Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law
Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.
August 8, 2025
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San Francisco is fighting opioid overdoses by giving out Narcan at drag shows — and this queen started it
"I realized that my community was not getting the information they needed about how to reverse an overdose," KochinaRude tells The Advocate.
June 16, 2025
Gavin Newsom cut LGBTQ+ health funding. The CA legislature is set to restore $40 million
Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.
June 13, 2025
Montana issues rule banning gender marker changes on birth certificates
The new rule mirrors an old rule which was defeated in court.
February 22, 2024
L.A. LGBT Center's Funds for STI Testing Restored After Public Outcry
LGBTQ Angelenos called, emailed, and tweeted outrage after the center's public funding was cut by the Los Angeles Department of Public Health.
January 28, 2020
Dog-Toting 'Karen' Screams Antigay Slurs at L.A. Lockdown Protest
A Trump supporter spouted homophobic vitriol in front of the home of the director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health.
December 4, 2020
WATCH: Three Dead from Meningitis in Los Angeles
The L.A. County Department of Public Health has issued new vaccination guidelines, encouraging men who have sex with men to get vaccinated, regardless of HIV status.
April 5, 2014
L.A. LGBT Center Forced to End Free STI & HIV Testing Due to Fund Cut
The center is urging Los Angeles County's Department of Public Health to restore the vital resources.
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January 27, 2020
Connecticut Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage
The Connecticut supreme court Friday issued a 4-3 decision in favor of eight gay couples who were the plaintiffs in Kerrigan and Mock v. the Connecticut Department of Public Health, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. Connecticut will now become the third state in the country behind Massachusetts and California where gay couples are allowed equal access to marriage. As in California and Massachusetts, out-of-state couples will be eligible to marry in Connecticut.
October 11, 2008
Here are all the ways marriage equality has been 'unambiguously positive' for America
The study from the RAND Corp. comes 20 years after the first legal marriages for same-sex couples took place in Massachusetts.
May 17, 2024
West Hollywood Mayor John D'Amico Tests Positive for COVID-19
The beloved mayor is self-isolating at home for the time being.Â
March 20, 2020
Monkeypox Health Emergency Declared in California & Illinois
While the World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, the Biden administration hasn't made a nationwide declaration yet.
August 2, 2022
Op-ed: Social Justice Can Cure What Ails Us
Being discriminated against is bad for your health, according to new findings.
July 28, 2014
Montana Judge Rules Transgender Birth Certificate Law Unconstitutional
The judge also held the state in contempt for violating a court order regarding sex designation rules.
June 29, 2023
How PrEP Is Being Blocked By Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy and deliberate attempts to block prevention techniques are slowing down Los Angeles’s ability to disseminate PrEP.
May 11, 2015
Monkeypox: First U.S. Death Confirmed
(CNN) A person in Harris County, Texas, who had monkeypox died last month, but the virus' role in that death has not been confirmed.
September 12, 2022