The Surprising Honolulu Origins of the National Fight Over Same-Sex Marriage – POLITICO
After explaining his plan, Woods led his six charges down Beretania Street to the health department. There were registered license agents scattered across Hawaii, including government officials and even employees of...
Op-Ed: How the VA has illegally denied healthcare to thousands of veterans – Los...
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...
To beat HIV, the stigma must end in Black communities as well as LGBT...
PrEP is a pill taken by those who are HIV-negative to stop the virus from taking hold in the body if it enters their system (Picture: Getty Images)I was born...
Water Cooler: Pride month reads – The Spokesman-Review
Today is the first day of Pride month, a commemoration of visibility, affirmation and equality for the LGBTQ community. Pride takes place during June as a way to remember the Stonewall...
How common are mental health conditions among bisexual people? – Medical News Today
Mental health conditions are prevalent in the bisexual population. This is typically due to the stigmatization, oppression, and discrimination that they and others in LGBTQIA+ communities face. These factors can all...
Rutland City will celebrate Pride for the first time – vtdigger.org
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Nicolais: Anti-transgender activists should take a lesson from Colorado – The Colorado Sun
Just over a week ago, to comparatively little fanfare, Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that will make discrimination against anyone based on gender identity expression unlawful.In particular, the...
ABC7 Honors Pride Month | Resources and information – KABC-TV
June's Pride Month is a time to honor and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. ABC7 Eyewitness News will have a series of reports on the LGBTQ+ community throughout...
Gay circuit party impresario Jeffrey Sanker dies at 65 – Washington Blade
WEST HOLLYWOOD – In its third annual survey released late last week, The Trevor Project found that well over two-thirds of the 35,000 LGBTQ youth ages 13–24 across the United States...
Transgender Patient Care a Priority in MD, PA, and PA Online Curricula – Yale...
A woman, who was assigned male at birth, is diagnosed with prostate cancer. This was a recent clinical training exercise from Yale’s Physician Assistant Online (PA Online) Program involving standardized patients...
Top psych stories of May: Prescription psilocybin, effectiveness of ketamine and more – Healio
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Looking at public health through an LTGBTQ+ lens – Harvard Gazette
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates.
Austin Marshall, M.P.H. ’21, wants to be a physician-advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and care for patients as...
Nurse practitioner who started Spektrum Health in 2018 opens LGBTQ medical clinic in Melbourne...
Support local journalism. An unlimited digital subscription to floridatoday.com is just $1 for 6 months. Click here and subscribe today.Joseph Knoll began his work with the LGBTQ community at his dining room...
The Negative Impact of Current Legislation on Gender Diverse Adolescents – Psychiatric Times
CASE VIGNETTE“Jessica,” a 13-year-old transgender girl, lives in a rural community where no other individuals identify as transgender. She has a supportive family and was able to safely come out to...
Hines VA to host PRIDE events in June, honor Special Emphasis Program’s 10th year...
The Edward Hines, Jr. VA will be hosting a series of virtual and in-person PRIDE events in June to mark ten years of its LGBT/A (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allies) Special...
Conservative Delta County erupts over an effort to teach sexual education – The Colorado...
DELTA — Sex.Couple that with education. Link it to anything other than heterosexual unions. Bring the Bible into it. And, in Delta County, expect a volatile civic tempest.The latest controversy over...
Kentucky ties to Baptist kids agency at risk over gay rights and a Pa....
An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision in a Pennsylvania case could be decisive in the Kentucky clash. By Bruce Shreiner/The Associated Press May 28, 2021 | 5:10 AM (Louisville, Ky.) —...
It’s time to end the AIDS epidemic | Columnist – ECM Publishers
Paige Kieffer June is right around the corner, and it’s a time when...
Sexuality and depression: Where to find support – Medical News Today
Social stigma, lack of access to mental health support, bullying, discrimination, and shame may compound the effects of depression among people who are gay. Estimates of depression among members of LGB+...
Worcester Board of Health votes to endorse call for police review board – Worcester...
WORCESTER — The Board of Health Monday voted to support calls for a police civilian review board, with member David Fort castigating city and department leaders over the topic. “I’m tired of...
‘No Asians’: Two Words I’ve Faced My Entire Life That I’m Finally Confronting Today...
"No Asians."These two words came back to haunt me at this intersection of AAPI Heritage Month and Pride Month as I consider the increasing violence and mass murders of Asian Americans...
UCSF Joins National Collaborative to Study COVID-19 Outcomes for LGBTQ People – UCSF News...
Researchers from the UCSF School of Nursing have joined a newly launched national collaborative to study the impacts of COVID-19 on members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. The...
HIV rates remain stubbornly high in Mississippi, despite falling cases across the U.S. –...
“I realized, what I call ‘risk’ is what a 17-, 18-year-old calls dating, someone else calls it their job, they’re going to work,” Mena said. He points to a study he...
LGBTQ youth suffered during the pandemic. They need ‘all hands on deck’ right now....
College, he hoped, would offer more support. His dreams of finding a vibrant LGBTQ community on campus, however, have not yet come to fruition. “I’ve never felt more lonely,” he shares,...
Doctor On Demand, Grand Rounds purchase LGBTQ care navigator Included Health – Healthcare Dive
Dive Brief:
Doctor On Demand and Grand Rounds have acquired Included Health, a care navigation platform for the LGBTQ community, in a bid to strengthen the virtual care player's offerings for the...
Gay dating app the new sponsor of Biarritz – RugbyPass
7:06am, 27 May 2021 Biarritz Olympique have revealed that famous gay dating app Grindr is to be the new jersey sponsor for the ProD2 team in the 2021/22 season. ADVERTISEMENTBiarritz hooked...
DC’s Royals: A Celebration of Drag – Washington Blade
‘Love and Other Poems’By Alex Dimitrovc. 2021, Copper Canyon Press$17.00/119 pages
“I love red shoes. I love black leather,” queer poet Alex Dimitrov writes in his poem “Love.”
“I love the grotesque ways...
Following Graduate Admissions Reductions, Faculty Report Difficulties and Concerns | News – Harvard Crimson
As various University graduate programs reduced or completely paused admissions during the past application cycle, many faculty across Harvard’s schools expressed concern for the health of their programs, both in the...
HIV self‐testing partially filled the HIV testing gap among men who have sex with...
1 Introduction In response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), China issued comprehensive COVID-19 measures on 23 January, 2020. Shortly thereafter, the highest response level to the public health emergency was...
Grand Rounds Health and Doctor On Demand are buying Included Health to expand care...
The combined company of Grand Rounds Health and Doctor On Demand has expanded yet again to include a care concierge platform for the LGBTQ+ community.The virtual care companies announced Wednesday they signed...
#AM_Equality: May 26, 2021 – HRC – Human Rights Campaign
NASHVILLE DA WON’T ENFORCE ‘HATE’ BILL REQUIRING BUSINESSES TO POST SIGNS FOR TRANSGENDER BATHROOM ACCESS: “I believe every person is welcome and valued in Nashville. Enforcement of transphobic or homophobic laws...
Mental Health and Substance Use Considerations Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Kaiser...
Introduction
During the COVID-19 pandemic, children have experienced major disruptions as a result of public health safety measures, including school closures, social isolation, financial hardships, and gaps in health care access. Many...
80% of LGBTQ Youth reported the pandemic badly stressed them out – Washington Blade
WEST HOLLYWOOD – In its third annual survey released late last week, The Trevor Project found that well over two-thirds of the 35,000 LGBTQ youth ages 13–24 across the United States...
Texas Christian Groups Want Religious Bostock Exemption – Law360
Law360 (May 25, 2021, 4:43 PM EDT) -- Two Christian organizations asked a Texas federal judge to back their proposed class action against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying the...
It has been nearly a year since Trudeau said the blood ban could be...
OTTAWA -- Years after first promising to do so, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during Pride month last June that he hoped to “very soon” announce the elimination of the blood...