City officials urge Newsom to sign Wiener substance use treatment bill – Bay Area...
Gay state Senator Scott Wiener's proposed intervention program for treating substance use disorder is one step away from becoming law. At a Tuesday news conference, city leaders urged Governor Gavin Newsom...
Annual Pride Event Fills St. Cloud’s Eastman Park [PHOTOS] – WJON News
ST. CLOUD -- Central Minnesotans packed Eastman Park this weekend to celebrate peace, love, and diversity in the St. Cloud area.St. Cloud Pride Week continued with Pride in the Park from 11:00...
John Lynch Obituary (1936 – 2021) – Kentfield, Ca, CA – San Francisco Chronicle...
John Hampton Lynch IIIJohn Hampton Lynch III was born on April 2, 1936 in New York City to Emeline Danforth Starr Lynch and John Hampton Lynch Jr. of New York and...
Health disparities percolate into work-based coverage – Axios
The more than 150 million Americans who get their health coverage through work face significant inequities by race and ethnicity while managing complex health conditions, a new analysis from Morgan Health...
African monkeypox cases not concentrated among gay men, experts … – Reuters.com
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Monkeypox outbreaks in Africa are not concentrated among gay men, unlike in other parts of the world, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the...
New research on smoke health risks as climate change fuels wildfires – Yahoo News
There are growing concerns about the health impacts of wildfire smoke as California faces larger and more devastating blazes. NBC News’ Steve Patterson goes inside Stanford’s Allergy & Asthma Lab, where...
Lil Nas X honored for suicide prevention, mental health awareness efforts – Chicago Sun-Times
NEW YORK — Lil Nas X has been awarded the inaugural Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year Award from the advocacy group The Trevor Project.
The Trevor Project is a nonprofit dedicated...
A Comprehensive Approach to HIV Can Mitigate the US Burden, Reduce New Infections –...
From 2014 to 2018, the number of HIV cases had only risen from 1.085 million to 1.173 million in people ≥ 13 years living with diagnosed or undiagnosed infection in the...
Nurse practitioner who started Spektrum Health in 2018 opens LGBTQ medical clinic in Melbourne...
Support local journalism. An unlimited digital subscription to floridatoday.com is just $1 for 6 months. Click here and subscribe today.Joseph Knoll began his work with the LGBTQ community at his dining room...
Grindr goes public with new gay CEO & majority LGBTQ+ board – Los Angeles...
WEST HOLLYWOOD – Grindr, the dating and hookup app that boasts about 11 million gay, bisexual, transgender and queer users per month around the world, is preparing to go public this...
Analysis | The Health 202: Four things to know about the delta variant –...
There was no ‘patient zero’ in Provincetown, according to experts who studied the virus’s spread, and no single superspreader event. Instead there were infections linked to myriad indoor spaces: live shows,...
How to Sleep with a Chemo Port: Suggestions and Precautions – Healthline
A chemotherapy (chemo) port is a small device implanted just under the skin in the chest. It’s usually placed on the right side, near a major vein called the vena cava,...
Next leader of EPA in Midwest to take on lead pipes, PFAS, other maladies...
Chicago – More toxic lead pipes than any other region of the country. An unmatched legacy of abandoned, highly polluted industrial sites. Dozens of corporations chronically in trouble for poisoning air...
Tennessee enacts bill banning gender-affirming Trans youth healthcare – Washington Blade
By Matt Tracy | NEW YORK – Less than a week after Heritage of Pride (HOP), or NYC Pride, announced a ban on police contingents through 2025, the organization’s members voted...
POLITICO Playbook: Biden backs Dems into a corner on climate – POLITICO – Politico
The strategy that the Biden team is using — relying on reconciliation as the way to enact climate policy — virtually ensures that Democrats are the only ones who’ll feel any...
Gay health centers respond to monkeypox outbreak – NPR
Gay health centers respond to monkeypox outbreak NPR
Your Turn: After 40 years of HIV, inequities continue to plague Black, brown communities...
1981 was a magical year for me. Alexander Godunov and Judith Jamison performed “Spell” as guest performers at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s opening night gala, DREAMGIRLS was on Broadway, Diana...
LGBTQIA Youth: Mental Health Support Through Inclusive Care – ADDitude
LGBTQIA+ youth face an elevated risk for experiencing serious mental health issues.1 Depression and anxiety impact more than half of all youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex,...
By the End of Summer, Arkansas Doctors Can Refuse to Treat LGBTQ Patients –...
If you are gay or trans in Arkansas, getting medical treatment may become much more difficult. Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law on Friday a bill giving medical providers discretion...
Gay men face alarming suicide rates amid declining mental health resources – Stacker
Gay men face alarming suicide rates amid declining mental health resources Stacker
Baylor denies health care dependency status to same-sex spouses of university employees – The...
Under Baylor University’s healthcare benefits policies, an employee's spouse can be added as a dependent only if the spouse is of the opposite sex. Christina Cannady | Photographer
Medicaid expansion hits roadblock in Texas – Spectrum News NY1
Texas has the country's highest rate of people without health insurance in the nation. One reason for that is that Texas is one of a dozen states that refused to expand...
Abortion, Race, Gender: State Republicans Wage Culture Wars – The Pew Charitable Trusts
This is part five of Stateline’s 2021 Legislative Review.
Not since the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide in 1973 has there been a year in which states approved so many abortion restrictions....
Voter guide: DaJuan Gay, candidate for Ward 6 in Annapolis – Capital Gazette
2 1/2 years as Alderman of Ward 6 I believe, over the course of the last two years, I've made progress in meeting the goals I've made to the residents...
Opinion | New York Needs Vaccine Mandates. Don’t Let Unions Stop Them. – The...
As New York pushes forward with some of the toughest and farthest-reaching vaccine mandates in the nation, thousands of health care workers in the state appear to be willing to be...
Baltimore Vaccine Plant’s Troubles Ripple Across Africa, Europe and Canada – The New York...
WASHINGTON — Quality-control problems at a Baltimore plant manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines have led health officials on three continents to pause the distribution of millions of Johnson & Johnson doses, as the...
US Restores LGBTQ+ Protections from Healthcare Discrimination – Verywell Health
Key Takeaways
The HHS announced that the federal government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care.
Several states have introduced or passed laws aimed at limiting health care...
Mental health key as Oregon kids return to in-person schools – Pamplin Media Group
East county schools prioritize student well-being after stressful pandemic As students and teachers enter a school year unlike any other, Gresham-Barlow...
NYC’s monkeypox case count surpasses 600 – Spectrum News NY1
The number of presumed monkeypox cases detected in New York City has surpassed 600 amid an ongoing shortage of vaccines to combat the outbreak, officials said Monday. As of Monday, 618...
Mpox cases continue to climb in New York City – Gay City News
Mpox cases continue to climb in New York City Gay City News
Meet the Paralympian couple tackling LGTBQ rights and mental health issues – The Telegraph
When Jude Hamer slid into Lauren Rowles’s direct messages on Instagram last year during the first lockdown, it was to chat about their shared love of Crossfit training and pet rabbits....
Tennessee GOP outrage over transgender clinic a cynical ploy for votes – Tennessee Lookout...
As if there were any doubt midterm elections are nearing, right-wing politicians have turned up the heat on cultural and social issues to make sure we don’t forget.
Looney-tunes Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie...
School Concerned parents push Utah Board of Education for mask mandate in public schools...
SALT LAKE CITY — COVID-19 cases in Utah continue to climb, and a new school year is right around the corner. It’s prompting a group of concerned parents to push...
Recognizing mental health means supporting all struggles – The Quinnipiac Chronicle – Quinnipiac Chronicle
Kat Haines: ‘I couldn’t control my thoughts. I couldn’t even sleep’When you look into the mirror, what do you see?
I see a woman I don’t really recognize quite yet. A woman...
Keynote Speaker Chelsea Austin “Flips the Script,” Visits Florida as BHConn2022 Mental Health Advocate...
Austin Keynoted the Florida Behavioral Health Organization and the Maitland Chamber of Commerce Women's Luncheon for a Day of Worthiness and Self-acceptance ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Keynote speaker,...