Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis is a fantastic opportunity -- as resource in the ever growing tool box of HIV prevention.
For the record, Dave Agema was not debating. He was spreading lies and distortions derived from bad sources. With free speech comes responsibilities and the main responsibility is the hope that one doesn't use his or her free speech to spread lies and deceptions.
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Gay and lesbian couples living together report poorer health than straight married cou...
Asking about sexual orientation and gender identity in clinical settings is critical. If we want to better understand LGBT health disparities and reduce them, we must know who LGBT patients are and how to best meet their health needs.
Note: This holiday season, in lieu of a traditional holiday gift guide, we'll be featuring a different LGBT organization each day for our "30 Days Of ...
Thirty years into the epidemic the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS has greatly diminished, especially in big cities and in areas such as Palm Springs and its environs. Nevertheless, there undeniably still exists a dividing line between the pluses and the minuses.
The Global Men's Health and Rights (GMHR) survey focuses on factors that affect the health of MSM around the world, including discrimination, access to services, and criminalization of homosexuality. The survey also assesses factors that promote resilience and well-being.
We have compiled a directory of over 400 LGBT-friendly, free or low-cost cancer screening facilities across the country. They have just been uploaded to our website. Our database covers colonoscopies, prostate cancer screening, anal pap smears, cervical paps, and mammograms.
I recently found myself in Philadelphia attending, of all things, a White House Conference on LGBT Health. It slowly dawned on me that this event alone does wonders to send a flag hither and yon that LGBT health is no longer a fringe issue.
This slideshow includes images from some of our most iconic public health campaigns over our 30-year history. It is a powerful reminder of how far we've come, and that we still have a lot of work to do in realizing the day when HIV is no more.
The ground-breaking decision to collect and monitor health behaviors and outcomes based on sexual orientation and gender-identity will allow for a better understanding of the overall health of the LGBT communities. This is a big step forward.
For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations will be included in the National Health Interview Survey -- one of the key sour...
Today, too often the response to AIDS is a shrug of the shoulders and a "Isn't that over now?" or "But what can I do?" Dismissed as "AIDS fatigue," it is left to others to deal with. Well, time to get over it.
Despite many significant biomedical advances, we now enter the fourth decade of AIDS with a largely unabated crisis still on our hands.
We keep hearing that the AIDS crisis is over. Well, I am here to tell you it is not. There is much more to be done.
The picture of LGBT health is far from complete, and without it, policy makers still cannot draft health care policies that account for the full range of challenges we face. But we at least now have the beginning of a roadmap.
