Growing pressure on feds to end ‘homophobic’ ban on blood donation – Global News
Christopher Karas said he felt “powerless” and “worthless” when he first found out he could not donate blood at a clinic in Brampton, Ont. back in 2016 because of restrictions on...
Skepticism Of Science In A Pandemic Isn’t New. It Helped Fuel The AIDS Crisis...
Dr. Lawrence Mass, who wrote the first article about AIDS in a U.S. publication, points to South Africa when reflecting...
Skepticism Of Science In A Pandemic Isn’t New. It Helped Fuel The AIDS Crisis...
At the time, gay men were falling ill from a mystery illness that left them with severely compromised immune systems. Mass's first article about it published May 18, 1981, for...
Gay Officers Action League President Opposes Pride’s Uniformed Law Enforcement Ban – New Hampshire...
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today, could it really be that music festivals and summer concerts are back? The music industry, of...
MARY HARRINGTON: When a group fighting homophobia clashes with gay rights champion there’s an...
Successful barrister Allison Bailey is the daughter of a Jamaican immigrant single mother. An outspoken lesbian, she’s spent her life campaigning for social justice.With so many ticks on her political correctness...
Talking COVID-19 Vaccinations With Your Kids; State’s Top Health Officials Offer Some Advice –...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Doctors Mark Ghaly and Erica Pan have led California’s battle against COVID-19, but they both are also parents and on Saturday shared what they have been...
Preacher: Gay People Should Wear Labels Saying “Hazardous to Your Health” – Friendly Atheist...
Preacher Andrew Wommack, who recently claimed that people who affirm rights for transgender people are following a doctrine from Satan, now says gay people should have to wear warning labels on...
Who are we to discriminate against the LGBT? – Aliran
On 17 May 1990, the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the removal of homosexuality from the list of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and...
Pride 2021: Big cities ‘playing the safe card’ with small gatherings, virtual events –...
Holly Duchmann, who lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, plans to attend a Pride celebration for the first time this year. “In the years before the pandemic, while I was out to my friends,...
Progress Mixed in Cancer Prevention, Early Detection Measures – HealthDay News
FRIDAY, May 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer prevention and early detection measures show mixed progress, according to a review published online May 19 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.Priti Bandi,...
Look, Just Keep Filling the Chocolate Dish – The New York Times
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be edited.Defund the Food PoliceI am...
Dr Perry N. Halkitis: Injectable HIV Treatments Could Be a Game Changer – AJMC.com...
Injectable versions of HIV treatments and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will be a game changer in terms of convenience over daily pills, explained Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, dean of the...
Lights & Sirens | Catalytic converter reported stolen – Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
ThursdayINCIDENTSOfficers investigated a report of a catalytic converter stolen from the 1600 block of Marion Road. 7:49 a.m.A false alarm was received in the 2100 block of Stetzer Road. 9:09 a.m.Officers assisted a...
The world can only beat AIDS by ending the inequalities that drive the epidemic...
By Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director; and Tomas Tobé MEP, Chair of the European Parliament's Development Committee Forty years since the first cases of AIDS were diagnosed, the fight against HIV...
After intense debate, the Illinois Senate passes proposal that updates sex education courses in...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – After heated debate on the floor Thursday night, Illinois senators approved a proposal that could update personal health and sex education courses to make them more comprehensive and...
Orlando joins historic study of blood-donor policy for gay men – South Florida Sun...
Current FDA policy requires men who have had sex with other men to wait three months from their last sexual encounter before donating because of lingering concerns over HIV, or...
Study examines blood donation waiting period for gay men – News 13 Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. — Blood donations from the LGBTQ community became a focal point in Orlando following the Pulse Night Club massacre in 2016.Five years later, a nationwide analysis of how people...
Why Will Men Do Literally Anything To Avoid Going To Therapy? – Refinery29
Oh men — poor men with their pathetic, unexamined lives! Though men are the main perpetrators of toxic masculinity, they are, too, the hapless victims of it, and that is perhaps never...
Head of Historic AIDS Organization GMHC to Step Down – POZ
Kelsey Louie was appointed CEO of GMHC, the iconic HIV/AIDS service organization based in New York City, in 2014. On June 25, he will step down from the helm of the...
New DUP leader Edwin Poots brags about having ‘gay people in my house’ –...
Edwin Poots said gay people are "probably" born gay. (BBC)
The newly-elected leader of the DUP Edwin Poots, who has a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, has insisted he’s definitely “had...
Key Questions: HIV and COVID-19 | KFF – Kaiser Family Foundation
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States (U.S.), the nation was ramping up efforts to address a different epidemic, HIV. Successful HIV outcomes require consistent access to care and...
The Premonition By Michael Lewis Highlights A Longstanding Need For Structural Reform Of The...
U.S. Public Health Service crest U.S. Public Health Service In the face of horrific death tolls and unspeakable trauma, there has...
Tennessee enacts bill banning gender-affirming Trans youth healthcare – Washington Blade
By Matt Tracy | NEW YORK – Less than a week after Heritage of Pride (HOP), or NYC Pride, announced a ban on police contingents through 2025, the organization’s members voted...
How common are mental health conditions among transgender people? – Medical News Today
Transgender people often encounter stigmatization, oppression, and discrimination, which can all contribute towards adverse mental health outcomes.The term transgender refers to a person with a gender identity or expression that differs...
Faces of pride – Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3
June is celebrated as Pride Month. It marks the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots when patrons of New York City’s Stonewall Inn protested mistreatment by police. In June you will...
Gay people ‘probably’ born that way and can’t be ‘cured’, says new DUP leader...
Incoming DUP leader Edwin Poots said he thinks gay people are born that way and added he did not believe “you can fix or cure” people of their sexuality. r Poots also referenced...
Speak out about school health standards | Letters to the Editor | theindependent.com –...
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Are you aware of the new “Health Standards” that the Nebraska Board of Education is proposing for all public and private schools in Nebraska? If you aren’t, you should...
The Tragic Suicide of Hopkinton’s Mikayla Miller [OPINION] – wbsm.com
Sixteen-year-old Mikayla Miller of Hopkinton, a Black teenager who identified as LGBTQ, was found hanging from a tree branch by a belt on April 18, 2021. An early morning jogger found...
LGBT Softball Is Back! – San Francisco Bay Times – San Francisco Bay Times
By John Chen– Softball is back! After a full year of hiatus due to the pandemic, arguably the most popular LGBT sport has been given the thumbs up to resume...
How to find a therapist: Experts discuss importance of culturally competent care – TODAY
The day of the Atlanta shootings, I was shaken.Like just about everyone, my own mental health during the pandemic had suffered before the March 16 attacks at three different spas. Despite...
Health organization vaccinating home-bound residents – wvua23.com
A Civil Rights Movement foot soldier rolled up her sleeve to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at her home on Friday, May 14.
Bessie Steele Colvin, 88, got her...
LGBT pride flags removed from three PHHS classrooms – The Herald Bulletin
PENDLETON — Officials at South Madison Community Schools have created an uproar after three teachers at Pendleton Heights High School were ordered on Tuesday to remove LGBT pride flags from their...
Finding A Queer Therapist Can Be Hard. Here’s How The Queer Community Is Making...
Not too long before I met my therapist, Adina Rudin, a single mom in New Jersey, was beginning her own mental health journey. She was going through a divorce while also...
Selena Gomez’ Rare Beauty, Loum Beauty Team Up With NAMI – WWD
A range of beauty brands are teaming up with the National Alliance on Mental Illness for Beauty Cares, a campaign designed to raise awareness around mental illnesses.
On May 20, Mental Health...
‘Pose’ star Billy Porter announces he is HIV-positive – Reuters
By Rachel Savage, Thomson Reuters Foundation2 Min ReadLONDON, May 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Award-winning “Pose” star Billy Porter announced he was HIV-positive on Wednesday, adding that he was healthy...