‘I wish someone would have told me’: Buckeye Ranch launches LGBTQ mental health campaign...
Andrew Levitt’s first exposure to mental health treatment was as a child, when his parents took him to see a therapist because they thought he might be gay.“The initial introduction wasn’t...
Elias: Dignity Health link to UC Health opens up Pandora’s Box of religious issues...
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...
Sex Ed For Queer Students: What School Health Class Left Out : Life Kit...
LILLY QUIROZ, HOST: A heads up - this episode is about sex and may not be for everyone. My name is Lilly Quiroz. I'm a producer...
Stigma, discrimination impede engagement in HIV prevention and treatment – News-Medical.Net
Stigma and discrimination, such as homophobia and racism, impede engagement in HIV prevention and use of biomedical tools for treatment in both HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay and bisexual men, according to...
Irish moves to ban LGBT ‘conversion therapy’ will help silence religion, critics warn –...
Officials at Ireland’s Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth are also preparing a paper on a “conversion therapy” ban and are working with the Department of Health. The ban...
Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert To Challenge Attorney General Rob Bonta For Job In...
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced on Monday that she is running for attorney general, challenging the recently appointed incumbent Rob Bonta.
Schubert made her official announcement while standing in...
Higher polyunsaturated fat consumption may decrease suicide risk – Healio
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Herrera named to lead troubled San Francisco public utility body – Bay Area Reporter,...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is putting her trust in City Attorney Dennis Herrera to turn around the city's scandal plagued public utility body. Monday she named the one-time mayoral candidate...
Competitive Central Brooklyn Council Race Splits City’s Left – Gotham Gazette
(l-r) Michael Hollingsworth & Crystal Hudson
With City Council Member Laurie Cumbo among the three dozen members of the 51-seat Council facing term limits this year, there is a competitive Democratic primary...
Elias: Dignity Health link to UC Health opens up Pandora’s Box of religious issues...
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...
Will Young says lockdown has been ‘amazing for someone with anxiety’ – Yahoo Canada...
Eat This, Not That!Dr. Fauci Clarifies if You'll Need Vaccine BoosterYou've got your COVID-19 vaccine, or are about to—but how long will that protection last? Will you need a booster shot?...
COVID-19 infection leads to discovery of more serious condition in Broward County man –...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – It’s hard to imagine that getting sick from COVID could actually be a blessing in disguise, but so it was for a Fort Lauderdale man who might...
Chad Blair: Marriage Equality Advocate Joins State Commission On Fatherhood – Honolulu Civil Beat
Seeking to diversify the membership of the Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood, House Speaker Scott Saiki sought input from people in the local LGBTQ community.
That led Saiki to give a call...
Political Notes: CA senators to take up nonbinary death certificates bill – Bay Area...
California senators will take up a bill allowing for the option of nonbinary as the gender identity on death certificates now that their Assembly colleagues have approved the legislation. It is...
The Best Syphilis Tests of 2021 – Healthline
We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission. Here’s our process.Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are...
Help Wanted: In pandemic, worry about finding summer workers – WNYT
"It's the 'Hunger Games' for these employers, fighting for getting these guest workers into the country while also trying everything they can to recruit domestically," said Brian Crawford, an executive vice...
U.S. to Send Virus-Ravaged India Materials for Vaccines – The New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration, under increasing pressure to address a devastating surge of the coronavirus in India, said on Sunday that it had removed impediments to the export of raw...
Teaser for doc featuring life of Chicago LGBTQ+ leaders Art and Pep – ReelChicago
By Reel Chicago Apr 25, 2021 Art Johnston and
José Pepe Peña
A teaser and website for the new film Art and Pep was just released, giving a first glimpse...
Originator of state law views it as 1-of-a-kind – Arkansas Online – Arkansas Online
Arkansas' law limiting transgender-affirming treatments for minors was crafted in the Natural State, not imported from elsewhere, its sponsors say.
Unlike the legislation addressing transgender athletes, which largely mirrors a 2020 Idaho...
LGBT+ Travellers: ‘A lot of the community are ignorant towards the trans issue’ –...
Gay Travellers are a minority within a minority. Ruby, who is trans, faces another level of prejudice Imagine a world where you live in fear, and with each waking hour...
‘I turned my scars into strength’: Victoria gets LGBTI homelessness support – The Age
Elvis Martin would have been spared months of pain if he had been supported by appropriate services when he was disowned by his family at 17 for being gay.The 25-year-old, who...
Flush With Vaccine, North Bay Health Officials Urge Stragglers to Take Their Shot –...
The New York TimesVaccines Made at Troubled Baltimore Plant Were Shipped to Canada and MexicoWASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday that it did not know that a Baltimore factory had...
Teen Mental Health Concerns – Yahoo News
Yahoo News Video'It's the Epstein effect': Maxwell family lawyer alleges mistreatment in jailAppearing before a judge in federal court for the first time on Friday, Ghislaine Maxwell plead not guilty to...
How Duke has changed me, for better and worse – Duke Chronicle
A few weeks ago, I posted a humorous TikTok about how my experience at Duke influenced my mental health, where I listed some of the negative aspects of life here: intense...
How Manchester’s drag queens are fighting mental health taboos – Manchester Evening News
It was only a couple of months ago that drag artist Cherry Valentine first graced our screens as a contestant on BBC Three’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. While...
After Arkansas passes its trans ban, parents and teens wonder: Should we stay? –...
Kris Vaughn’s great-grandparents were born in Arkansas, and she was raised on barbecue and the Razorbacks.But ever since Arkansas banned gender confirming treatments and surgery for minors, she spends most evenings...
US health officials lift suspension of Johnson & Johnson Covid jab – Yahoo News
The New York TimesVaccines Made at Troubled Baltimore Plant Were Shipped to Canada and MexicoWASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday that it did not know that a Baltimore factory had...
AstraZeneca Vaccines Made at Troubled Baltimore Plant Were Shipped to Canada and Mexico –...
“We have confirmed that the doses received from the United States a number of weeks ago are not, have not been subjected to the challenges that have come up currently in...
New research on smoke health risks as climate change fuels wildfires – Yahoo News
There are growing concerns about the health impacts of wildfire smoke as California faces larger and more devastating blazes. NBC News’ Steve Patterson goes inside Stanford’s Allergy & Asthma Lab, where...
Business notes: T-Mobile expanding home internet rollout in WV – Charleston Gazette-Mail
What began as a pilot program has resulted in the Mountain State receiving another internet provider.T-Mobile Home Internet launched in West Virginia on April 7 as part of a national...
Recovery Incentives Act, confronting the Meth and Overdose crisis, passes state Senate Health Committee...
California Capitol Building (Blade file photo)
SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s legislation, Senate Bill 110, passed the Senate Health Committee with a bipartisan vote of 10-0. This legislation will address...
New York programs for veterans, as recommended by a veteran – Spectrum News NY1
President Joe Biden has set a deadline of September 11 — the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks — for full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.This means thousands of soldiers who have been...
AIDS Activist John James Sets His Sights on COVID-19 – The Atlantic
With the coronavirus pandemic, James sees treatments slipping under the radar once again. While the federal government poured $18.5 billion into vaccine research, only about $8.2 billion went to treatments. One...
An Emerging Public Health Crisis | Pittwire | University of Pittsburgh – UPJ Athletics
The current coronavirus pandemic isn’t the only public health crisis afoot, according to Daniel Jacobson López, a postdoctoral associate in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health.López says more than...
Fellas, Is It Gay To Be Immune From A Deadly Virus? – Refinery29
Research from last month found that white Republican men are the largest anti-vax group in the country, with 49% of those surveyed saying that they will not get the vaccine. But...