Safety first: How stigma may impact health: Theory suggests that lack of perceived safety...
Where do you feel safe? And with whom? Where are the spaces in your life where you can truly relax, let your guard down, and not feel like a threat might...
America’s Public-Health Efforts Have Slowed to a Crawl – The Atlantic
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes...
Safety first: How stigma may impact health | @theU – @theU
Where do you feel safe? And with whom? Where are the spaces in your life where you can truly relax, let your guard down, and not feel like a threat might...
Lesions, headaches, debilitating pain: Gay men with monkeypox share their stories – NBC News
Even as Covid-19 restrictions have loosened, for many gay men, an uninvited guest called monkeypox has threatened to spoil long-anticipated festivities.Of the 6,924 confirmed monkeypox cases in the global outbreak, the...
Supporting the Mental Health of Minorities – News-Medical.Net
The mental health of sexual minoritiesEpidemiology of mental health in sexual/gender minoritiesUnderstanding the mental health of Black/Ethnic minorities in the UKYoung adult and adolescent female cancer survivors' mental health outcomesImpact of...
Monkeypox Found On Multiple Hospital Surfaces, Patient’s Cellphone – Kaiser Health News
Researchers in Germany studied the surfaces of two rooms holding hospitalized monkeypox patients. The scientists found the highest viral loads on the surfaces of the patients' bathrooms and...
Monkeypox Likely to Have Spread During SF Pride; 16 Total Cases In the City...
As an outbreak of monkeypox infections grips the gay communities of Germany, Spain, and the UK, there are increasing reports of cases here in the U.S. and in the Bay Area...
Monkeypox cases in NYC double in a week: Dept. of Health – New York...
Monkeypox cases have doubled in New York City over the past week, according to local health authorities.A week ago, only a few dozen cases had been detected in the five boroughs,...
Male gay couple sue fertility clinic over alleged wrong sex embryo implant – Spectrum...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A male same-sex couple is suing a Pasadena in- vitro fertilization clinic, alleging their hopes of having a son were stymied when a female embryo was wrongly implanted...
IVF clinic responds to male gay couple’s wrong embryo suit – Spectrum News 1
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Responding to a gay couple's lawsuit that alleges their wishes to have a son were thwarted when a female embryo was wrongly implanted in their gestational carrier, a...
Northeastern Professors Study Health of Teen Sex Trafficking Victims – Northeastern University
During socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing on sex trafficking charges on June 28, adult survivors spoke out in anguish as they described the long-lasting effects of their years as trafficked teens and...
These Are the 10 States with the Most Monkeypox Cases – Newsweek
Monkeypox has now been found in 31 U.S. states, as well as Washington D.C., as part of an outbreak that has seen over 5,700 confirmed cases worldwide across 52 countries. That's...
‘We need to be making plans now.’ LGBTQ Texans reconsider their future in the...
Lara Young has two children who identify as LGBTQ. She moved from Texas to Gig Harbor, Washington in May and said it was the best decision for her mental health and...
Positive Health Solutions expands to serve Peoria queer patients – Peoria Journal Star
PEORIA – A clinic originally founded to serve HIV patients has expanded to provide primary care for the LGBTQ population. Located at 222 NE Monroe, suite 901 and 904, in downtown Peoria,...
Bisexual people often victims of violence; Situation not improving – NL Times
Bisexual people often victims of violence; Situation not improving | NL Times
People with HIV describe how cognitive impairment impacts their quality of life – aidsmap
Research by Dr Kate Alford of Brighton and Sussex Medical School and colleagues gives new insight into the impact of cognitive impairment on people living with HIV. The study shows the...
Gay conversion therapy ban needed after Christian rehab scandal – QNews LGBTIQA+ News
LGBTIQ advocates have urged the Western Australian government to comprehensively ban dangerous gay “conversion therapy” after a Christian rehab facility’s residents were allegedly given gay “exorcisms”.In WA, a state parliamentary inquiry...
Colorado plans 3 more pop-up monkeypox vaccine clinics as cases see slow uptick –...
Colorado’s state health department will hold three more pop-up monkeypox vaccine clinics this week in Denver in an effort to curb the spread of the disease, which has been gaining a...
Even in 2022, LGBTQ+ community faces discrimination, hostility in health care – The Arizona...
As we reflect back on Pride Month this year, the 52nd year of annual Pride celebrations, we must also recognize where work will still need to be done every day of every...
WA urged to ban all gay conversion therapy – WAtoday
Its bill went a step further than those passed in the ACT or Queensland by explicitly banning the use of the practice in religious settings.Equal Voices WA convenor Wendy Hendry said...
‘We need to be making plans now.’ LGBTQ Texans reconsider their future in the...
Andony Ybarra of Carrollton said he first considered moving after Donald Trump won in 2016. He and his partner have parents in North Texas but are thinking more seriously about settling...
Head of national teachers union blasts ‘radicalized Supreme Court’ – Business Insider
The head of a politically powerful, 3-million-member teachers union blamed a "radicalized Supreme Court" for decisions that she said unravel abortion rights, undermine the separation of church and state, and that...
The hidden silver lining in the Supreme Court’s decision – Ohio Capital Journal
And all along I thought the topic of abortion had been settled more than 30 years ago when I was in high school.
During that time, speech and debate coaches throughout the...
As monkeypox cases mount, health officials, advocates try to prevent spread, stigma to gay...
AdvertisementWhile it’s unknown where or exactly when this strain of the rare virus jumped from animals to humans, the first major transmission events are thought to have occurred at parties primarily...
HIV Testing and Diagnoses Drop During COVID-19 Pandemic – Contagionlive.com
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted HIV testing and new diagnoses among vulnerable populations, according to a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).CDC...
Oregon LGBTQ physical and mental health resources – The Register-Guard
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and/or questioning individuals often face disparities in access to health care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.LGBTQ youth have increased rates...
Monkeypox cases more than double in California and the Bay Area – San Francisco...
Monkeypox cases have more than doubled over the past week in California and the Bay Area, where health officials are joining a global scramble to contain the outbreak while the virus...
Health Disparities Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Service Members and Veterans – American Journal...
IntroductionThis study investigated whether health disparities exist among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals serving in the U.S. military by examining the associations of sexual orientation with mental, physical, and behavioral health...
Why Roe v. Wade’s demise – unlike gay rights or Ukraine – isn’t getting...
Corporate America – once known for carefully avoiding public stances on hot button issues – has, in recent years, become increasingly outspoken on a host of thorny topics, from gay rights...
Pride parade returns in London on 50th anniversary – The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people turned out on the streets of London on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of the U.K.’s first Pride parade, filling the streets...
Blue’s Duncan James was so scared of coming out as gay that he dated...
For years, Duncan James was so scared of coming out he pretended to date celeb pals Geri Halliwell and Martine McCutcheon.But this year, the Blue singer will be performing...
Depression, anxiety rate up 15%; LGBT adults more affected – Tahlequah Daily Press
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Reports indicate Oklahomans are still feeling the effects of the...
No monkeypox in Abilene, Taylor County health sources say – Abilene Reporter-News
Reports of monkeypox in Texas have caused concern for health officials, but the illness does not appear to have made it to Taylor County, local sources say.As of Friday afternoon, the...
Cumdumping Is A Misunderstood Kink. We Tried To Get To The Bottom Of It....
“Hosting at a hotel in the city. Yes, THAT one,” read a recent ad on a hookup site that caters to men who prefer sex without condoms. “Ass up at...