NFL Announces ‘Football Is Gay’ in Show of Support for LGBTQ+ Community – menshealth.com
Christian PetersenGetty Images The LGBTQ+ community gained an ally that many believed to be unlikely given their history of silence on the issue: the NFL. Sporting...
Comparing trans kids’ healthcare to conversion therapy is absurd – Metro.co.uk
Such claims, in my experience, are often born from ignorance (Picture: WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)Conversion therapy – the practice of trying to change a person’s sexuality – is still legal to this...
Hospitals across East Africa offer controversial anti-gay counselling – Open Democracy
Hospitals and clinics across East Africa have offered or provided referrals for controversial ‘anti-gay’ therapies to ‘change’ individuals’ sexuality, according to a six-month special investigation coordinated by openDemocracy.More than 50 LGBT...
Anti-gay ‘therapy’ offered at Uganda health centres run by aid-funded groups – Open Democracy
At Mulago, Uganda’s biggest public hospital, a receptionist at an HIV clinic for marginalised and ‘most at risk’ populations, including LGBT people, said that an undercover reporter’s 17-year-old gay brother could...
‘I was in a dark place’: Many LGBTQ people struggled with their mental health...
Elle Michelle Washington was working on the frontlines of the pandemic in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 2020, helping to ensure the safety and accuracy of COVID-19 testing. Then, in...
Uganda: Anti-Gay ‘Therapy’ Offered At Uganda Health Centres Run By Aid-Funded Groups – AllAfrica.com
Kampala — At Mulago, Uganda's biggest public hospital, a receptionist at an HIV clinic for marginalised and 'most at risk' populations, including LGBT people, said that an undercover reporter's 17-year-old gay...
Overview of NYSOFA’s work to serve older New Yorkers who are LGBTQ – Plattsburgh...
ALBANY -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is celebrated each year in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping...
Gay Man in Mexico Murdered After Disclosing His HIV – POZ
A series of HIV-related crimes in Mexico—including the murder of a man in Cancun after he disclosed he had HIV—have HIV and LGBTQ advocates rallying for justice and calling for an...
As a Blood Shortage Unfolds in N.C., Many Gay and Bisexual Men Are Still...
This story first published online at North Carolina Health News. Lee Storrow was a proud regular platelet donor for years, a service to the community he began after a representative...
Lack of data, health care interruptions plagued Poconos’ LGBTQ+ community in 2020 – Pocono...
The LGBTQ+ community in the Poconos has faced a particularly difficult time of COVID-19, but with the help of individuals and organizations from across the region, they have persevered throughout the...
Looking beyond Pride Month: Resources, support organizations help fight LGBT inequality – Petoskey News-Review
PETOSKEY — Pride Month for 2021 will officially end Thursday, but for many gender, romantic, and sexual minorities in Northern Michigan and beyond, the need for resources does not.Recognition and support...
Germany to ease rules on gay and bisexual men donating blood – Reuters
By Enrique Anarte2 Min ReadBERLIN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Germany is to relax a ban requiring gay and bisexual men to abstain from sex for a year before donating blood, as...
HIV infections fell by two-thirds in England in five years – aidsmap
HIV transmission between gay and bisexual men in England has fallen dramatically since 2013 and if the trend continues, new HIV infections could become a rare event within a decade, say...
NFL Supports LGBTQ+ Communities by Declaring ‘Football Is Gay’ in Pride Ad – Adweek
Studies indicate that involvement in sports can have profoundly positive effects on the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth, though concerns around ostracization may put incredible pressure on participants to remain...
Health Survey England Additional Analyses – Health and health-related behaviours of Lesbian, Gay and...
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California Bans State Travel To Florida And 4 Other States – NPR
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is shown here speaking earlier this year. California added five more states, including Florida, to...
AIDS disappeared from public view without ending. Will covid-19 do the same? – The...
As activists have long argued, AIDS is a political crisis. Protease inhibitors changed the nature of the disease, but only for those with access to them — namely White, gay, middle...
WHMI 93.5 Local News : HPS Students Propose Changes To Health Curriculum – WHMI
June 29, 2021 <!-- --> <!-- --> By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.comA student-led drive to bring greater mental and emotional health support to...
Blue Shield of California Urges Newsom Administration to Address Health Inequities – Blue Shield...
Blue Shield of California policy statement: Blue Shield of California supports ongoing investments to address deep and structural health inequities in communities across California. We commend Governor Newsom for addressing this issue...
CDC report shows Florida quickly climbing in HIV cases, gay, bisexual, and other men...
A new Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report shows that Florida is quickly climbing in...
Overcoming Barriers to Cancer Screening in Diverse LGBTQ Populations – Cancer Network
In particular, gender identity and expression, as well as sexual orientation, were identified as factors that may act as screening barriers, with those who identify as gender nonconforming as well as...
Protesting like Your Life Depended on It – NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
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Five questions with healthy aging researcher Britney Wardecker | Penn State University – Penn...
Britney Wardecker, an assistant professor of nursing at Penn State College of Nursing, researches healthy aging in the LGBTQ community.There are more than 50 million Americans who are aged 65 and older....
Federal laws protecting LGBTQ people against housing discrimination are a must | Opinion –...
In February, the House passed the Equality Act, which prohibited discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity in areas like housing, jobs, and jury duty. A landmark bill, it...
Exceptions to US Border Expulsion Policy Fail to Address Flaws – Human Rights Watch
The New York Times reported last week that the United States would lift a public health bar on migrants crossing the border into the country for families, but that it would...
Spectrum Health is converting single-occupant restrooms in Grand Rapids to be gender neutral –...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Spectrum Health is working to create a more welcoming environment for all staff members, patients and visitors who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ).The...
What It Would Take for More NFL Players to Come Out of the Closet...
Last week, NFL defensive end Carl Nassib put out this video on Instagram. In it, he’s holding the camera selfie-style. You can see a bright green lawn behind him. And in...
Let John Oliver and Rachel Dratch sell you a bogus health care plan –...
Screengrab via HBO. On Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver exposed the health care sharing ministry industry, which utilizes semi-unregulated funds that are supposed to be for...
How the American Families Plan Would Benefit LGBTQI+ Households – Center For American Progress
The Biden administration’s American Families Plan (AFP) represents a historic investment in making child care more affordable, strengthening the U.S. workforce, reducing the cost of health insurance, combating hunger, and increasing...
How US neighborhoods used HIV experience to fight COVID-19 | World Economic Forum –...
Research has found gay neighbourhoods in the US have used lessons from the HIV/AIDS pandemic to respond quickly and effectively to COVID-19. During the HIV/AIDs pandemic, gay communities pulled...
Penis enlargement pills: Do they work? – Medical News Today
We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission. Here’s our process.Many companies market penis enlargement...
OPINION: My sexuality is not a commodity | Opinion | technicianonline.com – N.C. State...
Each June, Pride month comes along and homosexuality is for once not a subject spoken about in whispers. Instead, organizations host events in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and gay...
Dr Perry N. Halkitis: Health Care Access Is a Right – AJMC.com Managed Markets...
For people living with HIV, not having the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would have limited their access to doctors and medications. There is no cure for HIV, so without the ACA,...
Pope Francis compares work of U.S. priest whose ministry affirms LGBTQ people to the...
“I want to thank you for your pastoral zeal and your ability to be close to people, with the closeness Jesus had, and which reflects the closeness of God … Thinking...
Gaston County Marine Veteran Advocates For LGBT Equality In North Carolina – WFAE
GASTONIA (AP) — Timothy Caudill’s resume includes four years of active and four years inactive reserve time serving America as a Marine, including a seven-month deployment in the Middle East.After leaving...