Department of Health and Human Services before July.
June 4, 2025
Kevin Aviance ‘lucky to be alive’ in New York City hospital after serious health scare
The legendary drag performer was rushed to the hospital with trouble breathing.
May 26, 2025
Why experts say Trump's budget bill strips health care from nearly all transgender people
The Republican-passed House bill goes beyond limiting access for Medicaid recipients.
May 23, 2025
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
House Democrats demand RFK Jr. stop Trump’s deadly plan to end LGBTQ+ suicide prevention services
Lawmakers say the move to eliminate 988’s LGBTQ+ youth line is “shortsighted and dangerous” and “will have lethal consequences.”
May 13, 2025
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
Justices Kavanaugh & Barrett signal they may uphold access to PrEP and preventive care protections
LGBTQ+ and public health advocates warn that a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs would allow insurers to begin denying or charging for services currently guaranteed to be free—like STI testing, diabetes screening, contraception, and maternal care.
April 21, 2025
Veterans Affairs clinicians sign letter against Trump's ban on trans vets' care: ‘There is resistance’
“We will not forsake the oath we took to provide care,” the letter states.
April 11, 2025
Trump quietly purges presidential HIV advisory council, sparking public health fears (exclusive)
“We have all the tools to end HIV. It just makes me sad to see a lot of this infrastructure being systematically dismantled across the country," one advisor told The Advocate.
April 11, 2025
500,000 kids could die without PEPFAR as Trump & Elon Musk undermine HIV aid, study warns
It doesn't have to be this way.
April 8, 2025
Hormones and surgery improve transgender men's quality of life: study
A new study proves gender-affirming care directly improves quality of life among transgender men.
April 4, 2025
Trump is coming for your poppers: Major producer closes amid FDA crackdown
Several other companies seem to have followed suit.
March 14, 2025
Trump officials kill federal research on safer period products over mention of transgender men
The study is meant to improve health during menstruation.
March 10, 2025
Five years after COVID began, Biden's health adviser warns of the new dangers to public health
One of the world’s top health experts used to sleep with one eye open. Now, he says he’s been sleeping with all three eyes open.
March 10, 2025
Federal judge in Maryland blocks Trump's anti-transgender gender-affirming care order
Those who sued have "shown they will face irreparable harm" if the order is allowed to stand, a federal judge wrote.
March 4, 2025