What are 'Religious Freedom' laws, and how are they used against LGBTQ+ people?
Just how far does religious freedom go? Many human rights experts believe it's already gone too far.
APRIL 2, 2025
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Why We Need Law to Relieve Effects of HIV Meds
A Massachusetts bill could offer medical insurance relief to people with lipodystrophy, the stigmatizing signature of early HIV medications.
JANUARY 18, 2016
FDA Approves New Drug for PrEP, Which May Offer Less Side Effects
The HIV prevention medication Descovy is now greenlit for gay and bisexual men, and transgender women.
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Op-ed: Digital Ways of Preventing HIV
Why are we so fixated on finding a medical solution when, as social networks revolutionize sex in our community, gay men are successfully using new technology to combat HIV?
APRIL 19, 2012
British gay man ‘tortured’ in Qatar is almost out of HIV medicine, family says (exclusive)
Manuel Guerrero, 44, is banned from leaving the country and is about to run out of antiretroviral medication, his brother Enrique tells The Advocate.
APRIL 11, 2024
Are These Companies Discriminating Against PrEP Users?
Huge -- and seemingly LGBT-friendly -- insurance companies refuse to sell policies to people taking preventative HIV medication. Why?
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DECEMBER 7, 2017
Gay airline employee subject to 'torture' after arrest in Qatar, family says
The family of 44-year-old Manuel Guerrero say that Qatari authorities have subjected him to torture by depriving him of his HIV medication.
MARCH 2, 2024
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to $16.7 Million Bogus HIV Medication Scheme
Amando Herrera sold the counterfeit medications that were ultimately prescribed to unsuspecting patients.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Ensuring Lifesaving Medications Reach Ukrainians Living With HIV
Dr. Atul Gawande, USAID global health administrator, on the herculean efforts to deliver drugs to the war-torn country.
MAY 6, 2022
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
'Truvada Whore' Stigma Endures -- Even Among Doctors
Despite the green light from the CDC and WHO, the stigma against using HIV prevention medication continues in both the LGBT and medical communities.
AUGUST 11, 2014
Breaking: Texas Judge Rules PrEP Coverage Violates Religious Freedom
U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled Wednesday that requiring insurance companies to cover medications to prevent HIV transmission violates plaintiffs' rights on religious grounds.
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022