The subject of condoms in porn can elicit giggles. People are embarrassed to admit they consume porn and by and large don't want to think about the consequences to the performers who they are watching. However, safety in porn is an important issue.
 
The knee jerk reaction of some...

Co-written by Elizabeth McLendon

At a town hall meeting in South Carolina this past Tuesday, November 29th, AIDS activist Elizabeth McLendon asked Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich a question about how AIDS funding should be prioritized in this country, specifically focusing efforts to provide HIV drug treatment to those who...

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Umlazi, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA (June 2010) In the last ten days traveling from Los Angeles to South Africa through Amsterdam I have crossed dozens of borders. Whether driving across the border in a car or flying over them in a plane, crossing borders is a commonplace modern reality. When I...

Among the many vital health issues not addressed by healthcare reform is the state of our sexual health. There are 19 million new sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections in the United States each year according to the Centers for Disease Control. What does our government spend to prevent...

Anyone who has watched someone die a lingering, painful death knows what a gift death can be. Yet in the healthcare debate that just concluded, nothing meaningful was done to address our obsession with keeping people alive past the point where they have any reasonable quality of life. The modest...

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