Gay couple in South Korea receives state benefits, marking huge step towards LGBTQ+ equality
A gay couple in South Korea is the first to be granted spousal benefits from state health insurance.
July 18, 2024
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Gay Sex Ban in Military Upheld by South Korean Court
In the past, the law has been used to arrest dozens of people in what critics have called a “gay witch-hunt.”
October 27, 2023
LGBTQ+ Victories Did Happen in 2023
Seeing the bright side in the fight for queer equality.
June 22, 2023
New Rule Could Change Health Care for Trans Americans
In an unprecedented expansion of trans-inclusive protections, the Obama administration proposed a new federal rule to ensure trans-inclusive health care.
September 3, 2015
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
RFK Jr. mulls firing ‘critical’ panel that determines no-cost preventive care services insurers must cover
It comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, which requires coverage for diabetes, cancer, and mental health screenings as well as access to HIV prevention, or PrEP, was properly appointed.
July 29, 2025
Trumpcare Could Bring HIV Roaring Back
The Republicans are hell-bent on pushing through their cruel replacement of Obamacare. Kelsey Louie of Gay Men's Health Crisis describes what could happen if they succed.
March 20, 2017
Threat to Affordable Care Act's Preventive Coverage Puts Public Health at Risk
A federal judge’s ruling in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra. is a deeply flawed decision that flies in the face of sound public health policy, according to the American Medical Association's president.
April 17, 2023
With Failure at Hand, Trump and Ryan Pull Health Care Bill
Repealing and replacing Obamacare was a mantra of the Trump campaign. It has not come to pass.
March 24, 2017
Feds: No, Insurers Can't Deny Care to Trans Patients
Preventive screenings and treatments should be based on body parts, not gender identity, say trans advocates -- and the federal government agrees.
May 11, 2015
An End to the HIV Epidemic? Not If Trumpcare Passes
"More people are going to get sick and more people are going to die."
June 20, 2017
D.C. Mayor Makes Major Move Expanding Trans Health Care
Transgender Washington, D.C., residents will now be able to purchase insurance policies that include coverage for transition-related care on the D.C. health exchange or through Medicaid benefits.
February 27, 2014
Op-ed: How Discrimination Affects Our Health
Plenty of LGBT progress has been made over the years, but health care is one area that still hits many of us hard.
January 13, 2015
Trump Nominates Antigay, Antichoice Rep. Tom Price as HHS Secretary
The Republican congressman from Georgia is a major opponent of Obamacare.
November 28, 2016
Texas Federal Judge: Companies Not Required to Cover PrEP
The judge says that although PrEP prevents HIV regardless of one’s sexual orientation, because gay people use it, it violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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March 30, 2023
The Biggest Threat to Transgender Health Care Is the Supreme Court
A recent Texas ruling has trans folks on edge but its SCOTUS that's the real menace, writes Christopher Stoll of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
October 21, 2019
Obamacare Prohibits Providers From Denying Health Care to Trans People
The Obama administration is banning health providers from denying access to transgender people because of their gender identity.
May 13, 2016
Why experts say Trump's budget bill strips health care from nearly all transgender people
The Republican-passed House bill goes beyond limiting access for Medicaid recipients.
May 23, 2025
Trump's Religious Order Is a Joke, But His Health Care Bill Is a Threat
The president was grandstanding with right-wingers when he signed his toothless "religious freedom" order, but he could kill millions with Trumpcare.
May 11, 2017