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.
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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...
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...