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Rigorous and long-standing research demonstrates that LGBTQ+-inclusive policies support safer communities and stronger economies for everyone, while exclusionary laws worsen and limit access to essential services.
Lawyers for both sides agreed to a compromise while the case on prevenantive health care coverage makes its way through the appeals process.
The health care reform law includes free ways to stay healthy.
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.
Preventive screenings and treatments should be based on body parts, not gender identity, say trans advocates -- and the federal government agrees.
The defendants in the case previously argued that requiring insurance coverage of PrEP access was similar to supporting homosexuality.
LGBTQ+ and public health advocates warn that a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs would allow insurers to begin denying or charging for services currently guaranteed to be free—like STI testing, diabetes screening, contraception, and maternal care.
GOP lawmakers in West Virginia are pushing to overturn an exception that allows transgender youth at risk of self-harm or suicide to receive gender-affirming care.
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.
The Democratic presidential nominee's comprehensive plan calls for treating mental health care in the same fashion as preventive and medical care -- especially among at-risk communities (including ours).Â
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.
The state is advancing Rep. Leigh Finke's bill to protect young trans people and their parents from out-of-state actions that would prevent or punish gender-affirming care.
Most Americans support banning gender-affirming care for youth and preventing trans athletes from participating on teams that align with their identity — yet they also support anti-discrimination laws protecting trans people.
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign held a conference call Thursday intended to highlight his policy prescriptions for combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic -- including increased funding for research, care, and prevention as well as developing a national HIV/AIDS strategy within the first year of his administration.
The court issued a stay that will last for the duration of the government’s appeal in the case.
Lives are on the line as shelters close, programs shut down, and vulnerable individuals are left without support, writes All Out's Matthew Beard.
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.
Opinion: He's ruining Christmas, deporting American kids (one with cancer), endorsing conversion therapy and more discipline in schools, threatening Sesame Street, and eliminating a youth suicide hotline, writes John Casey.
One person dies from AIDS-related causes every minute globally, but world leaders can stop it.
