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UNAIDS calls out homophobic & racist coverage of monkeypox
“Monkeypox is not a gay disease and neither are any other infectious diseases.”
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Starbucks to pay travel costs for trans employees getting gender-affirming care
Starbucks isn’t the only employer helping people travel to get abortions or gender-affirming care as states attack the right to health care access.
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Doctors plan to transplant uterus into a transgender woman so she can give birth
While uterus transplants have been successful with cisgender women, it has not been for trans women.
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Biden admin calls for program to help provide more gender-affirming care for trans people with HIV
The call comes as part of the Department of Health & Human Services celebration of the Affordable Care Act’s 12th anniversary.
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Nursing home rejects transgender elder & after years of discrimination she wants justice
It’s the first time a transgender person has filed a discrimination complaint against a long-term care facility.
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Conversion therapy is costing the United States billions of dollars every year
About 10 percent of LGBTQ people will undergo some form of sexual orientation or gender identity change effort, typically as a youth.
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New study shows the surprising reason gay men excel at school more than straight men
Toxic masculinity contributes to the bullying of gay male students, but also plays a factor in their academic success.
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Researchers say the first woman may have been cured of HIV
It has been 14 months since she has received HIV treatment, and the virus has not returned
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HIV is now diagnosed more often in straight people than gay & bisexual men
In England, 49% of new HIV cases were diagnosed in heterosexuals in 2020, while 45% were diagnosed in gay and bisexual men.
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America is well on its way to a million COVID deaths. That’s the worst of any wealthy nation.
Thanks to the politicization of the vaccine, the U.S. has become the poster child on how to squander advantages and make the pandemic worse.
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Moderna officially begins Phase 1 trial of experimental HIV vaccine
The experimental vaccine uses the same groundbreaking mRNA technology that both Moderna and Pfizer utilized to create their Covid-19 vaccines.
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France ends ban on gay & bisexual male blood donors
“We are putting an end to an inequality that is no longer justified,” said Health Minister Olivier Véran.
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Two chemicals in marijuana could help prevent COVID-19, but there’s a catch
This could be good news for the estimated 37.6 percent of the adult LGBTQ population that uses cannabis.
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California becomes first state to require insurance to cover the cost of at-home STD tests
Another new California law requires primary care providers to offer patients hepatitis B and C testing.
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How a music video about a gay teen may have saved hundreds of lives
Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” may have gotten more people in crisis to call for help and saved lives.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci optimistic about experimental HIV vaccine that uses COVID vaccine technology
The mRNA vaccine was just found to be effective at preventing HIV in early trials on monkeys.
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Hormone therapy lowers suicide risk for transgender young people
Gender affirming hormones reduce suicide attempts by 40% among trans teens who want them.
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Breast radiologists overwhelmingly lack LGBTQ competency. This hurts trans patients the most.
Of those surveyed, 70% said they either had no LGBTQ competency training or else were unsure about it.
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Democrats introduce bill to remove insurance barriers for HIV prevention medicine
PrEP is 99% effective at preventing HIV transmission. This bill would stop insurance companies from requiring prior authorization to take it.
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Untreated HIV may have led to new Omicron variant of COVID-19
Several top scientists say that COVID-19 mutates much more quickly in the body of someone with untreated HIV, suggesting that both pandemics need to be tackled together.
