LGBTQIA+

Transgender Youth Have History

Pax Attridge / History News Network Nov 22, 2022 Trans populations did not suddenly start existing en masse in the 1980s. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

White House Ends Fetal Tissue Research by Federal Scientists

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LAURAN NEERGAARD / The Associated Press Jun 5, 2019 Abortion foes claim victory as Trump team ignores scientists' advice about its merits in studies on childhood cancers, other health woes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Over a Million Americans Have HIV, CDC Reports

Ilana Novick / Truthdig May 13, 2019 In 2017, almost 16,000 people died from complications of the virus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Second Man Seemingly AIDS-Free After Stem Cell Transplant

CARLA K. JOHNSON / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2019 Published online Monday by the journal Nature, the unidentified patient's case will be presented at an HIV conference in Seattle. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Big Pharma, Bad Policy Are Keeping the World From Ending AIDS

By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Nov 28, 2018 Dec. 1 marks the 30th World AIDS Day—and despite leaps forward in medicine and awareness in affluent parts of the world, it’s still a big problem elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Child Brides in Lesotho Lose Their Youth and Their Future

Mamofuta Kale / Truthdig Oct 26, 2018 Forced into early marriages, teenage girls drop out of school and endure domestic violence, early pregnancy and exposure to HIV. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

ICE in the Age of Trump: Two Deportation Stories

Emily Wells / Truthdig Feb 8, 2018 Under this administration, the standards for deportation of immigrants are shifting fast. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Poem on Generations Witnessing Cycles of Death and Destruction (Audio)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2017 Tamiko Beyer's poem serves as a painful reminder of how "horde white-hot power" causes "rage that liquefies/ our hearts, whole communities." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Part 2: Welcome to Prison, and Rediscovering Humanity

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2017 After receiving a 30-year minimum life sentence for murder and an additional seven years for armed robbery, the author learned to use his energy in a positive way while serving time in New Jersey penitentiaries. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Rural America Is Primed for an HIV Epidemic

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2016 A staggering 188 infections in Austin, Ind. -- a rural town of only 4,300 people -- is evidence of a growing problem in counties throughout the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Samantha Bee Begs Hillary Clinton to Turn Back Time and Unsay What She Said About the Reagans

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2016 The "Full Frontal" host could only explain Hillary Clinton's erroneous statement that Ronald and Nancy Reagan had started a national conversation about HIV and AIDS by quipping that Clinton had "apparently suffered a stroke." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Why Did Hillary Clinton Falsely Cast Nancy Reagan as a Champion of AIDS Sufferers?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2016 Hillary Clinton on Friday afternoon walked back a gross misstatement in which she had praised the recently deceased former first lady Nancy Reagan and President Reagan for starting “a national conversation” on the deadly AIDS virus. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )