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Trump vs DeSantis - where do they stand on LGBTQ+ Rights?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, January 9, 2023
​LGBTQ+ rights advocates said they are uncertain who would be worse for the community, former president Donald Trump or Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,  adding that a presidential win for either would lead to an erosion of rights. "Trump and DeSantis are two extremist politicians that are cut from the same cloth," said Geoff Wetrosky, the campaign director of the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ rights group.

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LGBTQ+ 'rainbow wave' brings U.S. midterms boost but battles ahead
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nov. 2022
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A "rainbow wave" that lifted record numbers of LGBTQ+ candidates to victory in the U.S. midterms is a promising sign of growing acceptance. But tough legislative fights still lie ahead in many Republican-controlled states. Even as Republicans gained a slim majority in the House of Representatives, the absence of the predicted "red wave" could act as a buffer against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in the new Congress.

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In a first, two gay men contest the same congressional seat
​Thomson Reuters Foundation, November 3, 2022


History is in the making. For the first time, two openly gay candidates are competing for election to a U.S. congressional seat. Analysts say the race in New York's 3rd congressional district, where Democratic marketing executive Robert Zimmerman is facing off against Republican financier George Santos, highlights the huge strides LGBTQ+ representation and acceptance have made on the political stage.

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Race for monkeypox vaccines exposes global health inequality 
Thomson Reuters Foundation, August, 2022
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Concern is growing that the scramble for scarce supplies of monkeypox vaccines could see some nations and high-risk groups miss out - recalling unequal global access to COVID-19 vaccines and HIV medication. "In a lot of ways we're seeing history repeat itself, unfortunately," said Wafaa El-Sadr, executive vice president for Columbia Global Centers, Columbia University's international network of campuses.

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Millions at risk as COVID-19 and Ukraine war threaten HIV/AIDS gains
Thomson Reuters Foundation, July 2022
​The fight against HIV risks being derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises, the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS warned, with progress in cutting case numbers reversed in some countries and slowing overall. An estimated 1.5 million people contracted HIV worldwide in 2021, UNAIDS reported, with the number of new cases dropping at the slowest rate since 2016.

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Roe v. Wade: Is gay marriage at risk after U.S. Supreme Court leak?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 2022
A leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggesting justices are poised to overturn abortion rights has left LGBTQ+ advocacy groups fearful that same-sex marriage could also be at risk. Queer advocates fear that if Roe v Wade is overturned, this could open the door to legal challenges targeting same-sex marriage and other landmark civil rights rulings.

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Ukraine war shutters HIV clinics, disrupts drug supplies
Thomson Reuters Foundation, March 2022
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Infectious disease experts say the Russian invasion of Ukraine could unleash a public health crisis both in Ukraine and in Europe in HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and opioid use disorder. Until the war began, Ukraine was the rare success story in battling HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which is the only region in the world to see a substantial recent increase in HIV transmissions. 

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Trans U.S. seniors fear bleak future in residential care
Thomson Reuters Foundation, February 2022


​As the first substantial generation of people living openly as transgender reaches old age in Western countries, LGBTQ+ advocates say care systems are woefully unprepared. Ties with family members have often ruptured over their gender identity and many struggle to find and maintain well-paid jobs during their working lives, limiting their care options in old age. Only a handful of nonprofits are trying to plug the gaps in caring for elderly trans people.

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NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19's impact on people living with HIV
Thomson Reuters Foundation, October 2021

HIV professionals battling to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic have been adopting innovations - from mailing out prescriptions to scaling up self-testing and video consultations. Their creative approach appears to have helped buck forecasts for a plunge in global HIV treatment rates, though international organisations say the coronavirus has still dealt a blow to the global fight against HIV.

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