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No, HHS Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine isn't performing pagan rituals in the woods

The doctored footage has been circulating on social media lately in which Levine's head was digitally placed onto the body of a woman wearing robes and a pentacle necklace.

Biden Names Adrian Shanker as Senior Adviser on LGBTQI+ Health Equity

Shanker, a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive Americans, will work in the office of the assistant secretary for health at the  Department of Health and Human Services.

LGBT People Need to Take Advantage of Obamacare

Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and HRC president Chad Griffin urge LGBT people to get insured and stay alive.

Op-ed: Are You Being Served -- Medically?

Two small steps from the federal government could make trips to medical professionals a little more, well, professional.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis backtracks apparent support for RFK Jr. leading HHS (exclusive)

A spokesperson for Polis told The Advocate that “Governor Polis has not changed his view as a whole on RFK Jr. or on the Governor’s previously stated concerns regarding some of RFK Jr’s positions."

Biden Officials Meet With Florida LGBTQ+ Youth to Assure Support

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine met virtually with young LGBTQ+ Floridians Thursday.

Project 2025's creator is 'ecstatic' over Trump's terrible cabinet picks

As the rest of the world scratches their heads at Trump's bizarre and unqualified cabinet picks, Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts said the choices are "sending signals that you better go back if you're here illegally."

BREAKING: Trump picks anti-trans, anti-vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Health and Human Services

RFK Jr. is an anti-trans conspiracy theorist and vaccine denialist who has been repudiated by his famous family.

RFK Jr. lies to senators about claiming that pesticides make kids transgender in HHS confirmation hearing

“I never said that,” he claimed. The record says otherwise.

Why LGBTQ+ groups are angry at RFK Jr.'s confirmation

Kennedy has denied that he ever said chemicals cause gender dysphoria or that HIV doesn't cause AIDS — but he did.

20 savage reactions to Robert F Kennedy Jr. being picked to run Health & Human Services

We're really starting to wonder who has the brain worm here?

5 Steps Biden Administration Promises to Take to Protect Trans Kids

Biden's Health and Human Services secretary, Xavier Becerra, has announced actions aimed at assuring young people have access to gender-affirming care.

Dr. Rachel Levine Is Now First Trans 4-Star Admiral in U.S. History

She is the first out transgender four-star officer and first female four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Trump Nominates Antigay, Antichoice Rep. Tom Price as HHS Secretary

The Republican congressman from Georgia is a major opponent of Obamacare.

Pa. Trans Health Secretary Rachel Levine Tapped by Biden for HHS

Levine could make history as the first openly trans federal official confirmed by the Senate.

White House Condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Transphobic Comments About Rachel Levine

Amid a rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in Congress, officials called out the Georgia congresswoman’s derogatory comments against the assistant secretary for health.