The target of Kentucky’s newly enacted law is Fischer Wells, a middle school field hockey player
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The U.S. military will no longer be able to discharge service members for being HIV-positive
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Alabama becomes first U.S. state to pass law making gender-affirming care a felony
The state is also on the verge of passing an anti-trans bathroom bill and a “Don’t Say Gay” law
These groups are distributing life-saving medications to people living with HIV in Ukraine
Amid the ongoing crisis, organizations like WHO and UNAIDS hope to provide a year’s supply of anti-retrovirals to HIV-positive Ukrainians
A Tennessee lawmaker is trying legalize child marriages in bizarre attack on LGBTQ2S+ rights
The bill’s sponsor claims the proposed law would provide an “alternative form of marriage” for people who oppose same-sex unions
Zimbabwe decriminalizes HIV transmission in major step forward for LGBTQ+ equality
Activists have called on the country to repeal other anti-LGBTQ+ laws that make it more difficult to address the ongoing HIV epidemic