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Trans Women Can Safely Take PrEP Medication, Study Shows

Results of a recent study presented at the international AIDS conference provide some good news to the community of transgender women: PrEP does not affect hormones and can be safely taken by transgender women ...

Study shows no partner transmission of HIV if effective treatment used

A new study has found that, with effective treatment, HIV transmission does not happen between sexual partners, even when condomless sex is involved.The major study, appropriately called PARTNER 2, was shar...

PrEP drug priced out of most people’s reach

The HIV/AIDS-fighting drug PrEP is being priced out of most patients' reach. Although the drug has been out for several years, the cost has surged in recent times.As quoted in Plus magazine, James Krellenst...

LGBTQ researcher named Georgia Psychiatrist of the Year

Did you know Georgia recently named a psychiatrist of the year? Did you know she’s a highly skilled advocate for our LGBTQ community? You do now, so let’s meet the incomparable Dr. Yolanda Graham. Upon hearing ...

LGBTQ seniors face unique challenges

Aging can be a challenge for any community. But the lives of LGBTQ seniors bring distinct pleasures and pains. Or, as author Dave Singleton wrote, nearly half a century after Stonewall, “we’re still in the earl...

Ask the Doctor: Shingles vaccines and Medicare Advantage

Q: I heard there’s a new vaccine for shingles. I’m 55 years old, but my partner is 62 and got the shingles shot last year. I’m confused over what we should do.A: This is a great question and very much in th...

Local HIV/AIDS groups weigh in on new CDC director’s controversial past

President Donald Trump appointee Robert Redfield Jr., a longtime AIDS researcher, was sworn in as the 18th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on March 26. Reaction to news of Redfi...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 22

1. Former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson has some words for the president about signing a federal "religious freedom" law: Don't do it.2. The future is brighter today for transgender med school studen...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 10

1. Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, who founded the ex-gay conversion therapy movement, died yesterday from influenza complications.2. The Austin, Texas, nonprofit Texas Health Action has a new project: the Kind Clinic...

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

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

Jonathan Van Ness Named Essie’s First Non-Female Ambassador for Pride Month

‘Queer Eye’ Star Antoni Porowski Gets a Drag Makeover from Miz Cracker

Trans Women Can Safely Take PrEP Medication, Study Shows

Study shows no partner transmission of HIV if effective treatment used

PrEP drug priced out of most people’s reach

LGBTQ researcher named Georgia Psychiatrist of the Year

LGBTQ seniors face unique challenges

Ask the Doctor: Shingles vaccines and Medicare Advantage

Local HIV/AIDS groups weigh in on new CDC director’s controversial past

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 22

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 10

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Six Democratic Candidates, Including Pete Buttigieg, Would Beat Trump in 2020, Poll Finds

Florida Reps. Announce Plan to Make Pulse Nightclub National Memorial

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

Survey Shows Growing Support for Transgender Rights Among Americans

Jonathan Van Ness Comes Out as Non-Binary

Lambda Legal, MAP Release Report on LGBT Rights in US Territories

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