Late last week, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining how the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the Trump Administration’s proposed…
WASHINGTON— Yesterday, the National Center for Lesbian Rights joined a group of thirty LGBT organizations to send a joint letter to Capitol Hill calling on…
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Amid turmoil in the national political scene, legislators and advocates in Massachusetts are pushing hard to pass legislation to protect LGBTQ…
BOSTON―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining the essential elements of a revised national health insurance strategy to ensure that…
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Thirty-five years ago the first documented cases of AIDS brought about an era of…
The fight against HIV/AIDS Seen from an Unexpected Political Position By: Eric Brus*– The results of the 2016 U.S. national election came as a great…
LGBTQ Health improves By: Paul R. Jacobsen*— More than one year after marriage equality became the law of the land nationwide, President Obama, Secretary Sylvia Mathews…
Today, The Fenway Institute released “What the new Affordable Care Act nondiscrimination rule means for providers and LGBT patients,” a policy brief outlining the significant…
By: Eric Brus* New U.S. HIV Infections Decline, But Progress Falls Short of NHAS Goals During the period from 2010 to 2015, the annual number…
By: Harvey Makadon, MD— The transgender community has experienced impressive advances in societal understanding and recognition in the last few years. The Obama Administration has…
NEW YORK—The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has secured insurance coverage for a transgender man’s medically necessary care after his union-sponsored health insurance…
Yesterday, the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released a bulletin Regarding Prohibited Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Expression. The bulletin…
Courtesy of The Fenway Institute— In an historic move that will advance health for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, the U.S. Department of…
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Columnist— Kim Davis has had enough media attention, don’t you think? By the time you read this column, the delusional clerk…
By: Eric Brus*— White House Launches Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy On July 30, the U.S. White House issued a new strategic document to guide the…
By: Eric Brus* — In late May, researchers in a major international study reported definitive evidence that early antiretroviral treatment (ART) substantially reduces HIV-infected persons’ risks…
By: Diane Anderson-Minshall*/Special to TRT— Let me tell you about a woman I met. Let’s call her Trina. On the surface, we have some similarities….
Could End Most Insurance Plans’ Practice of Excluding Transition-Related Care WASHINGTON—Today, the (HHS) announced proposed rules to implement the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care…
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020, detailing principles and priorities to guide our collective national work to address…
By: Sean Cahill* One of my proudest moments in 25 years of LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism came in July, 2010, when I joined other HIV/AIDS…
BOSTON, Mass.—Fenway Health commends the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling 6-3 in favor of federally-run insurance marketplaces. Because of a legal challenge to the federally-run…
WASHINGTON—In a decision that further solidifies the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court today ruled that the law’s financial help in the form of tax…
By: Eric Brus* New York State’s Ending the Epidemic Task Force (Task Force) has developed a 70-page blueprint with recommendations to help the state meet…