‘Stand up against hate’ towards LGBTI people, UN human rights chief urges – UN...
“LGBTI people are often exposed to additional stigma, discrimination and violence, including when seeking medical services – and perhaps saddest of all, within their own families during lock-downs”, the High Commissioner,...
Remarkable Health Sciences Grads Celebrate Time as Chargers – University of New Haven News
Meet some of the exceptional members of the School of Health Sciences’ Class of 2021 who are looking forward to continuing their education after graduation. May 14, 2021...
Cancer, COVID-19, and Aging in LGBTQ+ Communities – www.oncnursingnews.com/
Even as cultural attitudes shift, LGBTQ+ individuals still face discrimination in health care settings. These communities tend to have higher incidence rates for certain cancers, and on top of these concerns,...
Populations That Wrongfully Get Overlooked in Suicide Prevention – SweetwaterNOW.com
The Sweetwater County Prevention Coalition would like to make it a little bit easier to be aware of resources for yourself and those you care about most. Suicide...
US Restores LGBTQ+ Protections from Healthcare Discrimination – Verywell Health
Key Takeaways
The HHS announced that the federal government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care.
Several states have introduced or passed laws aimed at limiting health care...
Mental Health Access for Marginalized Communities – TheHumanist.com – The Humanist
It is no secret that mental illness is extremely stigmatized and mental healthcare is often inaccessible—and yet, mental health holds significant weight in our daily lives and society. Though the world...
Roundtable: What about Biden restoring transgender protections? – Galesburg Register-Mail
Should transgender people be included under federal protections forbidding sex discrimination in health care? Reversing policy in line with court rulingThe Trump-era decision banning gay and transgender people from health care went...
LGBT Health Bias Protections Set to Clash With Religion Shield – Bloomberg Law
New guidance from the Biden administration to protect LGBT people from discrimination in health care is likely to collide with the strongly held religious beliefs of some doctors and the federal...
HIV survivors’ stories show the loss, resilience and activism of the early years of...
It has been 40 years since the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is a time not only to remember the many lives lost to AIDS, but...
‘It’s Not About Me’: CHCCS Teachers Provide Support Through Pandemic – Chapelboro.com
https://chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2021/May/12/Teacher%20Struggles_WRAP.mp3 As local K-12 schools begin to wrap up their spring semesters, some teachers are still trying to come to terms with the past year.
Michelle Gay is a 5th grade teacher at...
Ottawa moves to block gay man’s human rights case accusing it of backing blood...
A gay man in Ontario will be in court later this month arguing that Health Canada discriminates against him by overseeing the ban preventing men who recently have had sex with other men from donating...
NAMI in conversation about managing mental health – Washington Blade
WASHINGTON, D.C. – People around the world have struggled for more than a year while stuck at home for school and work. But this physical and social isolation has taken a...
Contributor: 5 Lessons on Health Equity From the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Africa –...
We succeeded. The Global AIDS Act became law in 2003, establishing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which unlocked billions of dollars for the fight against HIV/AIDS in countries such as...
White House revives LGBT civil rights for healthcare – ChicagoPride.com
Xavier Becerra, Health and Human Services Secretary announced the White House will ensure that protections against sexual discrimination in the Affordable Care Act—popularly known as Obamacare—will be fulfilled.“You should not...
Conversion therapy ban: Campaigners dismayed over delay – BBC News
But the government has said the short consultation will be held before the legislation is published, asking the public and interested parties how best to address the problem while still "protecting...
Healthcare and Health Insurance for LGBTQ+ People – Investopedia
As issues surrounding healthcare and insurance continue to evolve, members of LGBTQ+ communities may begin to see improvements in a long history of under-treatment and poor treatment. LGBTQ+ Americans have faced...
Disparities in Health and Health Care: 5 Key Questions and Answers – Kaiser Family...
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The disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing incidents of police brutality, and recent rise in Asian hate crimes have brought health and health care disparities into sharper focus among the...
US restores health protections for gay, transgender people – hays Post
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration declared Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that narrowed rights at...
What is conversion therapy and when will it be banned? – BBC News
Some groups say a ban could infringe on traditional religious teachings, such as the belief that all sex outside a heterosexual marriage is sinful. The Evangelical Alliance, which says it represents...
Biden revives LGBT protections against healthcare discrimination – Reuters
Gay and transgender people will be protected against sex discrimination in healthcare, the U.S. health secretary said on Monday, as President Joe Biden’s administration reversed a policy put in place under...
Healthcare protections restored for gay, transgender Americans – WLWT Cincinnati
Video above: 6 Major Health Disparities Affecting the LGBTQ+ CommunityThe U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a...
Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protections – 1011now
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration declared Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that narrowed rights at...
Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protections – Knoe.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration declared Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that narrowed rights at...
Derrick Z. Jackson receives Scripps Howard Award for COVID-19 coverage – Environmental Health News
Derrick Z. Jackson received the Excellence in Opinion Writing award from Scripps Howard for his columns in Grist and the Union of Concerned Scientists on the failed U.S. COVID-19 response...
Gay and bipolar disorder: Where to find support – Medical News Today
Gay people may be more likely to experience difficulties with their mental health. This is mainly the result of the stigma and discrimination they face. Being lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB)...
Mediaplanet Wins 4 Prestigious Awards of Excellence for Its Content Marketing Work – MarTech...
The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts’ esteemed 27th Annual Communicator Award winners have been announced and Mediaplanet wins big with four overall Awards of Excellence (gold) that include two client-branded...
White House Reverses Trump Ban on LGBT Health Protections (2) – Bloomberg Law
The federal government will begin enforcing protections for LGBT Americans in health care again, reversing a ban put in place by the Trump administration, the Health and Human Services Department said...
US Will Protect Gay and Transgender People Against Health Care Discrimination – KQED
When that rule was finalized last year, LGBTQ people and advocates criticized the change, saying it could have a chilling effect on gay and transgender people seeking needed health care. "The...
U.S. Will Protect Gay And Transgender People Against Discrimination In Health Care – NPR
U.S. Will Protect Gay And Transgender People Against Discrimination In Health Care NPR
German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban – Times Daily
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at services in about 100...
All APS students need LGBTQ+ inclusive sex-ed – Albuquerque Journal
“Employees shall work together to increase their individual and collective capacity to effectively teach an equitably diverse and changing student population.”
– Albuquerque Public School’s Equity and Diversity page
Statements like this suggest...
UN Condemns Ugandan Bill to Criminalize Same-Sex Relations – Voice of America
GENEVA - The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling on Uganda to amend a bill to ban same-sex relations that it says would violate...
4 simple ways Scotland can be an international leader on LGBT+ equality once again...
Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon reacts after being declared the winner of the Glasgow Southside seat at Glasgow counting centre in the Emirates...
Meet the candidates on ICAM – The Local Ne.ws
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Meet the candidates on ICAM! We will be playing the select board candidate forum on the ICAM Government...
Let’s drop the term ‘patient zero’, for history’s sake – Sydney Morning Herald
“They used the map to identify people who didn’t live in San Francisco. ‘Patient O’ stood for ‘outside’, not zero,” Carswell says. Dugas volunteered to help researchers trace the spread of...