Iraq postpones vote on bill punishing gay sex with death
The vote was postponed ahead of a same-day visit by the country’s Prime Minister with Pres. Joe Biden in the Oval Office earlier this week.
April 20, 2024
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Trump admin moves to end federal HIV prevention programs. ‘Catastrophic’ consequences, experts say
“This is a dangerous move,” Jirair Ratevosian, an associate research scientist at Yale University, told The Advocate.
March 18, 2025
No, Canada hasn’t launched a suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ Americans
The internet rumor is false, but there are still resources available for people in crisis.
April 29, 2025
House Democrats demand RFK Jr. stop Trump’s deadly plan to end LGBTQ+ suicide prevention services
Lawmakers say the move to eliminate 988’s LGBTQ+ youth line is “shortsighted and dangerous” and “will have lethal consequences.”
May 13, 2025
Right Wing Uses Colorado Tragedy to Vilify Gays and Secularism
Bryan Fischer wonders if gays will object to Chick-fil-A feeding first responders to the shooting, and he and others blame the crime on America's alleged godlessness.
July 20, 2012
Experts brace for crisis as Trump administration’s end to key emergency resource for LGBTQ+ youth looms
Despite bipartisan pushback, the Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled to discontinue the specialized service next week.
July 11, 2025
Putin’s new Russia – woman receives jail time for rainbow frog earrings
A second man pleads guilty to posting Pride flag pics on Russian social media.
February 6, 2024
Trump administration finalizes plan to eliminate LGBTQ+ 988 crisis services during WorldPride
The Trevor Project called it a “fatal proposal.”
June 9, 2025
Appellate Judge: Sky Hasn't Fallen Due to Marriage Equality
That statement came from one of three judges who today heard appeals in marriage equality cases from four states.
August 6, 2014
We Must Fight Trump's Asylum Attacks With Everything We Have
All around the world, LGBTQ people are running for their lives. We can't let Trump turn America's back on them.
November 12, 2018
Russia Outlaws LGBTQ+ Rights Activism and Labels Organizations 'Extremist'
The move effectively eliminates LGBTQ+ support networks and signals a larger crackdown on the country's already vulnerable queer community.
November 30, 2023
Advocates and health experts worry Trump's suicide prevention hotline cuts will increase LGBTQ+ youth deaths
Karine Jean-Pierre and others have called out Trump’s proposed cuts to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention services, which health experts and advocates alike say could devastate the 988 lifeline for queer youth.
April 28, 2025
House Oversight Democrats demand records over RFK Jr.’s HIV program cuts
Robert Garcia and Raja Krishnamoorthi accuse HHS of dismantling life-saving HIV programs based on conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
July 18, 2025
Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they're suing.
A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state's refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
August 13, 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
Proper Manners: Outing Closeted Legislators?
Proper manners say outing is a violation of a person's privacy and not to do it. But when it comes to antigay politicians who lead double lives, Emily Post might make an exception.
May 16, 2009
Lawmakers call out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘unconscionable’ apathy on eve of LGBTQ+ 988 Lifeline shutdown
“It’s heartbreaking, scary, and deeply harmful,” Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, who said the Department of Health and Human Services should keep the successful suicide prevention program intact, told The Advocate.
July 16, 2025
Florida Extends ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Through High School Graduation
Now no student in a Florida public school will be taught about the existence of LGBTQ+ people or other gender identities until after they graduate from high school.
April 19, 2023
Donald Trump just spent a week showing us how much he despises children
Opinion: He's ruining Christmas, deporting American kids (one with cancer), endorsing conversion therapy and more discipline in schools, threatening Sesame Street, and eliminating a youth suicide hotline, writes John Casey.
May 3, 2025
Trump administration takes away life-saving HIV prevention medications from vulnerable LGBTQ+ people worldwide
According to a State Department memo, PrEP can only be dispensed to “pregnant and breastfeeding women” through PEPFAR.
February 13, 2025
Opinion: Trump emulates Hitler in seeking to erase transgender people
Trump, Musk, and Vance have gone to great lengths to copy and condone the barbarism and savagery of Hitler and the Nazi party, argues John Casey.
February 21, 2025