Grindr
Grindr rolls out new safety, security features
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LOS ANGELES — Hook up app Grindr announced new safety and security features this week.
HIV/AIDS
LGBTQ, HIV orgs call for Facebook to remove PrEP lawsuit ads
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NEW YORK — A coalition of LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS organizations has called on Facebook to take down ads claiming inaccurate side effects of Truvada for PrEP.
Homepage Top Story
GOP unveils their version of LGBTQ rights bill
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WASHINGTON — The GOP submitted a proposal for LGBTQ protections that also provide for religious exemptions.
National
Lambda Legal joins Supreme Court brief supporting abortion access
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WASHINGTON — Lambda Legal announced on Tuesday that it was joining an amicus brief to the Supreme Court asking it to protect precedent in abortion access.
National
National Center for Lesbian Rights files amicus brief in support of Gavin Grimm
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WASHINGTON — The National Center for Lesbian Rights filed an amicus brief in support of a transgender student suing his high school last week.
healthcare
HHS announces expansion of PrEP access
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its new Ready, Set, PrEP program on Tuesday.
National
American Medical Association to fight ‘conversion therapy’, take other pro-equality actions
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SAN DIEGO — The AMA has voted to fight “conversion therapy” and take other pro-equality actions during its Interim Meeting this week.
hate crime
HRC releases report on anti-transgender violence
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WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign Foundation released a report on anti-transgender violence on Monday. Among the findings is that of 22 trans people killed in 2019, all but one were black.
healthcare
Analysis: 152,000 trans adults are on Medicaid
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LOS ANGELES — A new analysis has shown that 152,000 transgender Americans are on Medicaid, but less than half are in states where Medicaid pays for gender-affirming care.