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One case at the U.S. Supreme Court Friday potentially jeopardized funding for preventive care for HIV, breast cancer, and other serious illnesses. But the case - Kennedy v. Braidwood (aka HHS v. Braidwood) - was not about funding for those issues.

Restrictions on the use of federal funds for gender-affirming care will be stripped from the Republican-led Senate reconciliation bill, following a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian on Tuesday that struck down a number of health related provisions.

For the second day in a row, gay U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, confronted a Department of Defense official over the disrespect shown to Harvey Milk in light of reports that Milk’s name is to be removed from a Navy ship.

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is observing Pride Month by reintroducing a bill aimed at improving mental health care for LGBTQ+ and intersex youth.

Congressional leaders and LGBTQ+ equality advocates are speaking out forcefully after the Trump administration charged Rep. LaMonica McIver, a Black Democrat from New Jersey, with felony assault, accusing her of attacking law enforcement officers during what colleagues say was a lawful congressional oversight visit to an ICE detention facility. The arrest crosses what New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries previously called a "red line."

House Republicans are planning to introduce a bill that would make President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military service permanent and expand it. The legislation, drafted by Alabama U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, would not only implement the ban through federal law but also require the discharge of any currently serving trans troops and restrict access to national security careers after service.

The Congressional Equality Caucus Wednesday denounced the advancement of a budget reconciliation bill that would make deep cuts to Medicaid and bar Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program from paying for gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

More than 20 members of Congress have urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to publicly condemn a Hungarian law that bans Pride events.