Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with bloggers Liz Margolies and Scout, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness, visit our page dedicated to the topic here.
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3 Days of PrEP
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Researchers are excited to report a major breakthrough in HIV research: studies with on demand or short term PrEP are encouraging and it appears to be effective at stopping transmission of HIV.
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Let Us Pray For Health
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It’s true that anti-LGBT religious leaders perpetuate stigma and that affects our health. Which is why when a Southern Baptist Leader denounces "ex-gay" therapies, a prominent evangelical comes out as an ally, and our friend Caitlin Ryan, head of Family Acceptance Project is presenting at a Catholic Conference, we say praise the lord.
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LGBT youth rising
LGBT youth are center stage this week. New research shows that LGBT young women have some of the worse health outcomes in our communities, another shows how bullying slows academic progress of LGBT youth; and we see how schools that take LGBT bullying seriously can stop it. And kudos to MOASH,a Michigan adolescent sexual health group who won federal funding to organize the gay straight alliances in the state.
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Asexual Awareness
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We’re happy to celebrate Asexual Awareness week with a couple upcoming events in the Boston area, and this list of asexuality related blogs and Tumblrs.
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Can You Spare A Job?
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A large study of black men who have sex with men explores why HIV rates are stubbornly higher in this community. While almost half of both the infected and non-infected groups were poor, expressed depressive symptoms and internalized homophobia -- the HIV+ men were more likely to be unemployed.
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Is Permission To Transition Discrimination?
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While gender reassignment care is more commonly covered among insurance providers, academics have questioned if referring a trans person to a mental health provider to OK transition is a form of discrimination. Their verdict? No, it’s responsible care.
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Disparities In Health Disparity Research
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The American Academy of Medical Colleges and Academy Health reviewed National Institutes of Health disparity research and found that Native Americans, disabled people and LGBT people were less likely to get funder and researcher attention.