The City of Vancouver will soon decide whether or not to ban anti-queer conversion therapy, as recommended by its LGBT advisory committee. The recommendation strongly condemns “pseudoscientific practices” that attempt to ‘cure’ LGBT people, and cites a report from the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization that says such practices… Read the full article HERE.
Sexual health care Planned Parenthood is offering hormone therapy to transgender people in more states. The non-profit healthcare provider has long been a bogeyman for Republicans because it gives women access to contraception, tools for safe sex and access to abortion. Read the full article HERE.
The situation for people with HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico remains precarious three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Anselmo Fonseca of Pacientes de Sida Pro Política Sana, an HIV/AIDS service organization that is based in the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan, told the Washington Blade last week during a conference call that Maria flooded the office in which he and his colleagues worked… Read the full article HERE.
Italian university students were shocked to reveal their maths professor was a gay porn star. Ruggero Freddi, previously known as Carlos Masi, teaches at La Sapienza University, in Rome, but in a previous life he played a very different role. Mr Freddi left his native Italy for the US where he made a career in the adult film industry, starring in titles including ‘Big N Plenty’ and ‘Man Country’. Read the full article .
Everyone deserves excellent non-biased, non-judgmental, LGBT-affirming care. Seeing practitioners who are part of the LGBT community can heighten the relationship and improve outcomes. We can all maximize our health care by understanding our own personal needs and desires, with constant reevaluation and reassessment. Read the full article HERE.
Here are 5 New Year’s Resolutions That Will Help You and Help the LGBTQ Community. Replace the traditional New Year’s resolutions that you probably won’t keep—I know how hard it is to stick to an everyday gym routine when it’s arctic degrees outside—with something more meaningful, like committing to ways to be a better queer. Here’s a shortlist to get you started. Read the full article HERE.
Government plans in Malaysia to set up a conversion therapy course aimed at transgender women have sparked outrage. LGBT activists in the country have slammed the proposed course, which is being organised after a survey of the transgender population by Malaysian authorities. White participation in the course would be voluntary, transgender activist Nisha Ayub said the course would only deepen the community’s isolation. Read the full article HERE.
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