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California hospital will continue youth gender-affirming care after families protest

Northern California's largest healthcare provider will continue gender-affirming care for youth after their families spoke out.

Connecticut hospitals sued after cutting off transgender youths’ access to care, despite state protections

Trans patients say that preventing them from receiving care that cisgender patients can still receive violates the state’s public accommodation law.

Florida and Texas launch 'legal attack' in push to restrict abortion medication nationally

Florida and Texas have filed a lawsuit seeking to nationally restrict the abortion medication mifepristone.

Texas expands lawsuits against doctors accused of providing gender-affirming care to youth

Ken Paxton is expanding two lawsuits against doctors in Texas after being forced to drop a third.

Florida sues leading medical groups for supporting gender-affirming care

Florida has accused WPATH, the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics of somehow violating the RICO Act.

RFK Jr.’s health department is using religious freedom to strip transgender people of health care

“This administration is obsessed with targeting trans folks,” former HHS deputy assistant secretary for health policy Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.

Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap

Incarcerated women and trans people are forced to choose between maintaining their dignity and health — or facing penalties.

Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor

Here's everything Zohran Mamdani wants to do for LGBTQ+ people in NYC.

Out former CDC vaccines head Demetre Daskalakis named chief medical officer at NYC LGBTQ+ health center

Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who walked out of the CDC over Trump's health policies, will begin his new role at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in February.

HIV-positive men stage 'Kiss-In' protest at U.S.-Mexico border (in photos)

Here's why HIV-positive men met at the border between the United States and Mexico to kiss.

Funding cuts could cause 3.3 million additional HIV infections by 2030: report

Global HIV assistance is projected to drop by 30 to 40 percent in 2025 compared with 2023, a new UNAID report found.

DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more

Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.

The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics

In some states, students learn about consent and healthy relationships. In others, they get "Baby Olivia."

Catholic Church formally bans gender-affirming care at its hospitals

The country's largest nonprofit health care provider will no longer offer gender-affirming care.

Detransition is rare, but it’s driving anti-trans policy anyway

Political rhetoric doesn’t capture the complexity of detransitioning — or what taking away health care means.

Wisconsin bill would allow lawsuits against doctors that provide gender-affirming care

A new bill in Wisconsin would allow gender-affirming care patients to sue their doctors.

Florida city ordered to pay $885,000 after conversion therapy ban struck down

Palm Beach County and Boca Raton must pay $885,000 in legal fees after its ban against conversion therapy was struck down.

Gavin Newsom signs several pro-LGBTQ+ laws, vetoes gender-affirming care and HIV coverage

Here are the LGBTQ+ bills Gavin Newsom signed or vetoed this week.

Stonewall vet Miss Major Griffin-Gracy 'surrounded by love' as she enters hospice care

Miss Major has entered hospice care, but "is comfortable and surrounded by love," her partner says.