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Judge OKs landmark class action settlement in LGBT fertility lawsuit
A federal judge approved a landmark class action settlement this week between Aetna and same-sex couples in New York who alleged the insurance…
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Biden funds first-of-Its-kind program for LGBT community
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a grant of up to $5 million to two psychologists who are pioneering an identity-affirming eating…
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Ex-New Orleans priest pleads guilty to rape and kidnapping
A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975…
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Libs of TikTok already kicked off new platform Bluesky
The far-right account Libs of TikTok has no place on Bluesky, at least if the account’s recent suspension is to be believed. After nine days of activity on…
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STIs drop among gay and bi men thanks to Doxy-PEP
Gay and bi men are taking health seriously, adopting the use of doxycycline as a “morning after” preventative against syphilis and other STIs. The result…
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Twice-yearly shot could end AIDS—but will It reach everyone?
It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. The twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing HIV infections…
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How big pharma’s practices hurt the fight against HIV
The year is 1998. While antiviral drugs to treat HIV had been approved a decade earlier, only five out of 33 million people who carried the virus were receiving the life-saving treatment. Nowhere was…