Barrett Threatens Rights, Democracy
Trump Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Threatens LGBTQ+ Rights & Democracy; Sen Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey Talk To The Rainbow Times About…
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Trans Man Sues Baltimore Hospitals For Discrimination
The facility claims religious exemption to deny the surgery to trans man BALTIMORE—A transgender man allegedly was denied gender affirmation surgery at the University of…
Fenway: Policy Outlines Likely to Harm LGBTQ People From New Trump Health Care Regulation
BOSTON—Recently, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining the harm to LGBT people likely to result from a new health care…
Proposed Trump Rule Would Gut NonDiscrimination Healthcare Against LGBTQs & Women
NonDiscrimination leaves LGBTQ people and women at peril BOSTON―Last week, the Trump Administration proposed a new health care regulation that would reverse 10 years of…
Creep of the Week: Trump Voters Asking For Forgiveness
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— The other day I heard a self-proclaimed Democrat who voted for Trump say he didn’t like Hillary. “Bernie would have…
FAQs To Trump Admin Plan to Roll Back ACA Trans Nondiscrimination Regulation
By: National Center for Transgender Equality— The Trump Administration has announced that it is planning to roll back an important regulation about Section 1557 of…
Campaign to Elevate Voices of Trans People Living with HIV in National Conversation About Health Care
OAKLAND, Calif.—Transgender Law Center’s Positively Trans project recently launched #ACApositive, a campaign to shift the conversation about health care and the Affordable Care Act towards a…
Graham-Cassidy Healthcare Bill Would Harm LGBTs and People Living With HIV
BOSTON—The latest Congressional proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sponsored by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would make…
Alert: Fenway Health Statement on Senate Vote to Proceed on Vote on Health Care Bill
BOSTON—Today, the United States Senate voted to proceed with debate on a bill to either repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or one that would…
Fenway: Under Senate Plan Among 22 Million Would Lose Health Insurance
LGBT & PLWH Disproportionately Affected by It BOSTON—The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), a U.S. Senate bill to…
Congressional Budget Deal Has Good News; GOP Health Care Bill Does Not
By: Eric Brus* Congress agreed on a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that will fund most federal government operations through fiscal year (FY) 2017, which…
Fenway Health Urges Senate to Preserve Health Equity Measures and Coverage Expansions of ACA
BOSTON―Last week, the US House of Representatives approved the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill designed to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If…
LGBTs, People Living with HIV Have Disproportionately Benefitted from ACA, Have Much at Stake in Reform Debate
BOSTON―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining the essential elements of a revised national health insurance strategy to ensure that…
Statement by the President on the 35th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS in America
35th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS epidemic in America On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on what would later…
HIV Infections Decline, But Country Fails to Meet Goals of National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By: Eric Brus* New U.S. HIV Infections Decline, But Progress Falls Short of NHAS Goals During the period from 2010 to 2015, the annual number…
President Obama’s Budget Allocates Funding for New Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Program, Resources for Trans Women
Plus, PrEP for trans women considering it By: Eric Brus* President Barack Obama presented his administration’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) to the U.S….
The Politics of Prescriptions: When Profits Come Before People
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Columnist— Kim Davis has had enough media attention, don’t you think? By the time you read this column, the delusional clerk…
Major Study Confirms Need for Early HIV Treatment
By: Eric Brus* — In late May, researchers in a major international study reported definitive evidence that early antiretroviral treatment (ART) substantially reduces HIV-infected persons’ risks…
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020, detailing principles and priorities to guide our collective national work to address…
What We’re Looking for Over the Next Five Years of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By: Sean Cahill* One of my proudest moments in 25 years of LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism came in July, 2010, when I joined other HIV/AIDS…
New York’s Blueprint for Ending AIDS; Don’t Forget June 27 is HIV Testing Day
By: Eric Brus* New York State’s Ending the Epidemic Task Force (Task Force) has developed a 70-page blueprint with recommendations to help the state meet…
National Report Documents Hate Violence Against LGBTQ and HIV Communities
By: Eric Brus*— High levels of hate violence against LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities continued last year, according to the new report, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,…
Supreme Court: Another LGBT Month of ‘Major Moments’
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service June is the final month of the U.S. Supreme Court’s current session and, while anticipation is not nearly so great…