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LGBT youth shelter refuses to shut down during the pandemic.

The Ali Forney Center, the New York-based LGBTQ community center, released a statement in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. New York State has more cases than anywhere else in the country with 524 as of today – including its first…

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PrEP to be fully rolled out in England in the coming months.

The Department of Health will fully fund a roll out of anti-retroviral drug Pre-exposure prophylaxis, more commonly referred to as PrEP, in England, reports Buzzfeed. The drug, if taken consistently by HIV-negative people, can help to dramatically reduce the risk…

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Coronavirus is stopping churches performing conversion therapy.

A pro-conversion therapy church in the United States has been forced to cancel “faith healing” visits to hospitals because of the coronavirus. The Northern Californian Bethel Church, which believes that they can heal the sick through prayer, has issued guidance…

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Trump wants to write LGBT people out of human rights law.

Human rights groups are suing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Department of State over concerns that the Trump administration is taking steps to remove LGBTQ people from human rights law. Last July, Pompeo announced the creation of the…

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No, masturbation won’t stop you from catching coronavirus.

Everyone is looking for ways to protect themselves from the coronavirus pandemic right now, whether that’s by using hand sanitiser, face masks or… other methods. One of those “other methods” is masturbation. While a number of studies have suggested that…