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....
Gaps in health-care access in B.C. persist for gay, bisexual, transgender, 2-spirit and non-binary...
From July 26-30, tune in to CBC Radio One's The Early Edition at 7:10 a.m. for All Out Vancouver — a new special series produced by CBC's Kiran Singh that explores how the City of Vancouver supports its LGBTQ residents, many...
Shigella: Five things all gay and bi men need to know – PinkNews
Shigella cases are on the rise among queer men – here's what to do. (Stock photograph via Event Elements) Here’s a quick guide to what you need to know about the...
Hispanic LGBTQ Individuals Encounter Heightened Discrimination – Center For American Progress
Last month’s pride celebration marked the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting. On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire on patrons of the gay club in Orlando, Florida, killing...
Shigella is the STI you’ve probably never heard of – and it’s on the...
Shigella cases are on the rise among queer men – here's what to do. (Stock photograph via Event Elements) Here’s a quick guide to what you need to know about the...
Transgender adults more likely to experience subjective cognitive decline – Emory News Center
Research from Assistant Professor Ethan Cicero, PhD, RN, shows transgender adults are more likely to report worsening memory and thinking and associated functional limitations compared to cisgender (non-transgender) adults. Cicero and colleagues analyzed data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s 2015-2019 Behavioral...
Elton John, other celebrities respond to rapper DaBaby after anti-gay comments go viral –...
Musical icon Elton John is speaking out against anti-gay comments the popular rapper DaBaby made over the weekend at a musical festival in Miami.While performing at Rolling Loud, the 29-year-old rapper...
Ghana: Anti-gay bill seeks long jail terms for LGBTQ people – DW (English)
Ghana's laws already criminalize gay sex by forbidding "unnatural carnal knowledge". Now the West African country wants to go a step further in its efforts to outlaw the LGBTQ community. If...
Dua Lipa ‘horrified’ at DaBaby’s HIV and gay comments – BBC News
"It's wrong for people living with HIV to be made to feel lesser or excluded because of their diagnosis - it should be unacceptable in the music industry and in society...
The C.D.C. Issues New School Guidance, With Emphasis on Full Reopening – The New...
In another shift, the C.D.C. made clear that masks could be optional for vaccinated people, in line with its recommendations for the general public.Still, the agency said that schools may opt...
Canadian Blood Services to ask Health Canada to remove controversial 3-month blood ban –...
EDMONTON -- The long-awaited removal of the three-month ban for men who have sex with men donating blood has doctors weighing in after a tweet by Canadian Blood Services.
Canadian...
Elton John, other celebrities respond to rapper DaBaby after anti-gay comments go viral –...
Musical icon Elton John is speaking out against anti-gay comments the popular rapper DaBaby made over the weekend at a musical festival in Miami.While performing at Rolling Loud, the 29-year-old rapper...
Tom Daley ‘Incredibly Proud’ to Be a Gay Olympic Champion – Men’s health UK
After 13 years of elite training, four Games and two bronze medal wins, Tom Daley has ended his long wait to top an Olympic podium by bringing home the gold in...
Article: Should Deferrals Be Lifted for Gay Blood Donors? – WebMD
July 26, 2021 -- For years, men who have sex with men have faced extra restrictions if they tried to donate blood. The latest FDA guidance requires a 3-month...
Chemsex on the rise in Thailand and other Asian countries – aidsmap
Sexualised drug use, or chemsex, is steeply on the rise among Thai men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans women living with HIV – with those reporting injecting methamphetamine...
News Should Deferrals Be Lifted for Gay Blood Donors? – WebMD
July 26, 2021 -- For years, men who have sex with men have faced extra restrictions if they tried to donate blood. The latest FDA guidance requires a 3-month...
In Defense of Male Thirst Traps: Why Men Take Shirtless Selfies – menshealth.com
My relationship with my body has changed a lot over the last year. As I began to work out more, lose weight, and develop something resembling abs during lockdown, the number...
FOLX Health Runs Billboard Reading “Protect Trans Youth” in Atlanta – Georgia Voice
Atlantans might see a large billboard reading, “Protect Trans Youth” in town this summer. FOLX Health is running the billboard as part of its “Taking Up Space” campaign during a time...
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all insurance...
In a move that is expected to prove transformative to the national HIV-prevention effort, the federal government has announced that almost all health insurers must cover the HIV prevention pill, known...
Trans and Queer People in India Should Demand Better Health Care – Scientific American
After almost three decades of fighting, queer people in India won a long overdue battle when the Supreme Court of India decriminalized same-sex sexual acts among consenting adults in 2018....
LGBTQ patients face bias at the doctor’s office. Here’s how a first-of-its-kind fellowship at...
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will be the first site to host a new national fellowship that aims to make the doctor's office more supportive of LGBTQ patients. The...
For LGBTQ+ people of faith: Fear of rejection meets joy of inclusion – Medical...
Share on PinterestA recent paper describes the journeys of LGBTQ+ people of faith. Getty/Kris HoobaerA new study explores the challenges and victories experienced by LGBTQ+ people of faith seeking faith-based communities.The...
Faith Communities and the Well-Being of LGBTQ Youth – Psychiatric Times
In March 2021, the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association voted to commend the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) for its contribution to the well-being of LGBT...
How to Find an L.G.B.T.-Friendly Pediatrician – The New York Times
A practice that is trying to welcome these questions will have thought about what is communicated on the website, at the front desk, and on the forms to be filled in,...
Baylor University stirs anger and confusion as it opens the door for first LGBTQ...
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. LGBTQ students at Baylor University have been pleading with school leaders...
Health: Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are THINNER than straight people, study finds –...
England's lesbian, gay and bisexual people are less likely to be overweight than their straight peers — but are more likely to suffer from poor health in many key areas.The findings...
Ohio Allows Doctors to Deny LGBTQ Health Care on Moral Grounds – Rolling Stone
In the latest state-level swing at LGBTQ health care access, Ohio will now allow medical providers to refuse to administer any medical treatment that violates their moral, ethical, or religious beliefs.
The...
How ‘welcoming’ is Ohio? DeWine just made it decidedly unwelcoming for LGBTQ individuals: Eric...
CLEVELAND -- Ohio is home to an estimated 389,300 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adults. These individuals face discrimination in almost every aspect of their lives. Thirty-four percent of respondents...
Are Gay and Bi Latino Men With HIV Engaging in Care? – POZ
What are the care and treatment patterns of gay and bisexual Latino men living with HIV? To assess whether these men are engaged in care and adhering to HIV meds—and how...
How gay neighborhoods used the traumas of HIV to help American cities fight coronavirus...
The ViewBy DANIEL HESS and ALEX BITTERMANReprinted from The ConversationPublished July 6, 2021Daniel HessThroughout the pandemic, local neighborhoods have played a critical and well-documented role providing the health and social...
Covid: Luxembourg’s Prime Minister in ‘Serious’ Condition With Low Blood-Oxygen Levels – The New...
Here’s what you need to know:Prime Minister Xavier Bettel at the European Union summit meeting in Brussels in late June.Credit...Pool photo by Olivier MatthysPrime Minister Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg, who is...
Russian supermarket chain pulls LGBTQ ad – FRANCE 24
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Tbilisi Pride march cancelled after violent anti-LGBT demonstrations – Euronews
LGBT activists in Georgia have cancelled a Pride march in the capital Tbilisi after violent clashes ahead of the parade.Violent groups stormed and ransacked the office of gay rights campaigners on...
COVID-19 not the only pandemic ravaging SA | Health-e – Health-e News
The other pandemic - GBV While the country grapples with COVID-19 and its third wave devastation, there is another outbreak going under the radar. Hate crime and gender-based violence needs serious...
Spain: Police probe suspected hate crime targeting gay man – Yahoo News
MADRID (AP) — Authorities in northwestern Spain are asking for time to fully investigate the death of a 24-year-old man that sparked widespread condemnation after friends of the victim claimed he...