Covid-19 pandemic: There’s a need to address health challenges faced by LGBTQ+ community –...
By Dr Sukriti Chauhan, Shireen Yachu and Kiran Butola
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown have gravely impacted the socio-economic development, public health and social dynamics of society. While many view it...
Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers – The Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe...
LGB health: The ‘toxic’ impact of discrimination captured in new study – Medical News...
Share on PinterestA new controlled study measures the physiological toll that discrimination takes on a person’s health. MajaMitrovic/Getty ImagesWhile homophobia is an obvious source of stress for lesbian, gay, and bisexual...
Six Years After Same-Sex Marriage, Now What? – POLITICO
There’s an irony to where they have found themselves, as the narrowness of their campaign was, initially, a winning strategy. For years, lawyers suing for marriage equality circumscribed their cases as...
6 Years After Same-Sex Marriage, Now What? – POLITICO
There’s an irony to where they have found themselves, as the narrowness of their campaign was, initially, a winning strategy. For years, lawyers suing for marriage equality circumscribed their cases as...
Connecticut at the forefront’ in LGBTQ protections | Connecticut & Region | journalinquirer.com –...
Connecticut’s progressive LGBTQ laws aimed at offering equitable and supportive policies and programs have helped turn the state into a model for others throughout the country.Aside from the legal protections...
Local health district shuts down mass vaccine site – Rappahannock News
The walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic opened at Germanna Community College in Culpeper in early March. ...
Remarks by President Biden Commemorating LGBTQ+ Pride Month – The White House
East Room 2:39 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Well, my name is Joe Biden. I’m Jill Biden’s husband. (Laughter.) Ashton, thank you. You seemed awfully comfortable up here. (Laughter and applause.) You were awfully...
This Pride Month, LGBTQ people deserve gay rights, not a temporary logo – MSNBC
As someone who grew up in Tennessee, I’m grateful to see so many major companies taking a pro-LGBTQ stance in their stores, their advertising and in the products they sell.It looks...
Biden signs bill creating National Pulse Memorial and commemorates Pride Month. – The New...
Honoring Pride Month at the White House on Friday, President Biden signed a law to designate the site of Pulse, a gay nightclub in Florida where a gunman killed 49 people...
The Trauma-Focused CBT and Family Acceptance Project: An Integrated Framework for Children and Youth...
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth experience the same types of traumas as their non-SGM peers, including child maltreatment, domestic and community violence, accidents, traumatic death, and separation. SGM youth are...
What We’re Reading: COVID-19 Testing Among LGBTQ+ Populations; Deaths in the Unvaccinated; EUA for...
Study highlights variability in COVID-19 testing among LGBTQ+ populations; most COVID-19 deaths are among unvaccinated individuals; FDA grants emergency use authorization (EUA) for Roche drug. Variability in COVID-19 Testing A new...
Tens of thousands attend Pride parade in Israel’s Tel Aviv – The Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of people attended a Pride parade in Tel Aviv on Friday in one of the largest public gatherings in Israel since the onset...
Tens of thousands attend Pride parade in Israel’s Tel Aviv TEL AVIV, Israel –...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of people attended a Pride parade in Tel Aviv on Friday in one of the largest public gatherings in Israel since the onset...
NYC Pride ban on uniformed police reflects a deeper tension – The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, when LGBTQ people have gathered to take part in New York City’s annual Pride march, they’ve made their presence known with every color and type...
‘All Discrimination Comes from Ignorance.’ Meet the Chinese Ex-Cop Creating a Global LGBTQ+ Community...
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Review: ‘I Carry You With Me’ brings a gay immigrant romance into imperfect but...
The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers...
Work undone—HIV/AIDS in the USA – Science Magazine
PHOTO: JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTHThis month marks a somber anniversary—40 years since the first reported cases in the United States of what would later become known as AIDS....
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Launches Ground-breaking National Comprehensive HBCU Health Center Directory – Human...
About the Human Rights Campaign FoundationThe Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian,...
Decision to only test women for chlamydia is ‘disaster’, leading sexual health organisation warns...
The government’s decision to solely test women and girls and not men for chlamydia is a “disaster for women's health” and reverses two decades of progress on how to tackle sexual...
Anti-Gay Statements Trigger Elevated Stress Response in Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Study Participants –...
Previous research has suggested that the stress of discrimination may play a role in the development of health problems that disproportionately affect lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals. A study led by...
How gay neighborhoods used the trauma of HIV to help American cities fight coronavirus...
MSN.com published an article co-authored by Daniel Hess about how gay neighborhoods used the traumas of HIV to help American cities fight coronavirus. “With COVID-19, as with HIV/AIDS, city and state governments were...
Md. civil rights commission hosts LGBTQ health event – Washington Blade
Friday, July 2
Join the DC Center for its virtual job club, a weekly job support program to help job entrants and seekers, including the long-term unemployed, improve self-confidence, motivation, resilience and...
How Stress from Homophobia Affects the Mind and Body of LGB People – Healthline
Share on PinterestWhen lesbian, gay, or bisexual people encounter homophobic prejudice, it creates significant physiological stress for them, affecting their mental and physical health. MoMo Productions / Getty ImagesA new study...
Health officials promote testing after CDC ranks Orlando No. 3 for new HIV cases...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Health officials are urging people to get tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases after the Center for Disease Control’s latest study showed Orlando as third in...
A Place of Pride For Local Trans Youth – Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
In her TEDxMinneapolis talk from 2020, Angela Goepferd, MD, chief education officer and medical director of the Gender Health program at Children’s Minnesota, recalls an interaction she had at the...
Pride and Health Care: Why Welcoming Providers Are Essential for LGBTQ+ Health – Columbia...
When it comes to providing health care for LGBTQ+ individuals, Columbia Primary Care physician Alexandra Brown, MD, says, “Everyone, no matter what community they’re from, deserves to have access to all...
It ‘is a shame’ – EU to take steps against Hungary over anti-LGBT bill...
June 23 (Reuters) - The European Commission will take action against Hungary over planned new restrictions on LGBT rights, the head of the bloc's executive announced on Wednesday, saying they violated...
Pop-up at Pride: Healthcare system addresses disparities among LGBTQ+ community – Bangor Daily News
BANGOR — Northern Light Health is offering pop-up vaccination clinics at two Bangor Pride events to help address vaccine hesitancy and healthcare disparities among the LGBTQ+ community. Research shows that sexual...
Rep. Ritchie Torres to introduce measure condemning anti-trans bills – NBC News
Rep. Ritchie Torres, a New York Democrat, said he plans to introduce the first resolution to condemn state bills targeting transgender people this week. This year, state legislatures have considered more...
A Great Big World’s New Video Captures Gay Man’s Relationship With Dying Father –...
Chad King is hopeful audiences will come away from his band’s latest musical project with a renewed awareness of the struggles many LGBTQ people continue to face in 2021.
As A Great...
Hungary’s PM uses soccer to push vision of right-wing Europe – The Associated Press
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Populist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long used soccer to advance his right-wing politics, and now widespread international criticism of a new law seen as targeting...
Reevaluating the gay bar, at pandemic Pride – Vox.com
Unmasked and hyper-aware of the midnight crowd swelling around me, I felt my heart suddenly beating too fast. Partly, I was still getting used to breathing indoor air, to being around...
It ‘is a shame’ – EU to take steps against Hungary over anti-LGBT bill...
By Sabine Siebold (Reuters) - The European Commission will take action against Hungary over planned new restrictions on LGBT rights, the head of the bloc's executive announced on Wednesday, saying they...
Finding an LGBTQ Plus-Competent Provider: What to Know – Verywell Health
Key Takeaways
Disparities in health between LGTBQ+ individuals and the general population are caused by inadequate or culturally incompetent care.
Providing competent care to LGBTQ+ individuals goes beyond showing sensitivity. It requires understanding and...