Gavin Newsom signs several pro-LGBTQ+ laws, vetoes gender-affirming care and HIV coverage
Here are the LGBTQ+ bills Gavin Newsom signed or vetoed this week.
October 15, 2025
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PrEP Health Insurance Coverage to Remain Intact - For Now
Lawyers for both sides agreed to a compromise while the case on prevenantive health care coverage makes its way through the appeals process.
June 13, 2023
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
FDA Approves New Drug for PrEP, Which May Offer Less Side Effects
The HIV prevention medication Descovy is now greenlit for gay and bisexual men, and transgender women.
October 3, 2019
'Truvada Whore' Stigma Endures -- Even Among Doctors
Despite the green light from the CDC and WHO, the stigma against using HIV prevention medication continues in both the LGBT and medical communities.
August 11, 2014
Are These Companies Discriminating Against PrEP Users?
Huge -- and seemingly LGBT-friendly -- insurance companies refuse to sell policies to people taking preventative HIV medication. Why?
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December 7, 2017
Breaking: Texas Judge Rules PrEP Coverage Violates Religious Freedom
U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled Wednesday that requiring insurance companies to cover medications to prevent HIV transmission violates plaintiffs' rights on religious grounds.
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September 7, 2022
The Battle Over PrEP Intensifies
While some organizations are trying to offer gay and bi men more information on preventive HIV medication, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is doing the opposite. Here's how the Los Angeles LGBT Center is fighting back.
July 18, 2016
How the U.S. is betraying LGBTQ+ communities worldwide
Lives are on the line as shelters close, programs shut down, and vulnerable individuals are left without support, writes All Out's Matthew Beard.
February 24, 2025
FDA approves breakthrough drug that reduces risk of contracting HIV by 96 percent
Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir, has been approved after nearly eliminating the spread of HIV among trial patients.
June 18, 2025
It’s National PrEP Day! Learn the latest about HIV prevention
There are now more ways than ever — including long-acting injectables — to prevent the spread of HIV.
October 10, 2025
CVS Health denies coverage for breakthrough HIV drug, committing 'clear violation' of ACA
CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."
August 22, 2025
PrEP to Be Available for Free Even If You're Uninsured
The federal government today announced the procedure for applying for free HIV prevention drugs.
December 3, 2019
Democrats Introduce Bill to Make PrEP Available to More Americans
White Republicans have targeted PrEP access in an attempt to limit what insurance companies cover, Democrats are trying to expand access to the life saving drugs.
July 1, 2023
Could This HIV Prevention Tool Change Your Life?
The FDA approved the first long-acting injectable option to prevent HIV infection late last year.
March 29, 2022
Here's What HIV Advocates Said After Their Meeting With DaBaby
Activists sat down with the rapper after he publicly slammed LGBTQ+ people and those living with HIV.
August 31, 2021
The New Gay Sexual Revolution
PrEP, TasP, and fearless sex remind us we can't advance social justice without including sex in the equation.
May 15, 2017
The Advocate ranked the 25 most important queer history moments of the century so far
From the good and the bad, from marriage equality, decriminalization of queer sex, and groundbreaking electoral victories to the Pulse massacre and the unfortunate election of Donald Trump to the presidency — twice — here are the biggest queer news events of the first quarter of the 21st century.
December 23, 2024
Supreme Court hands RFK Jr. new power over Americans’ health, buried in PrEP case ruling
While the justices upheld the coverage requirement for insurance companies to pay for preventive care at no cost to the patient, they also gave the HHS secretary more power.
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June 27, 2025
Op-ed: Digital Ways of Preventing HIV
Why are we so fixated on finding a medical solution when, as social networks revolutionize sex in our community, gay men are successfully using new technology to combat HIV?
April 19, 2012
Report: Southern Grocery Chain Denies Coverage for HIV Prevention Pill
The decision by the company -- which operates across the southeast -- is leading some to wonder if the company has "moral" objections to PrEP.
January 30, 2018