Agency to request end to blood donation ban for men who have sex with...
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) says it intends to submit a request to Health Canada by the end of 2021 recommending its current blood deferral policy for men who have sex with men...
With Vaccination Goal in Doubt, Biden Warns of Variant’s Threat – The New York...
WASHINGTON — With the United States unlikely to reach his self-imposed deadline of having 70 percent of adults partly vaccinated against the coronavirus by July 4, President Biden on Friday stepped...
Governor receives bill creating Parents’ Bill of Rights – Florida Politics
It’s now up to Gov. Ron DeSantis to decide whether Florida law will make clear that education decisions are a parent’s right.The proposal (HB 241), called the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” states...
Madeline Davis, Who Spoke to the Nation as a Lesbian, Dies at 80 –...
“I am a woman and a lesbian, a minority of minorities,” Madeline Davis told the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. “Now we are coming out of our closets and...
Biden Administration Actions Promoting LGBTQ Equality | Baker Donelson – JDSupra – JD Supra
Since being sworn into office on January 20, 2021, President Biden and his administration have taken several steps to advance equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals (LGBTQ), including...
40 years of AIDS: Medical advances have made the deadly early days a distant...
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The Unorthodox Priest Leading Poland’s Fight for LGBTQ Rights – TIME
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Tensions Remain High Between Florida Governor, State’s LGBT Community – WUFT
Distancing himself from a controversial order from the state Transportation Department to turn off a Pride Month light display on a Jacksonville bridge, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he isn’t personally involved...
How Joe Biden became the most LGBTQ-friendly president in U.S. history – USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – For two men on a street corner in Delaware, it was a simple goodbye kiss.For young Joe Biden, it was an awakening to the then-taboo issue of gay rights.The...
Self-Care, According to an LGBTQ Mental Health Educator – Everyday Health
As a mental wellness coach, consultant, speaker, and founder of Archie Cares, an organization that provides virtual and in-person programs on mental health awareness, Archie Messersmith-Bunting has created a business around...
Dave & Dujanovic: Talking to your LGBTQ+ child – KSL NewsRadio
SALT LAKE CITY — A growing number of Americans are starting to publically identify as LGBTQ+. A recent Gallup poll found a 5.6% increase in those who subscribe as lesbian, gay,...
Pride month TikTok drive encourages stem-cell donations from gay, bi men – CTV News
SASKATOON -- Justin Saint was crushed in university when they discovered donating blood wasn’t legal because of who they were dating.
“I was actually part of a team that organized the...
Pride Month 2021: GW Research Seeks to Address Workplace Discrimination, Health Equity for LGBTQ...
Equity in Cancer Treatment Mandi Pratt-Chapman, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center and an associate professor of medicine at the GW School of...
For HIV/AIDS Survivors, COVID-19 Reawakened Old Trauma—And Renewed Calls for Change – TIME
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Racism is public health crisis in Chicago, Lightfoot declares – Chicago Sun-Times
One month before the stay-at-home shutdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Lori Lightfoot boldly declared that “poverty is killing us” and vowed to end it in Chicago “in the next...
U.K. ends restriction on gay and bisexual men donating blood – The Washington Post
Previously, gay and bisexual men in England, Scotland and Wales were not permitted to donate within three months of having been sexually active, due to fears around the transmission of HIV/AIDS...
Queer youth found creative approaches to self-care during pandemic – Washington Blade
Isolation, whether because of the pandemic, physical or mental health issues, or a combination of those, has affected everyone this year. For LGBTQ youth, already marginalized by society and often lacking...
LGBTQ+ health: A collaborative of care – Michigan Medicine Headlines – Michigan Medicine Headlines
When it comes to health equity, ensuring that individuals within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning — or LGBTQ+ — community receive adequate health care is essential. Unfortunately, health disparities,...
Utah lawmakers continue to mull restrictions for transgender youth – Salt Lake Tribune
As they consider legislation affecting transgender youth, Utah lawmakers on Wednesday heard on one hand from a University of Utah doctor who runs a clinic serving hundreds of teens who are...
Whatley Health Services offers COVID-19 vaccine to Hay Court residents in Tuscaloosa – WBRC
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Being wheelchair-bound makes some things difficult for Ed Jackson, especially when it came to getting vaccinated for COVID-19.“I was planning on getting it. But I didn’t know...
As Pandemic Recedes in U.S., Calls Are Growing for an Investigative Commission – The...
“We’ve just had the worst calamity in most living Americans’ lives — real deaths, real suffering, a lot of future issues, economic issues,” Mr. Schmidt said in his first interview about...
Gay back at full health at Chiefs mini-camp – Blue Springs Examiner
St. Joseph News-PressNothing was ordinary about Willie Gay Jr.'s rookie season in the NFL. The 2020 second-round pick didn't have organized team activities to prepare for the regular season because of the...
#AM_Equality: June 16, 2021 – HRC – Human Rights Campaign
EVERY LGBTQ PERSON NEEDS HEALTH INSURANCE: HRC President Alphonso David and Out To Enroll’s Founder Katie Keith write, “More can and must be done to improve LGBTQ health, but there has...
Grindr prioritizes LGBTQ employees in new partnership with Included Health – Employee Benefit News
In a continued effort to expand healthcare offerings for the LGBTQ community, concierge healthcare provider Included Health partnered with the world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer...
Sexual violence raises e-cigarette use among sexual minority teens, but not heterosexual peers –...
Researchers call for mental health and substance use interventions that support students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and unsure of sexual identityBUFFALO, N.Y. — Experiencing sexual violence is significantly linked to...
How Kay Lahusen, Barbara Gittings got homosexuality removed from DSM – TODAY
For author and journalist Tracy Baim, who wrote a book about early gay activist Barbara Gittings, there's "nothing more important" in Gittings' work than one moment in 1972, Baim told TODAY....
MUSC works to bridge gap in LGBTQ health care – Charleston Regional Business
While serving as executive director at a local social justice organization, Chase Glenn performed a needs assessment for the region’s LGBTQ community. Part of that report focused on health care and...
Tan France Talks ‘Queer Eye’ in ‘The Queer Bible’ Excerpt – menshealth.com
It wasn’t me who drove the plan forward to move to Manchester. It was my boyfriend. He wanted to live in a place where we could live more openly. We’d met...
LGBTQ Youth In NC — And Beyond — Find Community And Mental Health Spaces...
This story was originally published by North Carolina Health News.When the Wake County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the LGBT Center of Raleigh created mental health...
After 40 years, AIDS still devastates communities of color | Opinion – The Philadelphia...
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus emerged 40 years ago this month and created an epidemic that still devastates the communities where it was found.On June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Works With FEMA to Protect Their People –...
Aquinnah (formerly known as Gay Head): The shore lands under the hill at the end of the island (general translation). Wampanoag: People of the First Light
In early 2020, when COVID-19 shook the...
Health equity: What role does the gut microbiome play? – Medical News Today
Share on PinterestResearchers highlight the importance of breastfeeding for creating a healthy microbiome in the infant. Natalie McComas/Getty ImagesPeople who belong to historically marginalized groups — whether based on race, gender,...
LGBTQ+-Friendly Emotional Health Resources – Everyday Health
When now 39-year-old San Francisco resident Fay Zenoff thinks back on being a teenager and young adult, the memories are tough. Not only did she suffer a series of terrible blows...
Md. governor, AG immune from challenge to gay ‘conversion’ ban – Reuters
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan leads a news conference in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstTherapist sued wrong parties, court findsPanel does not address 1st Amendment claims(Reuters) - Maryland’s governor...
Opinion | Welcome visibility for queer, disabled people – Washington Blade
If you’re queer and disabled, you’re almost more likely to view a total eclipse than you are to see anyone like you on TV.
I’m lesbian and legally blind. Nearly one in...