Health
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15 April 2013Comment: Is a community in crisis beginning to self care 8 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, David Stuart says he’s encouraged by signs the LGBT community is uniting to address key health challenges. -
14 April 2013California: Gay lawyer dies at 33 after contracting bacterial meningitis 29 Officials in Los Angeles are warning gay sexually active men about a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis, following the death of a gay man in West Hollywood. -
13 April 2013Canada: Parents start campaign to remove ‘high risk’ status for gay organ donors, after son’s death 9 A couple from Canada have started a petition to urge the government to change a federal law which classifies gay people as high-risk, when it comes to organ donation, following the death of their son. -
12 April 2013Northern Ireland: Health minister ordered to release gay blood ban advice 15 Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots has been ordered to release advice from the country’s attorney general, which he used to justify a lifetime ban on gay men giving blood. -
11 April 2013Video: Gay son of leading ‘conversion therapist’ talks about coming out to him 8 The gay son of one of the first therapists to write on "gay cure", therapy has spoken about about coming out, saying it was difficult, but that he managed to overcome the issue with his father. -
11 April 2013US: Neurosurgeon who linked equal marriage to bestiality pulls out of speaking at diploma ceremony 2 Dr Benjamin Carson, a neurosurgeon with Johns Hopkins University and a conservative speaker, has pulled out of appearing as commencement speaker at the school's diploma ceremony. -
11 April 2013Comment: A brave new world for GMFA 33 Matthew Hodson, head of programmes at gay men’s health charity GMFA writes for PinkNews.co.uk on how funding cuts poses a challenge to the charity's HIV prevention work. -
9 April 2013Sussex: Survey shows many LGBT residents feel isolated and equality undermined by austerity + A new survey shows the majority of LGBT people in East Sussex feel isolated and believe the government’s austerity policies are hindering moves towards equality. -
4 April 2013Sweden: Two MPs urge government to keep trans infertility requirement for gender reassignment 7 Two MPs in Sweden have written an argument against the country removing its requirement for transgender people to be "infertile" in order to receive gender reassignment surgery, saying it should keep the requirement, and claiming that many trans people don't want children. -
3 April 2013Italy: Scientist claims that vaccinating children makes them gay 29 An Italian scientist has voiced his opposition to vaccinations, claiming that through an "inhibition" of personality, they can make children "become" gay. -
3 April 2013US: Transgender father Thomas Beatie to challenge divorce ruling 6 A transgender man whose divorce request was rejected by an Arizona judge says he will continue with his legal fight. -
2 April 2013US: Appeals court to hear arguments around inmate gender reassignment case 2 The US Circuit Court of Appeals is to hear arguments around the case of a trans woman prisoner who was granted gender reassignment surgery as treatment for her gender dysphoria. -
2 April 2013NUT urges for sex education to be made statutory in order to tackle homophobic bullying 8 The government’s decision to maintain sex education as a non-statutory subject has been criticised by the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers. -
1 April 2013Rugby star Ben Cohen: Elton John made me get a hearing aid and ‘changed my life’ 13 Former England rugby player Ben Cohen has said that Elton John "changed his life" by convincing him to get a hearing aid, and said that Sir Elton does more charity work than people realise. -
30 March 2013US: Public consultation on hold while Medicare definition of gender reassignment as ‘experimental’ challenged 2 A consultation on US healthcare programmes covering gender reassignment surgery was quickly halted, with the Department of Health and Human Services saying they must first consider a challenge to Medicare's definition of the surgery as "experimental". -
28 March 2013Study: HIV remains biggest health concern for American gay and bisexual men 3 A study published in the US has shown HIV is the biggest health concern for gay and bisexual men. -
27 March 2013Proposed Kansas law could ‘quarantine’ people living with HIV and AIDS 13 A proposed Kansas law could lead, claim campaigners, to people living with HIV or AIDS to effectively being quarantined. -
27 March 2013UK: National AIDS Trust calls on London Councils to tackle drug use amongst gay men 7 The UK's National Aids Trust (NAT) has called for urgent action from councils in London to tackle a recent rise in the use of drugs amongst the London gay community. -
27 March 2013Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust comes top in Stonewall’s Healthcare Equality Index 1 Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been announced as the most lgbt-friendly healthcare organisation in England. -
25 March 2013Video: Ann Coulter discussion on ‘nanny state’ anti-smoking law derails into debate on gay saunas 24 Conservative commentator Ann Coulter made a Fox News appearance in which she attacked "nanny state" anti-smoking health laws by comparing them to the idea of creating anti-gay laws to combat HIV and AIDS.
