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Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran is retiring. Here’s why we won’t miss him.
He earned the nickname “Gentleman Thad” for his Southern ways, but he was less than honorable to the LGBT community.
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How Jesse Jackson helped bring gay rights to the Democratic mainstream
In 1984, the Reverend Jesse Jackson brought gays and lesbians into the Democratic Party as part of the “Rainbow Coalition.”
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As selfies go, it’s hard to top Brian Sims’ day at the National Portrait Gallery
“So I don’t really know where to go from here…”
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Trump is sending an HIV+ gay man to his death
Ricardo Querales will be sent back to Venezuela where access to medication is almost nonexistent and people with AIDS “disappear.”
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San Francisco to clear thousands of marijuana convictions dating back to 1975
The announcement comes shortly after the death of San Francisco’s gay “Father of Medical Marijuana.”
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Publix grocery chain refuses to protect employees from HIV
“I’m not sure it’s legally actionable, but that doesn’t mean it’s not reprehensible.”
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Trump’s lackluster response to the Opioid crisis is putting LGBTQ people at risk
Trump appointed pollster Kellyanne Conway as opioids czar in November before firing the entire Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS in December.
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Dennis Peron, the gay ‘Father of Medical Marijuana,’ passes away
He helped thousands of people with HIV get medical marijuana.
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Aetna settles class action lawsuit for over $7 million after outing HIV patients
Some of the plaintiffs said they were kicked out of their homes when it was revealed that they were living with HIV.
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Court says model who appeared in an HIV prevention ad can sue for emotional distress
The court ruled that a significant portion of society still doesn’t accept those living with HIV and therefore she has a right to sue.