Ask the Expert: IU Health BMH working to provide best care to LGBTQ+ patients...
Pride Month 2021 has come to an end, but the work to advance equity in healthcare for members of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning) community is ongoing. I...
Short on votes, government makes last-ditch push for deal on reunification law – The...
Palestinian reunification law fails to move to Foreign Affairs Committee, still set for Knesset vote tonight The coalition fails to garner enough votes in the Knesset Arrangements Committee to send the...
HIV‐negative gay and bisexual men overestimate the burden of living with HIV – aidsmap
HIV-negative and never-tested gay and bisexual men in the Netherlands were found to overestimate the psychosocial implications of living with HIV. Health-related consequences, the burden of disclosure, the impact on sex...
Health care notebook – Arkansas Online
Agency: Use care shooting fireworks
Arkansas Department of Health officials say residents should take special care if using fireworks this weekend.
Fireworks can cause injuries and deaths if used improperly, officials said in...
Campaigners call for changes to Ireland’s restriction of blood donation by gay men –...
Image: Shutterstock/Elnur Image: Shutterstock/Elnur CAMPAIGNERS HAVE THIS week criticised the...
Brazil challenges young governor Bolsonaro’s homophobia: “I’m gay” – Corriere.it – SwordsToday.ie
I have nothing to hide: I am gay. A simple sentence telling the success story, it has become...
LGBTQ youth of faith pray, bond at ‘Beloved Arise’ group – The Associated Press
Jessika Sessoms grew up in a conservative Black evangelical family, attended Christian schools and often heard that being gay was an abomination, until she understood that she was queer while studying...
Welcome to hot due diligence summer – TechCrunch
Wow, that headline worked?
A recent board fight at a digital health unicorn is a reminder to entrepreneurs that it’s important to set boundaries, even amid the dizzying volume and velocity of...
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...
Newly crowned Mr Gay World SA Louw Breytenbach shares mental health battle – CapeTalk
Share This: Weekend Breakfast host Sara-Jayne King chats to actor, TV presenter and entrepreneur Louw Breytenbach.
Local TV personality Louw Breytenbach was crowned Mr. Gay World South...
Presbyterian Church in America leaders say those who identify as gay are not qualified...
(RNS) — Pastors and church leaders in the Presbyterian Church in America passed an overture at its General Assembly this week saying those who identify as gay are not qualified for...
LGBTQ Clarksville on what it means to go from self-acceptance to pride | ClarksvilleNow.com...
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Jeremy Sumner said it was a struggle growing up, as he was isolated from his family after coming out as gay.
“By the time I was 15,...
Gay history in Clarksville: 6 pivotal moments for local LGBTQ community – Clarksville Now
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – In the 1980s, being gay in Clarksville meant your private life had to stay extremely private. For 62-year-old Amanda Leigh, a lot of that stemmed from widespread...
COVID Vaccine Pop-Up at Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic for Pride – chelseanewsny.com
The Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic, the only NYC Health STI testing clinic in Manhattan, served as an NYC Pride pop-up site for COVID-19 vaccinations from June 21-25. The pop-up site required...
US Supreme Court declines review of florist who discriminated against gay couple – Bay...
On the last day of the 2020-21 session, the U.S. Supreme issued relief and worry for the LGBTQ community.On the relief side, the court on July 2 indicated it would not...
What You Need To Know: How Can Undocumented Immigrants Receive HIV/AIDS Treatment In NY?...
Undocumented immigrants living with HIV/AIDS in New York State are eligible to enroll in uninsured care programs that provide access to free HIV and/or AIDS care. Here is a step-by-step explanation....
The Recovery Room: News beyond the pandemic — July 2 – Medical News Today
The coronavirus pandemic has dominated the headlines and our daily lives for more than a year. Medical News Today has covered this fast-moving, complex story with live updates on the latest...
Gender Dysphoria: All You Need to Know – PsychCentral.com
Gender dysphoria is distress felt when your assigned gender doesn’t match your internal gender identity. It can feel overwhelming, so we’re here to help break it down.Whether we like it or...
Lawmakers are harming LGBTQ youth – Hawaii Tribune-Herald
In just the past six months, more than 110 bills have been introduced in state legislatures attempting to roll back transgender rights, most of them targeting transgender youth. At the same...
Mr Gay World SA aims to demystify mental health – Joburg – Joburg –...
The newly crowned Mr Gay World South Africa is eager to drive social change and equality while opening up public dialogue to demystify mental health and address socioeconomic injustices facing the...
Mr Gay World SA aims to demystify mental health – Joburg – Joburg
The newly crowned Mr Gay World South Africa is eager to drive social change and equality while opening up public dialogue to demystify mental health and address socioeconomic injustices facing the...
Explainer: What is ‘conversion therapy’? – Open Democracy
Human rights organisations are calling for action against ‘conversion therapy’ practices, which claim to ‘change’ a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Brazil, Ecuador, Germany and Malta have banned...
Blood donations: New call to relax ‘frustrating’ rules placed on gay donors – The...
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Study finds high rates of homelessness among high school students during spring 2019 –...
A new report finds that 509,025 (9.17%) public high school students in 24 states experienced homelessness in spring 2019 -- three times the number recognized by the states' education agencies. This...
CoxHealth proactive in addressing healthcare disparities in LGBTQ+ community, Glo Center responds – KY3
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - CoxHealth President and CEO Steve Edwards is speaking up about healthcare issues impacting members of the LGBTQ+ community, including gaps in critical health services that some avoid...
‘This is not a problem:’ DeWine defends allowing medical providers to deny treating LGBTQ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that LGBTQ Ohioans can find other medical providers if the first ones they approach refuse to treat them, which is allowed under the...
Alaska Medicaid must cover gender-affirming care following Homer woman’s lawsuit – KTOO
Adam Crum, Commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services, answers a question during a 2019 press conference. Crum was named in a class action lawsuit after Alaska Medicaid refused...
#AM_Equality: July 1, 2021 – HRC – Human Rights Campaign
🩺 HRC FOUNDATION LAUNCHES GROUND-BREAKING NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HBCU HEALTH CENTER DIRECTORY: “Black gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic. This directory is a vital support...
Western aid donors ‘indirectly funding gay conversion therapy’ – Metro.co.uk
Aid money from the UK and US could be indirectly funding so-called gay conversion therapies (Picture: Getty)Major Western aid donors could be inadvertently funding vile ‘gay conversion therapy’ in Africa.
Billions...
Navigating health, long-term care can be tricky for LGBTQ+ seniors in Columbus area –...
Dealing with the effects of aging can be hard on anyone, but for LGBTQ+ Ohioans like Keith Burkes it can be all the more challenging."I went in to see a doctor one...
30 Nebraska senators urge schools to reject sex ed standards – Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Thirty Nebraska state lawmakers urged local school boards on Thursday to reject proposed state health standards that include lessons for young children on gender identity and gender...
Everyday Health’s Cancer Disparities Twitter Chat: Here’s What You Missed – Everyday Health
ATOPP Summit: Approximately 90 percent of the U.S. population lives within five to six miles of a #pharmacy. But we also know that disproportionately underserved populations have fewer options and less...
This Study Might Allow More Gay and Bi Men to Donate Blood [VIDEO] –...
Attention gay and bisexual men who would like to be able to donate blood: Eight LGBTQ community centers across the nation are participating in federal research that could possibly expand the eligibility...
The ‘Double Closet’: Why Some Bisexual People Struggle With Mental Health – The New...
“We see it in research that the more anti-bisexual experiences someone has, the worse their health can be,” said Tania Israel, a psychology professor who studies L.G.B.T.Q. health at the University...
Anti-Gay ‘Therapy’ Offered at Uganda Health Centres Run by Aid-Funded Groups – Inter Press...
Gender, Headlines, Human Rights, LGBTQ, TerraViva United Nations LGBTQ Illustration by Inge Snip. Credit: openDemocracyKAMPALA, Jun 30 2021 (IPS) - At Mulago, Uganda’s biggest public hospital, a receptionist at an...