Social Security demands that gay activist living with AIDS repay $200k in benefits
The federal agency claims Paul Aguilar has been overpaid.
April 4, 2025
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Trump admin moves to end federal HIV prevention programs. ‘Catastrophic’ consequences, experts say
“This is a dangerous move,” Jirair Ratevosian, an associate research scientist at Yale University, told The Advocate.
March 18, 2025
What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15
Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.
March 4, 2025
Trump administration takes away life-saving HIV prevention medications from vulnerable LGBTQ+ people worldwide
According to a State Department memo, PrEP can only be dispensed to “pregnant and breastfeeding women” through PEPFAR.
February 13, 2025
Trump's anti-transgender executive orders force CDC to remove HIV resources
Trump's executive order prohibiting federal agenciesfrom making any mention of "gender ideology" has forced the CDC to remove HIV-related pages regardless of if they mentioned gender or not.
January 31, 2025
Supreme Court will decide if insurance companies must cover PrEP for HIV prevention, cancer screenings
The case stems from a Texas company that argued covering PrEP violated its religious freedoms, claiming the medication encourages “homosexual behavior.”
January 13, 2025
A camp for kids living with HIV is for sale. Here's why its founder is celebrating
One Heartland in Minnesota is now hoping to cater more broadly to LGBTQ+ youth and those with other conditions.
January 2, 2025
ACT UP member Nanette Kazaoka, a fierce activist for marginalized people, is dead at 83
Kazaoka was an advocate for those living with HIV, the LGBTQ+ community, and other marginalized groups.
March 31, 2025
More AIDS activists arrested when protesting global funding cuts
Eleven were arrested outside of a U.S. House committee meeting.
March 6, 2025
U.S. withdraws from U.N. LGBTQ+ and intersex group
The move is among numerous anti-LGBTQ+ actions by the Trump administration.
March 3, 2025
Activists arrested at die-in when protesting loss of global HIV funding
The Trump administration is endangering lives with its deep cuts to foreign aid, the protesters said.
February 28, 2025
Rubio exempts PEPFAR's HIV relief from Trump's spending pause
The new Secretary of State Marco Rubio's waiver ensures PEPFAR's vital HIV/AIDS relief continues despite Trump's aid freeze, but the exclusion of gender identity programs raises concerns.
January 29, 2025
This long-term HIV survivor says testosterone therapy 'saved my life.'
Nelson Vergel's been on a lifelong mission to educate people about hormone therapy since it helped him survive the AIDS crisis in the early 1990s.
January 8, 2025
AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed at White House for the first time
It’s been a big 2024 World AIDS Day for the world’s largest ongoing community art project.
December 2, 2024
These three gay men began dating in 1970. Here are 50 Polaroid photos from their lives
A collection of over 9,700 Polaroid photos capturing the lives of a historic throuple has been unearthed.
March 31, 2025
RFK Jr. to shut down HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy
These closures are part of a plan to cut 20,000 positions at HHS.
March 28, 2025
Lesotho's main LGBTQ+ group says it's 'not receiving grants' after Donald Trump lies
Lesotho's largest LGBTQ+ group says it has not received the millions Donald Trump claimed they have.
March 5, 2025
The history of the circuit party: Transforming LGBTQ+ political pain into power
“It’s like a religious revival,” Harvard professor Michael Bronski says.
March 3, 2025
An out former USAID official speaks on the fatal global fallout of dissolving its LGBTQ+ programs (exclusive)
“People are begging us, ‘What do we do now? How do we keep people from being arrested, beaten, sick or worse?’ And we have no answers for them,” the former USAID official said.
February 26, 2025
Fearless + Fighting Back: Lambda Legal’s plan to protect LGBTQ+ and HIV rights
"Fueled by the fearless spirit of our queer and trans pioneers who lived their truth well before the Stonewall riots, our champions against heartless AIDS bigotry, and our courageous grassroots leaders, we are fearless in the face of this new wave of hatred," writes Kevin Jennings and Jenny Pizer of Lambda Legal.
February 4, 2025
Reclaiming the Mosaic: Dr. Tyler TerMeer on the weight of intersectional leadership
As we head toward life under another Trump administration, one queer Black leader offers words of wisdom, reflection, and hope.
January 15, 2025