On World AIDS Day, thinking of progress and how to build on it in the face of hostility
“As long as people willing to fight, we will change the course of history,” says HRC's Matthew Rose.
December 1, 2025
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“As long as people willing to fight, we will change the course of history,” says HRC's Matthew Rose.
Global HIV assistance is projected to drop by 30 to 40 percent in 2025 compared with 2023, a new UNAID report found.
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
Javier Muñoz and Peppermint tell The Advocate about their time on Capitol Hill fighting for HIV funds.
Opinion: By dismantling USAID and slashing more than 80 percent of its programs, the Trump administration has jeopardized decades of bipartisan progress, endangered millions of lives, and sent a dangerous message: America no longer leads with humanity.
The State Department has drafted a plan to end the successful global HIV-fighting program.
The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.
The U.S. Senate and the Trump administration have agreed to exempt the global AIDS-fighting program.
Pocan grilled Russell Vought, one of the creators of the far-right policy blueprint, in a congressional hearing.
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.
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.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Eleven were arrested outside of a U.S. House committee meeting.
Lesotho's largest LGBTQ+ group says it has not received the millions Donald Trump claimed they have.
The Trump administration is endangering lives with its deep cuts to foreign aid, the protesters said.
“People are begging us, ‘What do we do now? How do we keep people from being arrested, beaten, sick or worse?’ And we have no answers for them,” the former USAID official said.
According to a State Department memo, PrEP can only be dispensed to “pregnant and breastfeeding women” through PEPFAR.
He's going after diversity programs, transgender students, and more with executive orders that will most definitely be contested in court.
The new Secretary of State Marco Rubio's waiver ensures PEPFAR's vital HIV/AIDS relief continues despite Trump's aid freeze, but the exclusion of gender identity programs raises concerns.
Unless there is a waiver, this will stop lifesaving treatment for millions of people in developing countries.
Fauci credits good genes and the thrill and excitement of his work with keeping him young and still going strong at 83.