LGBTQ+ youth are 'discriminated against' in all 50 states — but some regions are worse
The Trevor Project's recent survey of LGBTQ+ mental health has "grim" findings.
March 06 2025 9:22 AM
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Discover the Health section of The Advocate, where readers can find the latest news on medicine, fitness, mental and physical wellbeing, scientific developments, and diseases that affect the LGBT community. Read the most recent on gay health, AIDS and HIV news, pregnancy and sex from experts like doctors and researchers. Learn about news related to health insurance, statistics, changing laws and government policy, and tools that can be used in preventing and curing illnesses in the United States and beyond.
What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15
Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.
March 04 2025 10:26 AM
Trump’s health department launches ‘vile’ anti-trans website featuring right-wing influencer (exclusive)
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “are starting their tenure at HHS by attacking trans people, harming their access to health, and promoting unscientific rhetoric about sex as a so-called immutable characteristic,” former HHS official Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
February 19 2025 5:33 PM
Ohio bill would ban ejaculation without intent to conceive — with exceptions for LGBTQ+ people
The Conception Begins at Erection Act contains exceptions for men using birth control, donating sperm, masturbating, or having sex with another man or member of the LGBTQ+ community.
February 14 2025 4:38 PM
Trump administration takes away life-saving HIV prevention medications from vulnerable LGBTQ+ people worldwide
According to a State Department memo, PrEP can only be dispensed to “pregnant and breastfeeding women” through PEPFAR.
February 13 2025 12:01 PM
Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly once again vetoes gender-affirming care ban for minors
Senate Bill 63 sought to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria while allowing the same treatments to continue for cisgender minors with other conditions.
February 12 2025 11:54 AM
Trump is coming for your poppers: Major producer closes amid FDA crackdown
Several other companies seem to have followed suit.
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Lesotho's main LGBTQ+ group says it's 'not receiving grants' after Donald Trump lies
Lesotho's largest LGBTQ+ group says it has not received the millions Donald Trump claimed they have.
March 05 2025 11:21 AM
What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15
A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.
March 04 2025 10:14 AM
Over 80 House Democrats demand Trump rescind gender-affirming care ban: 'We want trans kids to live'
The letter, introduced by Rep. Becca Balint and signed by 89 House Democrats, asserts that the ban "threatens the lives and well-being of the young people who need this care, which is supported by every major medical association."
February 27 2025 12:07 PM
Trump is ‘dangerously’ conflating gender-affirming care with a human rights violation
Groups that work to end female genital mutilation and cutting worry about an executive order that co-opts the policies they’ve worked to pass over nearly 30 years.
February 14 2025 12:42 PM
What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?
Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.
February 13 2025 9:57 AM
Anti-LGBTQ+ policies harm the health of not only LGBTQ+ people, but all Americans
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.
February 10 2025 1:58 PM
New German, Swiss, and Austrian guidelines recommend gender-affirming care, slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when U.S. politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
March 12 2025 2:05 PM
Trump officials kill federal research on safer period products over mention of transgender men
The study is meant to improve health during menstruation.
March 10 2025 4:12 PM
Most religious Americans support nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBTQ+ people: survey
Regardless of faith, the vast majority of U.S. adults support LGBTQ+ protections.
March 04 2025 12:31 PM
This cancer researcher was studying LGBTQ+ people. Her work is now in limbo
A researcher at the George Washington Cancer Center says Trump could erase years of scientific work.
February 28 2025 1:11 PM
Most Americans support transgender health care and sports bans — yet they oppose discrimination
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.
February 26 2025 4:30 PM
Transgender people face more harassment in bathrooms that match their sex assigned at birth: study
A new study proves that transgender people are more likely to face harassment when using bathrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth than in facilities that match their identities.
February 19 2025 1:42 PM
Federal judge orders restoration of health agency web pages
Pages devoted to HIV and AIDS, assisted reproductive technologies, and youth health risks had disappeared from government websites due to Donald Trump's "gender ideology" order.
February 13 2025 5:02 PM