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152 LGBT elected officials sign list of priorities for Congress.

More than 150 LGBT elected officials penned a letter released this week calling on the incoming Congress to prioritize four LGBT equality initiatives.  Those initiatives include protecting trans constituents from “anti-trans Trump administration policies,” passing federal legislation to protect the…

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Trump’s HHS secretary recognizes gays in HIV/AIDS speech.

Secretary of Health & Human Services Alex Azar recognized on Tuesday the impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic has had on gay people and racial minorities in a speech in which he also named new co-chairs to fill longtime vacancies on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS…