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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.

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.

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.

The untold story behind the first National Coming Out Day

How Jean O’Leary and a community of visionaries turned courage into history.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Social Security demands that gay activist living with AIDS repay $200k in benefits

The federal agency claims Paul Aguilar has been overpaid.