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News (USA)
Pence continues campaign as staff come down with COVID. White House says he’s an “essential worker.”
Is he staying on the campaign trail because even his home state of Indiana is in play?
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Health and Wellness
High school kids are skewing surveys on queer health by claiming they’re gay
Young “trolls” are skewing scientific surveys by claiming to be LGBTQ, incredibly tall, voracious eaters, and toothless.
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Health and Wellness
America has the highest rate of STDs in the industrialized world now
More Americans have an STD than any other time in the country’s history.
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Health and Wellness
Financial barriers still keep lesbian, gay & bisexual patients from medical treatment
Approximately 16.4% of gay, lesbian or bisexual adults avoided medical care based on financial hardship, compared to only 14.2% of straight adults.
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Health and Wellness
Queer youth have higher chance of obesity & diabetes according to new study
Stress may be a large factor.
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Health and Wellness
CDC wants to study link between insurance standards & HIV infection, but will White House say yes?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking approval for a study centering on Hispanic and black men who have sex with men and transgender women.
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LGBTQ History
Pride in Pictures 1999: Making sex safer
Outreach becomes an important player in Pride.
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News (USA)
Alarming data show increased suicide risks among LGBTQ youth
For teens through college freshmen, LGBTQ students show significant higher risks for suicidal thoughts and actions
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News (USA)
Longtime AIDS researcher may be Trump’s pick to lead the CDC
Dr. Robert Redfield has decades of HIV experience… but he’s also had controversies.
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Health and Wellness
CDC: We’re not getting PrEP to the men who need it
Gay men with HIV are also 8 times more likely also to be diagnosed with syphilis, the CDC reports.