Major insurance company stops denying insurance to Mass. residents using HIV prevention med Truvada
Thanks to an investigation by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's office, a separate lawsuit by GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), and the assistance of Fenway Health, one of the largest insurance companies in...
Brown University study finds higher rate of lesbian, gay, bisexual adults struggling with health...
A new study by researchers at Brown University School of Public Health, "Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults Report Continued Problems Affording Care Despite Coverage Gains," reveals LGB adults—with insurance and who regularly get check...
Boston Red Sox support Spirit Day with $200,000 pledge to Fenway Health
This just in from Fenway Health—As part of “Spirit Day,” a world-wide, LGBTQ anti-bullying campaign during National Bullying Prevention Month, the Red Sox, in partnership with Fenway Sports Group President Mike Gordon’s Gordon Family...
National survey: older LGBT adults expect discrimination in long-term care
A new survey conducted by and just released from the AARP finds that most older LGBT adults expect difficulties in finding adequate "social support to rely on as they age, discrimination in long-term care...
Former Governor Patrick, renowned athlete Nyad named Fenway honorees
Fenway Health announced today its 2018 awardees to be celebrated at The Men's Event (Saturday, March 10) and The Dinner Party (Saturday, April 21), two of New England's largest and most cherished LGBT-focused charitable events.
For his...
Trump administration fires all members of AIDS/HIV advisory council
The Washington Post reported Friday that after a half dozen advisors on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) resigned in protest of the Trump administration’s policies on health care, the Trump Administration fired the remaining...
Fenway responds to bans on Center for Disease Control use of words including ‘transgender’...
The Washington Post reported on Friday that U.S. Centers for Disease Control officials have been banned from using the words "transgender," "diversity," "entitlement," "vulnerable," "fetus," "science-based" and "evidence-based" in official documents related to the...
Gilead Sciences grants UMass-Worcester and Boston’s Dana-Farber major AIDS/HIV research grant
Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and UMass Medical School in Worcester are among five recipients of a 7.5 million dollar grant from Gilead Sciences to fund AIDS/HIV research.
The awards are the second round of HIV...
Rhode Island governor signs conversion therapy ban into law
In late July, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed into law a measure that bans the widely discredited "conversion therapy" for minors.
Raimondo announced via Twitter that she signed the measure, retweeting a Human Rights...
Rhode Island senate approves bill banning conversion therapy
The Rhode Island Senate last night voted 31–1 to pass a bill, sponsored by Senator Donna Nesselbush, to prohibit licensed mental health providers from using the discredited and harmful practice on children and adolescents....
