Your Turn: After 40 years of HIV, inequities continue to plague Black, brown communities...
1981 was a magical year for me. Alexander Godunov and Judith Jamison performed “Spell” as guest performers at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s opening night gala, DREAMGIRLS was on Broadway, Diana...
LGBT health care for the Veteran you are – VAntage Point – VAntage Point...
Millye is an Army Veteran who served during the early 1960s. Cynthia served in the Navy in the 1970s and 80s. Tracey was in the Army, Army National Guard, and Army...
In US, Pride Month festivities muted by political setbacks – Associated Press
It’s Pride Month, and gay Americans should have a lot to celebrate: A new president who has pledged to advocate for LGBTQ people, an easing of a pandemic that has disrupted...
The Right of Everyone to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Challenges and Opportunities During Covid-19...
Human Rights Watch is pleased to have the opportunity to offer input for the special rapporteur’s upcoming thematic report on the right of everyone to sexual and reproductive health—challenges and opportunities...
Hate and Racism Won’t Stop Until We Start Naming It – Hartford HealthCare
Back June 10, 2021 A man in Texas pled guilty to hate crime charges after using a dating app to target gay men. A man in Alaska pled guilty...
Government Leaders, Children’s Advocates from Voices for Children Highlight Delaware County Residents’ Attitudes About...
Released: June 10, 2021 As families and communities recover from the pandemic, poll shows that federal, state, and local government should put a priority on helping children and families get back...
BU researchers create novel curriculum assessment tool to improve medical education about sexual and...
(Boston)--Medical education aspires to mitigate bias in future professionals by providing a robust curriculum that includes perspectives and practices for caring for sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, including lesbian,...
Park and playgrounds lead the NYC Public Design Commission’s 39th Excellence in Design awards...
An imaginative, James Corner Field Operations-led revamp of a Brooklyn playground, an SOM-designed lab facility in Harlem, and the expansive restoration of a historic outer-borough Carnegie Library building are among the...
Physical activity may curb health care worker burnout – University of Georgia
There is no question that the pandemic has been immensely stressful for health care workers, especially for those on the frontline of patient care. Yet, even before the pandemic, the regular...
Review: Soulful ‘Sublet’ finds wisdom in a gay travel journalist’s visit to Tel Aviv...
Niv Nissim, left, and John Benjamin Hickey in the movie "Sublet." (Daniel Miller / Greenwich Entertainment)The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries...
Champaign Clinic Aims to Spread Awareness of LGBTQ Mental Health – Illinois Newsroom
CHAMPAIGN – Many LGBTQ individuals experience issues such as prejudice and healthcare barriers, contributing to higher rates of mental illness among this community than the general population, according to nurse practitioner...
Thursday’s letters: Politics vs. public health, GOP’s future, cause of migration, more – Sarasota...
DeSantis about politics, not public healthI moved to Florida in spite of the fact that Gov. Ron DeSantis was elected. DeSantis is preventing businesses from developing protocols to protect public safety. It is...
Prioritizing human rights to end inequalities and end AIDS – World – ReliefWeb
Inequalities and human rights barriers, which have been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, are preventing progress towards ending AIDS as a global public health threat by 2030. They facilitate the transmission...
Opinion | Life is precious, so live each day to the fullest – Washington...
The mental health of many has suffered amid the coronavirus pandemic, with rates of depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses steadily rising since March 2020. Youth, especially those who identify as...
White Gay Hospital Worker Fired for Harassment Lacks Bias Claims – Bloomberg Law
A White Houston Methodist hospital employee failed to show enough comparative evidence to support his assertion he was discharged because of his race after he was accused of sexually harassing a...
An epidemic during a pandemic: 40 years since HIV – NorthcentralPa.com
Williamsport, Pa — The Coronavirus pandemic is not the only virus which has uphended the lives of countless millions.On June 5, 1981, Americans heard the first rustlings of what soon...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Opening Remarks at DOD Pride Month Event...
Good morning, everybody. Rudy, thank you for that kind introduction. And thanks for pulling this together – it’s pretty remarkable work that you’ve done over the past several weeks and months…...
The role of the pediatric provider in supporting gender-diverse youth – Contemporary Obgyn
Sexual minority and gender-diverse (SMGD) youth experience significant health and psychosocial disparities compared with their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Risk for poor health and social outcomes is incrementally higher among SMGD...
This Orlando thrift store fighting HIV/AIDS wants to be an ally for the city’s...
But without insurance, medical treatment remains out of reach for many. A recent study found that the cost for antiretroviral treatment regimen, the mainstay HIV medicine, is between $36,000 and...
Out of the Closet thrift store in Orlando fights HIV/AIDS, nurtures LGBT community –...
But without insurance, medical treatment remains out of reach for many. A recent study found that the cost for antiretroviral treatment regimen, the mainstay HIV medicine, is between $36,000 and...
It’s Pride Month: How 7 hospitals are improving LGBTQ-centered care and reducing discrimination –...
June is Pride Month, and hospital leaders from Rush, Kaiser Permanente and CommonSpirit Health shared how their hospitals and health systems are improving care and mitigating discrimination toward the LGBTQ community.More...
Recent and Anticipated Actions to Reverse Trump Administration Section 1557 Non-Discrimination Rules – Kaiser...
The Biden Administration has started taking steps to reverse Trump Administration policy and regulations that significantly narrowed the implementation and administrative enforcement of Section 1557, the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination provision,...
Pride Month 2021: Alabama’s LGBTQ community in vintage photos – AL.com
In his apartment in Birmingham’s Highland Avenue, Joe Hulse wrote poems in his diary about men he fondly remembered. Gordie. Alf. Duke.“If you were not away, these hills we know and...
Stony Brook Medicine launches survey to learn about LBGTQ healthcare needs – RiverheadLOCAL
Stony Brook Medicine has launched a survey to collect data on the healthcare needs of the LGBTQ community on Long Island to better inform their practice.
The survey is the first of...
Pride 2021: Progress in the war on HIV/AIDS in NYC – Spectrum News NY1
For nearly 50 years, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in Chelsea has been a not-for-profit clinic providing quality health care to all, regardless of ability to pay, with an emphasis on LGBTQ...
Mayo Clinic Minute: Coming out as LGBTQ to your health care provider – Tyler...
LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated each June to commemorate the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or gender nonconforming people have had, and continue to have, on society. While...
University Health Services Celebrates Pride Month – Creating Community – UW–Madison – University of...
University Health Services honors Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month along with the many contributions and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community at UW–Madison. Pride Month is celebrated in...
Advancing LGBTQ+-Inclusive Care: How Pharmacists Can Better Support Patients – Drug Topics
“Historically, the barriers to care for LGBTQ+ individuals are complex and encompass many determinants,” said Tam Phan, PharmD, AAHIVP, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy and clinical pharmacist at the Jeffrey Goodman...
‘Ex gays’ hold rally on Washington Monument grounds – Washington Blade
Squashed between friends on a plush couch at a shelter for homeless LGBTQ+ young people, Jada Doll talked about what happened after she began to express her identity as a transgender...
LGBT Veteran care evolves, continues to improve – VAntage Point – VAntage Point Blog
This is part two in a two-part series about VA care for Veterans with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and Related Identities. To see part one, visit https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/89324/lgbt-veterans-describe-va-care-provide-advice-others/.
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Guest Opinion: How the VA has illegally denied health care to thousands of veterans...
A veteran with a fever and hacking cough that suggest a possible coronavirus infection tries to make a doctor’s appointment, only to be turned away by a receptionist who personally decides...
A U.N. Declaration on Ending AIDS Should Have Been Easy. It Wasn’t. – The...
On Tuesday, the United Nations is expected to adopt new targets for ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, seemingly a goal most countries could easily have agreed to....
We need to celebrate LGBTQ joy this Pride Month. Lives depend on it. –...
Imagine your high school baseball team banning you from playing. Your local DMV barring you from changing the name on your driver's license. Your neighbors darting their eyes away from you in public.The transgender community faces...
I’m A Black, Gay Physician. I’m Here Today Because My Friends Saw Me —...
On my phone's lock screen is a photo I draw strength from daily. On the steps of the pantheonic building where I attended college and graduate school, I stand with over a dozen close friends....
Queer-Friendly Extracurriculars May Help Foster LGBTQ Youth Health – 5280 | The Denver Magazine
Photo courtesy of Getty Images Celebrating Denver Pride: Community, Resilience, and ChangeHow do you fix higher rates of substance abuse and mental health issues among queer young people? The Youth...