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Transgender Awareness Week: Why It Matters and How to Observe It

The week highlights not only the challenges faced by trans people but also their resilience and joy.

Why LGBTQ Youth Face Heightened Health Risks

Even youth in supportive environments feel the health impact of prejudice, writes Alex Keuroghlian of the Fenway Institute.

How the Juvenile Justice System Is Failing LGBTQ Youth

The failure puts these incarcerated young people at risk and is bad for society as a whole, writes Sean Cahill of Fenway Health.

Jonathan Vincent of Fenway Says HIV Is Personal But Is Also a Global Challenge

The Fenway Health Institute's Jonathan Vincent says the upcoming International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., is a chance for the global village to make the personal connections it needs to succeed.

Op-ed: Social Justice Can Cure What Ails Us

Being discriminated against is bad for your health, according to new findings.

Op-ed: An Unexpected Benefit of A Decade of Marriage Equality

One unexpected benefit of a decade of marriage equality? Improved health.

Op-ed: Changing When Health Care Does More Harm Than Good

There may be more access to health care for transgender people, but it doesn't mean things are better.

HIV-Positive in the Golden Years

You and your doctor should watch out for depression, substance use, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Federal Attack on LGBT Health Care Is Real and Dangerous

The Trump administration's policies are literally putting queer lives at risk. Thankfully, LGBT health professionals are convening next week to discuss next steps.

Trump Kills Proposed Rule That Would Have Protected LGBT Seniors

The administration withdraws a proposed rule on equal treatment of same-sex spouses in long-term care, saying it's not needed.

3 Experts On Maintaining Bisexual Health

What it means to remain sexually healthy while bi.

Older People Are Not the Only Ones Who Can Die From This Virus

A disproportionate focus has weakened the government's response and put disadvantaged groups like LGBTQ people in harm's way.

Trump's 'Conscience Rule' Is a Perversion of Religious Freedom

Protecting homophobic and transphobic doctors is the opposite of divine.

Why Gun Control Needs to Be an LGBT Priority

Here's why one of the most respected organizations devoted to LGBT health is putting its weight behind stricter gun laws.

Op-ed: What Aging With HIV Can Look Like

Soon half of all people with HIV in America will be over the age of 50.

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Doctor Providing Gender-Affirming Care to Youth

The Boston hospital has said its staff has been subjected to a number of threats over disinformation about gender-affirming care in the past year.

Op-ed: The Real Verdict? We Want to Be Healthier

Regardless of the ruling, being healthier is the single most important step toward curbing health care costs.

Pride month is here and mpox remains a threat, but vaccines are more readily available

According to recent case reports, 90 percent of those who got mpox in the US during this outbreak who reported their sexual orientation were men who identified as gay or bisexual.