Health
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14 August 2008Expert claims old blood is riskier than blood donated by gay men + An expert witness in the Anti Discrimination Tribunal regarding gay blood donation in Tasmania claims that blood over 14 days old is far more dangerous than blood from gay donors. -
13 August 2008Under 1% of HIV spending focused on gay men 3 Less than 1% of HIV/AIDS prevention spending targets gay and bisexual men worldwide. -
13 August 2008Scientists say Red Cross blood ban case ‘a straw man’ + Two bio-ethicists today gave evidence at the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal investigating gay blood donation in Tasmania. -
12 August 2008Vauxhall event aims to raise drug awareness 1 Barcode nightclub is set to host Drug Idle, an evening of debate and discussion around recreational drug use. -
12 August 2008HIV/AIDS expert compares Australian gay blood ban to racism 1 The director of Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria has likened the Australian Red Cross ban on gay blood donations to racist discrimination. -
10 August 2008Multimillionaire gay dads face investigation into failed business, newspaper claims + The multimillionaire gay couple who hit the headlines five years ago with their "designer" family are under the media spotlight again. -
8 August 2008UN’s 2010 AIDS goal may not be reached + The United Nations' goal of achieving "universal access" to anti-HIV drugs and care by 2010 is unlikely to be reached. -
8 August 2008India’s health minister calls for decriminalisation of homosexuality + A leading Cabinet minister in India has said that laws that criminalise gay sex should be overturned. -
8 August 2008Gay blood donors would bring “infection and death” claims Red Cross 2 Gay activists have accused the Red Cross of scare tactics on the first day of a hearing into Australia's gay blood ban in Hobart yesterday.
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7 August 2008Government considers controls on club drug GBL 1 The Home Office has announced that may make a drug which has become popular on the gay club curcuit a controlled substance. -
6 August 2008AIDS charity seeks HIV+ gay and bisexual men for workplace research + The National AIDS Trust has commissioned an independent research project to find out more about the experience of living with HIV and employment. -
6 August 2008MTV and MySpace join forces to promote HIV awareness + MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and MySpace have announced the launch of Untold Stories, an interactive story-writing competition. -
5 August 2008Bill Clinton: AIDS is “a very big dragon” but it can be slain + Former US President Bill Clinton said nations fighting AIDS need to reform their health care systems to reach high-risk groups neglected during the past quarter of a century. -
4 August 2008US HIV infection rate 40% higher than estimated + A new study conducted for America's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the annual infection rate for HIV is 40% higher than previously estimated.
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1 August 2008Plans for Soho’s ‘one stop shop’ for LGBT community move forward 2 Plans for a LGBT centre offering health and social care services, business support and an exhibition space in Soho are moving forward. -
1 August 2008French gays concerned about new database that records sexual orientation 1 The creation of a new French database, EDVIGE, is proving to be highly controversial. -
31 July 2008Gay Congressman pushes for cannabis decriminalisation + Openly gay United States Congressman Barney Frank announced a proposal yesterday to make it legal for pot smokers to light up. -
31 July 2008US HIV travel ban lifted as Bush signs new AIDS bill 10 US President Bush has signed a new law lifting a ban on HIV positive people from entering the United States and signed new legislation to fight Aids in the developing world. -
31 July 2008Transsexual gene identified by scientists + A gene variant has been identified that could explain female-to-male transexuality. -
30 July 2008Gay man re-elected chair of Royal College of Nursing Congress + The world's largest trade union for nurses, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), has re-elected a gay man as the Chair of the RCN's Annual Congress for a further two years.
