🏆 Who’s shaping the future of LGBTQ+ health? GLMA is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Annual Achievement Awards! From early career change-makers to lifetime advocates, we’re honoring leaders across six distinct categories. 🗓️ Nominate before June 23! 🔗 Submit a nomination today: https://loom.ly/F8j2yY8 #GLMA2025 #LGBTQHealth #HealthEquity #CallForNominations (fb)

NEWS ALERT: Today, GLMA and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the termination of hundreds of research grants that funded essential research addressing the health of LGBTQ+ people, including critical HIV research. The termination of these research grants – which are worth more than $800 million but are estimated to equal less than 1% of the total NIH portfolio – is a direct result of the executive orders issued by Trump that target equity-related grants and forbid federally-funded entities from recognizing the existence of transgender people and engaging in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs. “The NIH’s mass termination of LGBTQ+ health research funding is more than a bureaucratic exercise—it’s a targeted attack on our communities. It has dismantled entire research teams, forced early-career researchers out of the field, and left LGBTQ+ participants without the care or compensation they were promised. This decision sends a chilling message: that LGBTQ+ lives and health don’t matter. GLMA is fighting back because health equity demands evidence and because our community deserves to be understood, not erased.” - Alex Sheldon, MA (they/them), GLMA Executive Director “In clinical practice, evidence isn’t optional; it’s the compass we use to navigate care. When research is cut midstream, clinicians are left without critical guidance for patient care today, and public health systems lose the data they need to plan for tomorrow. Furthermore, the taxpayers are cheated from reaping the health benefits from research they paid for. For LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV, research gaps lead to immediate disruptions in care and long-term setbacks in progress. It is especially shameful given how close we are to ending the HIV epidemic. NIH’s decision doesn’t just pause research, it breaks down the system that turns appropriated funds into real life health improvements for all Americans.” - Jona Tanguay, MMSc, PA-C, AAHIVS (they/them), GLMA President Read our full press release to learn more! https://loom.ly/Pmvg24o (fb)