Rock Hudson had a 'legendarily large penis,' Armistead Maupin says
The gay author uploaded a video to YouTube where he went into more detail about his relationship with the Giant actor, who died of complications from AIDS in 1985.
December 17, 2025
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The Trump administration is choosing silence on World AIDS Day, but we're showing up louder than ever
Opinion: World AIDS Day is about coming together to remember loved ones and share in shared pain. But it is also about recommitting to the fight to ensure that we move forward, rejecting a deadly return to government inaction, argues Jeremiah Johnson and Maxx Boykin.
December 1, 2025
Elton John gives update on his vision: 'There is hope'
The musical legend says he's trying to be patient, and he's still finding ways to connect with friends.
November 25, 2025
America’s most basic HIV protections are in danger as a decade of progress unravels
Health experts are alarmed as Republicans degrade the country’s pivotal HIV programs — and break promises made during Trump’s first term.
November 20, 2025
The untold story behind the first National Coming Out Day
How Jean O’Leary and a community of visionaries turned courage into history.
October 11, 2025
Javier Muñoz and Peppermint warn Congress 'we will be back to HIV wards' if funding is cut
Javier Muñoz and Peppermint tell The Advocate about their time on Capitol Hill fighting for HIV funds.
September 3, 2025
How the Black AIDS Institute continues to fill in the gaps
BAI was founded as a nonprofit in 1999 by pioneering activist Phill Wilson to mobilize and educate Black American communities about HIV/AIDS treatment and care.
July 25, 2025
PEPFAR likely to be exempt from spending cuts
The U.S. Senate and the Trump administration have agreed to exempt the global AIDS-fighting program.
July 15, 2025
How a gay HIV survivor helped Superman Christopher Reeve and was helped in return
Michael Manganiello worked hand in hand with Reeve and his wife, Dana, and he never thought he’d outlive them both.
July 11, 2025
These crisis hotlines are still available for LGBTQ+ youth after Trump ends special 988 services
The Trump administration is cutting the 988 special service for LGBTQ+ youth, but there are still several existing lifelines for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis. Here are some.
July 7, 2025
'New pathway' to cure for HIV discovered using tech from COVID-19 vaccine
One of the main roadblocks in developing a cure for HIV has been finding a way to isolate the virus as it hides among white blood cells.
June 11, 2025
This HIV Long-Term Survivor Day, listen to this leader from God's Love We Deliver
"It was strangers taking care of strangers."
June 5, 2025
Chuck Schumer demands reinstatement of federal HIV funding after RFK Jr.’s ‘indiscriminate cuts’
With HIV vaccine research canceled and prevention programs dismantled, the Democratic Senate minority leader expects answers from the Department of Health and Human Services before July.
June 4, 2025
Trump guts $258 million in funding for HIV vaccine research
“For HIV vaccine design and development, we've begun to see light at the end of the tunnel after many years of research,” Dennis Burton, an immunology professor at Scripps Research, said.
June 3, 2025
Andy Cohen's high-end furniture sale benefits LGBTQ+ cause
From a Marcello Fantoni lamp to a Ralph Lauren denim sofa, these items hold memories and now can be yours...for a price.
May 31, 2025
Dionne Warwick to perform at National Pride Gala, joining other big names
The EqualityPAC fundraiser will be held on June 4 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
May 28, 2025
Democrat Adam Schiff to be the first U.S. senator to participate in California's AIDS/LifeCycle bike ride
This will be the final year for the seven-day AIDS/LifeCycle fundraising ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Schiff previously participated when he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
May 27, 2025
11 historic photos of New York's LGBTQ+ history from the book Queer Happened Here
Marc Zinaman's Queer Happened Here "celebrates the indelible relationship between people and place, honoring the transformative power of pride, unity, and love." Check out select historic images from the book.
May 26, 2025
Rachel Levine led fights against HIV & STIs at HHS. Now Trump’s undoing that progress, and she’s speaking out
The former assistant secretary for health is breaking her silence on the damage Trump's HHS is doing.
May 13, 2025
Trump quietly purges presidential HIV advisory council, sparking public health fears (exclusive)
“We have all the tools to end HIV. It just makes me sad to see a lot of this infrastructure being systematically dismantled across the country," one advisor told The Advocate.
April 11, 2025
500,000 kids could die without PEPFAR as Trump & Elon Musk undermine HIV aid, study warns
It doesn't have to be this way.
April 8, 2025