Parental Attitudes to Kids’ Sex Orientation: Unexpected Findings – Medscape
For gay and lesbian individuals, consistency in parents' attitudes toward their child's sexual orientation, even when they are negative, is an important factor in positive mental health outcomes, new research shows....
Hepatitis C testing in gay and bisexual men with HIV below target, US study...
The findings are published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Hepatitis C can be cured by a short course of direct-acting antiviral treatment and the World Health Organization has set...
76ers vs. Spurs – Game Recap – May 2, 2021 – ESPN
11:06 PM ETSAN ANTONIO -- — Joel Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the undermanned San Antonio Spurs 113-111 in overtime Sunday...
Sexually transmitted infections at an all-time high among college students – Iowa State Daily
Multiple times per year, the Primary Healthcare Clinic (PHC) in Ames provides free STD testing, including...
Steady, But Not Necessarily Positive, Parental Support Key for LGBT Community – MedPage Today
Consistency was important when it came to parental support of gay and lesbian people, a researcher reported.
In a survey of 175 gay and lesbian adults, those who reported consistent positive support...
SA media’s lazy reportage on LGBTIQ+ stories feeds into hate: Matuba Mahlatjie – CapeTalk
Share This: Journalist and broadcaster Matuba Mahlatjie says most mainstream newsrooms have failed in their reporting on LGBTIQ+ issues. Mahlatjie recently wrote an opinion piece for Eyewitness...
Area activist, social services coordinator plans run for Congress – Rome Sentinel
Local activist and social services coordinator Elyssa Bolt formally announced her candidacy for the 2022 election cycle for the U.S. House of Representatives from New York’s 22nd Congressional District.She intends to...
‘Mean Girls’ Star Jonathan Bennett Reveals The Habits He Practices To Boost His Mental...
‘Mean Girls’ Star Jonathan Bennett Talks Mental Health – Hollywood Life
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Understanding and Mitigating Health Inequities — Past, Current, and Future Directions – nejm.org
Over the past half-century, understanding of health and health care disparities in the United States — including underlying social, clinical, and system-level contributors — has increased. Yet disparities persist. Eliminating health...
Understanding and Mitigating Health Inequities — Past, Current, and Future Directions | NEJM –...
Over the past half-century, understanding of health and health care disparities in the United States — including underlying social, clinical, and system-level contributors — has increased. Yet disparities persist. Eliminating health...
The Aces breakdown mental health stigmas with new single Don’t Freak – Gay Times...
The Aces are starting off Mental Health Awareness Month strong with their brand new single Don’t Freak.
Backed by a dance-pop sound, the new record explores the damaging stigmas surrounding mental health.
The...
STD cases at ‘all-time high,’ CDC says – KRON4
(NEXSTAR) – Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are at an all-time high, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. There were more than 2.5 million reported...
Gay California insurance czar Lara launches reelection bid – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest...
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, the first LGBTQ person to win election to statewide office in the Golden State, officially declared Friday his intention to seek a second four-year term in...
Previous YSU students and professor receive top awards – YSU.edu
Two students and a faculty member in YSU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program received one of the top awards at the World Physiotherapy Congress, a biennial conference that attracts delegates from...
Revised DC COVID bar restrictions to allow drag shows – Washington Blade
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on April 26 that the city’s COVID-related public health restrictions are being eased one step further by the lifting of a ban on...
Address inequalities to end AIDS by 2030, UN chief says in new report –...
Despite action and progress against HIV in some places and population groups, HIV epidemics continue to expand in others, the report revealed. It was launched just weeks ahead of a major...
LGBTQ organizer Deja Alvarez steps up for Rep. Brian Sims’ Philly House seat –...
Pa. House candidate Deja Alvarez (Philadelphia Gay News photo). By The Philadelphia Gay News
PHILADELPHIA — LGBTQ community leader Deja Alvarez has announced a run for state representative of the 182nd district. Alvarez is...
Africa’s LGBTQ communities need more protection and support – Al Jazeera English
On April 22, Them, an online publication, reported that four gay men had been murdered in South Africa in less than a month. The disturbing report made national headlines after a...
Sexually Transmitted Infections Reach Record High for 6th Year in a Row – POZ
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that reported annual cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States continued to rise in 2019, reaching...
Ryan Murphy calls ‘Pose’ one of his proudest accomplishments – Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The big flashy red carpet has made its return to New York City — albeit in a massive socially distant manner — with the premiere of the...
Tom Elias: UC Health should end ties to Dignity – Davis Enterprise
On some levels, it’s sensible for the University of California’s health system, including famed hospitals like UCLA, UC San Francisco and UC San Diego, to link with the Dignity Health group...
Philly successfully administers 900 Pfizer doses that nearly expired; Levine visits vaccination sites –...
PHILADELPHIA -- Former Pennsylvania health secretary Dr. Rachel Levine returned to the state Thursday in her new role as Assistant Health Secretary in the Biden administration.Dr. Levine visited the FEMA-run clinic...
Consider PrEP, hormonal therapy to address health disparities in LGBTQ patients – Healio
April 29, 2021 4 min read
Source/Disclosures Source: McNamara M. LGBTQ Health: A...
States Expand Veterans Benefits to Former Service Members Kicked Out For Sexual Orientation –...
Gay and lesbian military members have been able to serve openly since 2011, when the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was repealed. But for some who were expelled for being...
Alabama removing anti-gay language from state’s sex education law – Chattanooga Times Free Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will remove anti-gay language from the state's sex education law that for decades said students should be taught that homosexuality is both socially unacceptable and illegal....
NAMI Yakima Offers FREE Series To Address Youth Mental Health – newstalkkit.com
Troubled teens...when is the problem behavior just part of the bumpy road of growing up and when is it something more? Mental health conditions are common among teens and young...
GOP challenger to Sen. Murkowski endorsed “ex-gay” conversion therapy – Metro Weekly
Alaska Republican Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka
Kelly Tshibaka, Republican challenger to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), once supported “ex-gay” conversion therapy and believes that homosexuality is caused by sexual abuse.
CNN’s KFile investigated...
Lithuanian artist uses homophobic messages to raise money for LGBT causes – Reuters
A Lithuanian artist has raised over $6,000 for LGBT groups by selling a digital collage of homophobic messages that were sent to a member of parliament who champions gay rights causes.The...
Clark County author pens novel about AIDS epidemic – The Columbian
When a mysterious epidemic started ravaging the globe, many vulnerable people didn’t want to get tested for the virus. They didn’t want their families and friends to know the...
Alabama removes anti-gay language from sex education curriculum – Metro Weekly
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey – Photo: Facebook.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) has signed a bill into law reforming Alabama’s sex education standards and removing anti-LGBTQ language from the curriculum that previously...
Improving on a good start: Scotland examines its first four years of PrEP –...
Scotland was the first country in the UK and one of the first in the world to provide PrEP via sexual health clinics as a standard provision of its national health...
Alabama removing anti-gay language from state’s sex ed law – Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will remove anti-gay language from the state’s sex education law that for decades said students should be taught that homosexuality is both socially unacceptable and illegal.Alabama...
Up Next High tech sales engineer Steve Collins dies at 66 – Washington Blade
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on April 26 that the city’s COVID-related public health restrictions are being eased one step further by the lifting of a ban on live entertainment at...