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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.
This is what fuels addiction in LGBTQ+ people, and what's available to help (exclusive)
LGBTQ+ people face escalating discrimination and a social life often dominated by alcohol-centric social spaces, but there are many other resources available to them.
August 31 2024 12:46 PM
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Inside the massive protest against Project 2025 and anti-trans laws coming to D.C. (exclusive)
A renowned organizer for the upcoming Gender Liberation March tells The Advocate how you can attend — and why you should.
August 30 2024 10:05 AM
Blue and red states were putting period products in schools — then came the transphobia
For years, bills that put tampons and pads in school bathrooms were gaining traction across states. But the rise of anti-trans legislation has made a health issue political.
August 29 2024 1:00 PM
As new mpox strain spreads globally, activists push health officials to avoid past mistakes (exclusive)
Torrian Baskerville, director of HIV & Health Equity at the Human Rights Campaign, tells The Advocate how groups are preparing for a potential outbreak of the new mpox strain.
August 28 2024 1:09 PM
Health insurance company Aetna announces LGBTQ+ fertility coverage equality
The insurer is the first to level the playing field for prospective LGBTQ+ parents.
August 27 2024 5:19 PM
Florida is allowed to restrict transgender health care, appeals court rules
A lower court had ruled that the law should be permanently blocked, but this decision reverses that.
August 26 2024 9:25 PM
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws linked to higher rates of suicidal ideation in queer students: report
Attending schools with anti-LGBTQ+ policies is associated with "poorer mental health and higher suicide risk" among LGBTQ+ youth.
August 21 2024 12:00 PM
Here's what Democrats promise to do for LGBTQ+ people in their 2024 platform
The DNC has released its full platform for the next four years, which features dozens of policies that would improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
August 21 2024 10:43 AM
Russia is in denial about mpox because of homophobic 'traditional values'
Anna Popova, the head of a Russian consumer protection agency, claimed the country is at no risk, implying it's because of the crackdown on LGBTQ+ people.
August 20 2024 10:23 AM
Landmark transgender antidiscrimination ruling overturned by Georgia court
Anna Lange sued in 2019 after being denied gender-affirming surgery under her county’s health plan. She received the procedure in 2022 after an appeals court ruled in her favor.
August 19 2024 4:29 PM
An out gay newscaster had a panic attack on-air — then recovered and came back
“I’m actually going to need to stop for a second. Some of you may know that I occasionally get affected by some panic attacks, and actually that’s happening right now," Nate Byrne said.
August 19 2024 11:54 AM
Why the Biden-Harris administration’s successful medication price negotiations matter
Americans have paid more for their medications than other countries for years, but that’s changing.
August 16 2024 4:16 PM
Not just state pride — Why LGBTQ+ Minnesotans are 'overly proud' of Tim Walz (exclusive)
Minnesota's leading LGBTQ+ groups tell The Advocate what a Walz vice presidency could mean for queer communities.
August 16 2024 2:09 PM
With a new case in Sweden, what is the new mpox outbreak and should you be concerned?
Things to know about the resurgence of mpox.
August 15 2024 4:48 PM
Health officials say risk of more fatal mpox outbreak remains ‘very low’ despite public health emergency
So far, the federal government says that no cases of the newly-concerning strain have been reported in the United States.
August 15 2024 9:04 AM
World Health Organization again declares mpox a global health emergency amid rising case threat
The threat of a virus that causes painful lesions is back.
August 14 2024 2:43 PM
The 2024 elections are severely impacting transgender people's mental and physical health
As the November elections approach, 67 percent of transgender people are proactively making plans to change their use of gender-affirming care.
August 08 2024 9:08 AM
How pro-LGBTQ+ is Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' vice president pick? His record speaks for itself
The Minnesota governor's LGBTQ+ support started long before his time in politics.
August 07 2024 3:11 PM
Ohio's 'medically baseless and genuinely dangerous' gender-affirming care ban upheld by judge
Judge Michael J. Holbrook wrote in his ruling that those “dissatisfied" with the legislation must settle their grievances "through their vote as opposed to the judicial system.”
August 07 2024 11:41 AM