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
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U.S. Health and Human Services' Dr. Rachel Levine Never Sleeps
The history-making secretary is busy working on the ongoing pandemic, health equity, addiction and mental health, and the implications of climate change.
October 8, 2021
'Jeopardy!'s Ken Jennings won't support Gavin Newsom for president due to trans kids stance
"Any candidate cynically 'triangulating' on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so," Jennings says.
July 18, 2025
Human Rights Campaign calls on LGBTQ+ community to dream & to fight for equality at national dinner
In the wake of unprecedented political attacks on the trans community, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization is stepping in to change hearts and minds.
September 15, 2025
Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far
Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.
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May 6, 2025
DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
November 24, 2025
Maryland Governor Signs Bill Assuring Medicaid Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care
Gov. Wes Moore also signed legislation protecting abortion rights.
May 4, 2023
Biden Names Adrian Shanker as Senior Adviser on LGBTQI+ Health Equity
Shanker, a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive Americans, will work in the office of the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
October 4, 2022
Health and Human Services takes stand against nonconsensual intersex surgeries
The report comes from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, headed by Adm. Rachel Levine.
January 16, 2025
Dr. Rachel Levine Is Now First Trans 4-Star Admiral in U.S. History
She is the first out transgender four-star officer and first female four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
October 19, 2021
What is Project 2025 and what does it mean for LGBTQ+ Americans?
Far-right activists have put together a series of directives for the next conservative president. Here's what it would mean to the LGBTQ+ community.
June 21, 2024
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
Second man sentenced in death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili
Michael Kuilan received a 19-year prison sentence for supplying the drugs that killed her.
May 28, 2025
New Biden Executive Order Includes Focus on Transgender Equity
An aide to President Biden says issues around transgender rights are a "significant focus" for the administration.
February 16, 2023
Weekend Monkeypox Vaccination Clinics Announced by White House
Visitors to large LGBTQ+ events in several major cities this holiday weekend will be able to get a monkeypox vaccine onsite.
August 31, 2022
The Cost of Inaction on PEPFAR, the AIDS Relief Program That's Saved Millions
Leaders of Partners In Health, the international public health nonprofit, write about the danger of not funding PEPFAR, a program that's saved 25 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections.
November 6, 2023
Project 2025 architect confirmed by the Senate to lead Office of Management and Budget
Donald Trump previously said he knew nothing about the far-right plan, but now he’s poised to implement much of it by placing loyalists like Russell Vought in key positions.
February 7, 2025
Trump’s shutdown layoffs eliminate entire federal health agencies that served LGBTQ+ people, teens, & women
“Without these people in place, it’s unlikely that a lot of these programs will be able to continue even after the government reopens," former HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
October 11, 2025
Rachel Levine led fights against HIV & STIs at HHS. Now Trump’s undoing that progress, and she’s speaking out
The former assistant secretary for health is breaking her silence on the damage Trump's HHS is doing.
May 13, 2025
Harvard seemingly caves to Trump, shuts down LGBTQ+ and women's center websites
Harvard has removed websites for its women's, LGBTQ+, and multicultural student centers.
July 11, 2025
Trans people and people of color have been quietly erased from national caregiving plan
The decision ignores the stark reality that underserved communities experience greater negative impacts from caregiving, from financial hardships to worse health outcomes, advocates say.
November 21, 2025