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Red Cross bans transgender people from donating blood in Belgium
“They are not completely male, not entirely female. How should we define that? That must be certain.”
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Are you more likely to be gay if you’re left handed?
There has always heard a lot of folklore surrounding LGBTQ people. A new study sheds some light on these tales and finds there may be some truth to them after all.
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The key to queer youth health & happiness is a supportive family
Researchers are showing even the most misguided parents how to become their children’s allies.
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Anti-LGBTQ Christian hate group cheers as Trump administration shuts down HIV cure research
Scientists said that this will harm research on a variety of diseases, while the religious right said it was ending “checks for baby body parts.”
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An HIV+ man was refused service at a barbershop. He just won $75,000 in damages.
The owner said that he would lose his “celebrity clientele” if he cut an HIV+ man’s hair.
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The stereotype that LGBTQ people walk faster than straights has an unexpected benefit
Perhaps all those clichés about all of us walking faster than straights can mean healthy benefits after all.
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You see more men in HIV studies & trials. But what about women?
While one in four women are living with HIV, they are disproportionately represented in studies.
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Gay & bi men are catching gonorrhea from kissing other guys
The highest rates of the disease were among those who had kissed at least four other men – whether or not they had sex.
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I left my hospital bed to speak at an HIV event. Why did I do it?!?
Am I an idiot or an empowered patient?
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Political debates over LGBTQ rights dramatically increase bullying rates in local schools
Bullying rates spiked so high while California debated an anti-marriage equality amendment, it became obvious even the straight kids were getting bullied because they might be gay.
