It’s a chilly Saturday afternoon at Royal Docks in east London and Ben Hamilton-Rhys is barking orders. The cox’s rowing club, the London Otters, are holding a special regatta day to mark the finale to Rainbow Laces Week and although they haven’t yet hit the water… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
According to the CDC 1 in 2 black men who have sex with men (MSM) will be diagnosed with HIV in his lifetime. The are the community most affected by HIV—even within the black community, where MSM make up 58% of all diagnoses. But they are 60% less likely to be in treatment… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
Condoms can’t protect you from HIV,” says Vladislav Ivanov, a 34-year-old hotel worker from Rostov-on-Don. He is one of an estimated 1.5 million people in Russia living with HIV. And because he is not receiving treatment, he is at a high risk of passing on the virus… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
Scientists searching for the root of human sexuality studied identical twins, one of them straight and the other a lesbian, who grew up in the same environment. Sarah Nunn and Rosie Ablewhite, 29, present a mystery for researchers looking to identify genetic and environmental interactions… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
“If you could take a test that would tell if you would be alive in two years, would you take it?” That was the question Mark S. King said he had to ask himself in the early ’80s when friends and loved ones were dying of the “gay plague.” Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
Early in this decade, the state government of Indiana achieved a long-running goal among some conservative family-values crusaders and deficit hawks: It defunded Planned Parenthood. The ostensible purpose was to reduce the number of abortions, but because Planned Parenthood provides a wealth of health services, there were ancillary effects. Among them, southern Indiana lost its only HIV-testing site. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
LGBT youth are 120 percent more likely to experience homelessness than their heterosexual and cisgendered peers, according to a study released Thuursday. There are about 1.6 million homeless youth in the U.S., and they disproportionately identify as LGBT individuals. Less than ten percent of young people identify as LGBT… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
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