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Vanderbilt Medical Center Under Federal Scrutiny After Trans Patient Records Release

A civil rights investigation is probing why the medical center released unredacted and sensitive medical records to the Republican attorney general.

Tucker Carlson Says Hospitals Should Expect Threats Over Trans Care

The Fox News entertainer says that those who provide gender-affirming care should expect threats, and an Ohio hospital is the latest to experience just that.

Gay Rights Groups Launch Hospital Rating System

Just over half of 88 hospitals got top marks under a new rating system created by two national gay rights organizations that hope the standards will result in more compassionate treatment of gay and lesbian patients. Policies addressed in the ratings include patient nondiscrimination, visitation and decision-making rights for partners, diversity training for staff, and nondiscriminatory employment practices. The hospitals participated voluntarily, and the groups behind the report said there will be no effort to rate hospitals that don't want to respond. Instead, they hope many hospitals will strive for high ratings as the survey recurs annually.

Find The Best LGBT-Friendly Hospitals In Your State

A record-breaking 464 hospitals nationwide were named LGBT healthcare leaders in the Human Rights Campaign's 2013 Healthcare Equality Index.

Meet the Inspiring 2014 Point Foundation Scholars

Get to know the 2014 class of Point Scholars -- you'll be seeing a lot of them as they start changing the world for the better.

The Crime of Being Positive

In the 1980s corporations, conservatives, and fear turned HIV-positive people into outlaws.

A Day in Gay America Shows Another Day at the Office

Working for a living is the great equalizer. Your photos show that we have stereotype-busting careers.

Tennessee Attorney General Obtains Confidential Medical Records of Trans Patients

The patients were not told that their information had been given to somebody else until after it had happened.

Dolly Parton Receives Moderna Shot, Sings 'Jolene' Spoof 'Vaccine'

The gay icon helped fund the vaccine. Now she's encouraging her fans to get it too.

Dolly Parton, LGBTQ+ Icon, Awarded $100 Million for Charity Work

There are now $100 million more reasons to love Dolly Parton, as she continues to give to so many.

Meet the Gay Combat Vet Who Will Run the American Medical Association

Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld on LGBTQ+ health and his plans to protect trans and queer youth.

3 Dead and 1 Injured Outside Gay Bar in Chicago Hit-and-Run Incident

A shocking video captured the moment a car hit four people at a high rate of speed and then sped off.

Meet the Point Foundation’s Class of 2017

These lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer students are in for a great year ahead! 

A Day in Gay America: November 9, 2012

An amazing assortment of images came in from our readers as part of "A Day in Gay America." From silly and creative, to meaningful and heartfelt, this is what you were doing on November 9, 2012.

Right-Wingers Harass Vanderbilt U. Hospital Over Gender-Affirming Care

Some politicians in Tennessee are now calling for a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in light of a conservative blogger's posts.

Medical Associations Request Probe Into Gender-Affirming Care Threats

After far-right online influencers aimed their thinly veiled bigotry at hospitals across the country, trolls directed attacks at those facilities.

GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn Attacks Trans People, Joe Biden

The Republican Senator specifically targeted TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

13 Times Tucker Carlson Should Have Been Fired

Fox News wouldn’t even let him say goodbye.

153 of the Most LGBT Friendly Hospitals

Which hospitals are truly the best when it comes to caring for LGBT patients?

Lovers in a dangerous time

In the groundbreaking film Soldier's Girl, actors Troy Garity and Lee Pace take on the real-life romance between Pfc. Barry Winchell and transgendered entertainer Calpernia Addams--an affair that led to Winchell's brutal murder

This Year’s Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Who’s Who

The 2015 Trans100 list includes activists, journalists, academics, and sex workers.