Review: ‘Moffie’ adroitly depicts a gay man’s life in the apartheid-era South African army...
Kai Luke Brummer in the movie "Moffie." (IFC Films)The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers...
Q&A: US Title 42 Policy to Expel Migrants at the Border – Human Rights...
Well before the Covid-19 pandemic, Stephen Miller, White House adviser to then-US President Donald Trump, floated the idea of using the government’s public health authority as a means of achieving the...
Structural racism & anti-LGBTQ policies lead to worse health in Black sexual minority men...
Eliminating racist and anti-LGBTQ policies is essential to improving the health of Black gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men, according to a Rutgers-led research team. The study, published...
Baylor denies health care dependency status to same-sex spouses of university employees – The...
Under Baylor University’s healthcare benefits policies, an employee's spouse can be added as a dependent only if the spouse is of the opposite sex. Christina Cannady | Photographer
How LGBTQ Victims Were Erased From Holocaust History – TIME
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CA health chief says he’ll improve SOGI data collection for vaccinations, but details lacking...
At a virtual town hall touting COVID-19 vaccines to the LGBTQ community, the state public health director said he wants to improve sexual orientation and gender identity data collection for the...
Not What the Doctor Ordered: Lessons From Physicians’ Low Uptake of High-Deductible Health Plans...
Physicians are one group of individuals who may be particularly well positioned to be cost-conscious consumers of health care and therefore could be more likely to take up an HDHP when...
Recognizing mental health means supporting all struggles – The Quinnipiac Chronicle – Quinnipiac Chronicle
Kat Haines: ‘I couldn’t control my thoughts. I couldn’t even sleep’When you look into the mirror, what do you see?
I see a woman I don’t really recognize quite yet. A woman...
Likely Legal, ‘Vaccine Passports’ Emerge as the Next Coronavirus Divide – The New York...
Conservatives and libertarians, though, are resisting such mandates. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Friday signed an executive order barring businesses from requiring patrons or customers to show vaccine documentation, under...
As anti-gay MKs sworn in, activists fear ‘step backwards’ on LGBT rights – The...
AFP — Hundreds of people demonstrated in Jerusalem on Tuesday against a group of newly elected Knesset members who oppose gay rights.
A coalition of groups marched and held signs outside the...
LGBT students sue Education Department over Title IX religious exemption – Inside Higher Ed
LGBT students sue Education Department over Title IX religious exemption
Current and former students at evangelical Christian colleges sued the Education Department to get the religious...
N.C. bill would ban treatment for trans people under 21 – NBC News
RALEIGH, N.C. — Three North Carolina Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Monday that would prevent doctors from performing gender confirmation surgery for transgender people younger than 21.The legislation follows a nationwide...
5 Things to know for April 6: Covid-19, infrastructure, LGBT rights, Israel, Russia –...
NewsBy AJ Willingham, CNN April is now Arab American Heritage Month, the State Department has announced. It's a time to celebrate and recognize a group whose contributions are, in a State...
CA public health director & Equality California host LGBTQ+ vaccines town hall – Los...
Dr. Tomás J. Aragón (Photo Credit: UC Berkeley School of Public Health – University of California, Berkeley)
LOS ANGELES — California Department of Public Health Director Dr. Tomás J. Aragón will join Equality...
G.O.P. Governor of Arkansas Vetoes Anti-Transgender Bill – The New York Times
Supporters of the Arkansas bill say it would protect young people from undergoing irreversible medical treatments, and the text of H.B. 1570 claims — contrary to the consensus of medical professionals...
LGBTQ Persecution in Chechnya —The Humanities Can Help – Yale School of Medicine
A young Russian woman is calling for help. Her uncle has found out that she is lesbian, and unless she has sex with him, he will tell her parents — who...
U.S. Taps Johnson & Johnson to Run Troubled Vaccine Plant – The New York...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Saturday put Johnson & Johnson in charge of a troubled Baltimore manufacturing plant that ruined 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine...
Biden issues first presidential proclamation on Trans Day of Visibility – NBC News
President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued the first presidential proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility.The day is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and bringing awareness to the discrimination and violence they...
African healthcare ‘failing to reach vulnerable groups’ – Sub-Saharan Africa – Sub-Saharan Africa English
Less than half the population of Africa are not receiving the health services they need, with vulnerable groups including gay and disabled people left behind, says a report.
Africa’s health systems...
Africa’s health systems are failing to meet the needs of vulnerable groups – News-Medical.Net
Less than half the population of Africa are not receiving the health services they need, with vulnerable groups including gay and disabled people left behind, says a report. Africa's health systems...
What Asia’s LGBTQ+ Movement Can Learn From Japan – TIME
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Community Collaboration Ups HIV Prevention Among Gay and Bi Black and Latino Men –...
HIV activists have been saying for years that investing in local communities could improve HIV outcomes for Black and Latino people for whom the current health care system isn’t working. New data...
Why Are Gay Men Banned From Donating Blood? – menshealth.com
AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE flooded with sick patients, and not everyone there is battling Covid-19. Many people need blood transfusions—in fact, the American Red Cross estimates that someone in the U.S. requires...
High rates of burnout burden lesbian, gay, bisexual medical students – The Brown Daily...
Lesbian, gay and bisexual medical students are more likely to experience burnout and to report perceived mistreatment by other members of the medical community than their heterosexual classmates are, according to...
Arkansas passes bill to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth – NBC News
The Arkansas Senate passed a bill Monday that would ban access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors, including reversible puberty blockers and hormones.The bill now heads to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a...
By the End of Summer, Arkansas Doctors Can Refuse to Treat LGBTQ Patients –...
If you are gay or trans in Arkansas, getting medical treatment may become much more difficult. Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law on Friday a bill giving medical providers discretion...
Internalized biphobia: Definition, examples, allyship, and more – Medical News Today
Anyone who is bisexual might experience biphobia, or monosexism, from others. Or, they might have internalized monosexism, which involves having negative thoughts about their own sexual orientation.A bisexual person has sexual...
Health-Care Access at Risk in High Court LGBT Foster Care Case – Bloomberg Law
The Supreme Court’s ruling in a fight over the city of Philadelphia’s refusal to continue contracting with a Catholic foster care agency that discriminates against same-sex couples could have a major...
Rachel Levine Is First Openly Transgender Official Confirmed by Senate – The New York...
Dr. Rachel Levine, President Biden’s pick to be assistant secretary for health, made history on Wednesday by becoming the first openly transgender person confirmed by the Senate to a federal position,...
Dr. Rachel Levine becomes first openly transgender person confirmed by Senate to federal post...
Dr. Rachel Levine’s confirmation to the Department of Health and Human Services by the Senate on Wednesday made her the first openly transgender federal official in the nation’s history.Levine, who previously...
How prevalent are mental health conditions among LGBT youth? – Medical News Today
Young people within LGBTQIA+ communities are more likely to experience challenges with their mental health. This is largely due to the oppression and discrimination they may encounter at school, at home,...
N.Y. Court of Appeals judge resigns for health reason – Times Union
ALBANY -- Court of Appeals Associate Judge Paul Feinman, known as "a champion of the LGBTQ community," tendered his immediate departure from the state’s highest court due to a health concern,...
LGBTQ+ people in Kenya urgently need mental health support – University of Michigan News
There’s an urgent need for culturally appropriate mental and physical health services for sexual and gender minorities in Kenya, says a University of Michigan researcher.“There’s still a lot of social stigma,...
Over 200000 Sign Up For ACA Plans As Biden’s Moves Bolster Health Law –...
As the Affordable Care Act approaches its 11th anniversary — a mark many thought it would never reach — news outlets look back at Republicans' efforts to repeal...
11 Years On, the Affordable Care Act Defies Opponents and Keeps Expanding – The...
WASHINGTON — More than 200,000 Americans flocked to the Affordable Care Act’s online marketplace to sign up for health insurance during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created...