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The Trump Administration has Changed 57 Percent of LGBTQ-Related Federal Websites, Report Finds

Researchers from the Web Integrity Project have revealed that a majority of LGBTQ-related federal websites have been significantly altered by the Trump administration, with specific erasure seen among transgend...

Majority of Republicans Believe Adoption Agencies Should Not Be Allowed to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Couples

A majority of Republican voters do not agree with a new rule introduced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allow adoption agencies to refuse service to same-sex couples, according to a new ...

Department of Health and Human Services Sues PrEP Manufacturer Gilead for Patent Infringement

The U.S. government is suing Gilead, the manufacturer of HIV-prevention medications Truvada and Descovy, for patent infringement. “Today, the…Department of Health and Human Services filed a complaint in fede...

Elizabeth Warren Speaks Out Against Proposed HHS Rollback on Transgender Healthcare

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has called for all transgender Americans to have access to affordable, gender-affirming healthcare on Twitter. On Tuesday (August 13), the Massachusetts sen...

Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Admin. Over Rollback of Transgender Healthcare Protections

Three advocacy groups are suing the Trump Administration over its recent rollback of transgender healthcare protections. Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and States, and the Center for...

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a removal of an Obama-era measure to collect data on LGBTQ foster children and parents, reported NBC News. Under the proposed rule change, HHS w...

Trump Administration Stops Study into Possible HIV Cure

The Trump administration shut down a study into treatment for HIV in September, reported Science magazine. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) forbid National Institute of Health (NIH) scientis...

FDA opens door to ending gay blood donation ban

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration signaled Tuesday that it is reevaluating its policy on blood donations by gay and bisexual men, less than a year after changing its former policy and less than two months s...

Orlando shooting brings scrutiny on FDA’s gay blood ban

On Thursday, June 9, OneBlood, a blood bank that services Florida and parts of Georgia and South Carolina, issued a press release saying they had an “urgent need” for O negative blood, a type of blood that's in...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 2

1. For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that gender affirmation surgery must be provided to a transgender woman under Medicare. 2. Speaking of, Slate has a look at ...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Lesbian Swe Zin Htet Competes in Miss Universe, Makes History

Fairness for All Act Seeks Middle Ground on LGBTQ Rights

Rush Center Says Goodbye to Executive Director Linda Ellis

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

J.J. Abrams Hints at LGBTQ Representation in ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

Pride Journey: Wichita, Kansas

Gifts for the Kitchen