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Building safety beyond politics at a safe house in Oregon

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Appeals court clarifies that people living with HIV can join the military again

The decision marks the latest setback for a Pentagon policy that advocates say is rooted in outdated assumptions about HIV and service readiness.

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Families fight the Trump administration's effort to obtain their children’s private medical records

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California families are suing the Trump administration to keep records about their trans kids from a Texas grand jury.

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A group of California families with transgender children is asking a federal court to block the Trump administration from obtaining confidential medical records through a Texas grand jury subpoena. Keep Reading →

The pursuit continues: Why an HIV vaccine still matters

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Forty-five years into the HIV epidemic, the pursuit of a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine remains as important as ever. Scientists conducting the research, community members serving as clinical trial volunteers, the Community Advisory Boards (CABs) helping to guide the science, and advocates fighting for sustained funding all continue working toward one of the movement’s most urgent and enduring goals: a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine. Keep Reading →

Federal appeals court unexpectedly reverses itself, reviving challenge to Pentagon HIV policy

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The U.S. Army Times Square Recruiting Station, serving as a joint-service office for Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine recruiting, is seen after the U.S. Army raised its maximum enlistment age to 42 for the Regular Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve, in New York City, United States on April 24, 2026.

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A federal appeals court has revived a major challenge to the U.S. military’s HIV enlistment ban, reopening a closely watched case that could determine whether people living with HIV can continue to be categorically barred from serving. Keep Reading →

Judge stops Kansas law restricting transgender youth health care

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach attends a roundtable with Vice President JD Vance and state attorneys general on anti-fraud initiatives in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.

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A Kansas judge temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a ban on gender-affirming care for youth, ruling that a legal challenge arguing the law violates parental rights is likely to succeed. Keep Reading →

'This is probably illegal': CDC quietly erases mpox guidance tied to Pride events

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Johnny Wilson wears a shirt that encourages people to ask him about the mpox vaccine at the 2022 Charlotte Pride Festival.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under Trump Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has quietly removed a federal public health webpage offering explicit safer-sex and harm reduction guidance for mpox. The deletion confirms fears among LGBTQ+ health experts that the Trump administration is once again illegally scrubbing medically vetted information tied to queer communities from government websites. Keep Reading →
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