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Trump admin moves to end federal HIV prevention programs
The Trump administration is preparing to eliminate all federal funding for domestic HIV prevention programs, a move that health experts say will undo decades of…
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Trump to end gender-affirming care for transgender veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it will immediately phase out gender-affirming care medical treatments fortransgender veterans, citing…
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Poppers panic: Gays react to crackdown with alarm and humor
The gays will not sit quietly by as the FDA comes for their poppers. When the news broke that Double Scorpio – a company that sells lube, clothing…
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DEI removed from science agencies, but research continues
As soon as President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2025, he signed an executive order titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing.” This order…
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s anti-trans health care order
A federal judge in Maryland has issued a preliminary injunction against Donald Trump’s executive order threatening loss of federal funding for…
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US HIV/AIDS funding cut could kill 500,000 in South Africa
Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise in…
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The states suing Trump over his gender affirming care ban
Three Democratic states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its order to ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19…