Adolescence can be tough for young people, but it can be especially hard for teenagers who aren’t straight. Our latest study reveals that lesbian, gay and bisexual young people (LGB or “sexual minority youth”) have about three times the risk of being depressed compared with their heterosexual peers.
he AIDS Healthcare Foundation has opened its first clinic in Central Florida, bringing another source of testing and care to the area, particularly for people with little or no health insurance. Local officials, including Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and City Council Commissioner Patty Sheehan, celebrated the clinic’s opening at a recent event and emphasized the region’s need for more HIV education and services.
The UK’s first mental health helpline offering emotional support and information to people who identify as transgender, non-binary or gender-fluid has been rolled out nationwide, with project leaders confident the pioneering scheme will become a permanent fixture as of early 2018. Mindline Trans+, co-run by local mental health charities Bristol Mind and Mind in Taunton and West Somerset, was expanded throughout the UK on August 1 after a successful six-month local pilot in southwest England.
As the scorching August sun sizzles Sacramento, Midtown’s LGBT center is cranking up the A/C and the hydration. Carlos Buchanan is drinking his first cup of clean water all day. “It’s very hard to find clean sources of water… we can’t just drink straight from the river because it makes almost everybody sick,” he said. He’s referring to the thousands of homeless youth he shares the streets with.
Although transgender people are at high risk for HIV infection, they reported testing for the virus at just over half the rate reported by gay and bisexual men in recent surveys. The wide disparity calls for enhanced outreach to transgender women and men, researchers wrote in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
A recent Reddit thread asks: “Bisexuals who have dated both men and women, what are some differences you’ve noticed?” And the responses are quite interesting. Let’s take a look and what people said… When it comes to sex, most bisexuals agree that it’s easier getting laid with the menfolk:
North Carolina Congresswoman Alma Adams held a press conference at Time Out Youth in Charlotte on Aug. 23 to announce her introduction of the Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act (YASHS) to the U.S. House of Representatives. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate by a team of co-sponsors including Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and seven others.
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