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Senior living is already a service that is out of reach for millions of older adults in the U.S. For gay and trans older adults, that is especially true. A new report from the Milken Institute and LGBTQ+ advocacy organization SAGE sought […]

Wesley Adolphus Pinkney, 71, never imagined he might get to spend his golden years at an independent living community for LGBTQ+ seniors. At one point in time, he didn’t think he’d live past his 30s. In 1986, a doctor diagnosed […]

Kasha Nabagesera is widely regarded as the Mother of the Ugandan LGBTQ+ human rights movement. As one of the most prominent human rights activists of our time, she is no stranger to speaking publicly about her life. However, when I […]

In 1989, Ronald Johnson did not think he would live to see old age. Johnson, a Black gay man, was diagnosed with HIV that year, during the height of the U.S. AIDS epidemic, when the life expectancy was 1 to […]

Thanks to 40 years of dedicated research, public education, and medical breakthroughs, HIV in the United States has become largely preventable—a manageable condition for people who are connected to care. HIV-related deaths, however, still occur, and new cuts from the […]

For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf. No longer. Interpreters have been noticeably absent from Trump administration press briefings, advocacy groups say. Gone, too, are the American Sign Language interpretations that used to appear […]