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What Will Repealing ObamaCare Mean for HIV-Positive Americans?
"Any kind of interruption in care is going to result in more cases of HIV," predicts John Peller of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
 Dawn Ennis
          
          Jan 05, 2017
          
        
Dawn Ennis
The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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What Will Repealing ObamaCare Mean for HIV-Positive Americans?

"Any kind of interruption in care is going to result in more cases of HIV," predicts John Peller of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.

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Loneliness among gay men isn’t about being alone. It’s about carrying parts of ourselves we never learned how to share, even in spaces that claim to be safe, writes Chris Tompkins.

“They are textbook asylum cases,” attorney Rebekah Wolf told The Advocate. “People from a country where who they are is criminalized and punishable by torture or death — that is literally the definition of an asylum seeker.”

The Pentagon has ordered officials not to train new recruits who are HIV-positive despite a pending court ruling.

It was supposed to make life better for queer service members. But it was a compromise that didn't work.

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These celebrities brought the sex appeal in their steamy videos this year.

"So many things feel so insane, so not-normal, and it feels like no one is addressing it," drag queen Lauren Banall told PRIDE.

The man who shot Renee Nicole Good is a 43-year-old firearms instructor who appears to have defended white supremacists online.

Opinion: "While the obstacles we face may be significant, Lenacapavir represents a monumental breakthrough in the fight against HIV/AIDS, one we can not afford to squander," write Dr. Kelly Gebo and Dr. Amanda Castel.

These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.

The DOJ is investigating Becca Good under a law against “assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers,” sources tell NBC News.