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Gender-affirming care funding ban out of budget bill, but it still will devastate LGBTQ+ people

Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more will harm the community.

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Princess Diana wore male drag to go to gay bar with Freddie Mercury: new bio

The story is featured in the biography Dianaworld: An Obsession by Edward White.

Human Rights Campaign Stages Die-In in front of the Department of Health and Human Services to Protest Trump Health Care Cuts

Activists hold 'die-in' at HHS to protest Trump health care cuts: in photos

At the die-in, while a narrator slowly read through a list of devastating health outcomes that HHS funding cuts will have on the LGBTQ+ community.

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Pope Francis dead at 88: Looking back on his LGBTQ+ rights legacy

In recent years, Pope Francis suffered various health issues and was recently discharged from the hospital. He leaves behind a complicated legacy regarding LGBTQ+ rights in the Catholic Church.

HIV and AIDS Activists hold coffin delivery to protest PEPFAR cuts at State Department building in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2025

Activists stack coffins in front of State Department to protest PEPFAR cuts (in photos)

The gutting of the global HIV-fighting program could bring back "the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic," says the Human Rights Campaign's Matt Rose.

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Why LGBTQ+ groups are angry at RFK Jr.'s confirmation

Kennedy has denied that he ever said chemicals cause gender dysphoria or that HIV doesn't cause AIDS — but he did.

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Federal judge orders restoration of health agency web pages

Pages devoted to HIV and AIDS, assisted reproductive technologies, and youth health risks had disappeared from government websites due to Donald Trump's "gender ideology" order.

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Martina Navratilova says trans people weren't involved in the early gay rights movement. She's wrong

Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and many other trans people were part of the modern queer rights movement that started with Stonewall.

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'Drag Race' star Kim Chi is 'sad for humanity.' Here's how she's coping (exclusive)

The RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 runner-up tells The Advocate about "giving back to the community" under Donald Trump's regime through her new cannabis campaign, Kim Chi Over Flowers.

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13 LGBTQ+ scientists you should know

From the first woman in space to recent Nobel Prize winners, we're celebrating some of the queer pioneers who have expanded our knowledge across the years.

ACT UP protesters close the Food and Drug Administration building in 1988 to demand the release of experimental medication for those living with HIV or AIDS

After the 2024 election, we can be inspired by these historical LGBTQ+ movements against oppression

Amid the trauma and disappointment of the election results, we take a look at queer resistance over the past century

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Human Rights Campaign initiative strives to overcome HIV stigma

A groundbreaking new cohort of participants will soon travel to the nation’s capital to tackle shame and mental health challenges associated with HIV.