Health
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11 July 2008New guidelines on HIV and life insurance published + The Association of British Insurers has updated its consumer guide for gay men covering HIV and life insurance. -
8 July 2008COMMENT: Sex education leaves lesbians in the dark 1 More voices are being added to the call for more and better Sex and Relationship Education. -
7 July 2008INTERVIEW: A heartbeat away from the Mayor of London + Boris Johnson has quite a few deputies. -
4 July 2008New service for HIV+ people will make them “experts in their own condition” 1 Two of the UK's leading HIV and sexual health charities have joined forces to launch a new London health support service for people living with HIV. -
4 July 2008Transgender man gives birth to baby girl 1 Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but after a combination of surgery and hormones lives as a man, has given birth to a girl at a hospital in Oregon. -
2 July 2008Young men among groups most at risk from HIV infection 1 A new report has identified the groups of gay men that are at highest risk of HIV transmission in the UK and are targets for HIV prevention work. -
30 June 2008Gay blood ban is lawful, says Finnish official 1 The Finnish Red Cross policy of banning men who have sex with men from donating blood should not be considered unlawful. -
30 June 2008Final fundraising for out of hours sexual health clinic + Gay revellers will be asked to put their hand in their pocket to raise funds for the doctors, nurses and testing kits for the first year of the UK's only weekend and evening sexual health clinic at Pride London this Saturday. -
27 June 2008COMMENT: Genetic explanations of homosexuality are crude, simplistic and doomed to failure 4 A few years ago, Dr James Watson, the Noble Prize winner who co-discovered DNA, reopened the controversy over the so-called gay gene when he defended a woman's right to abortion. -
26 June 2008Sex addiction group for gay men launched 1 Next month sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust will launch a group for gay men addicted to sex. -
23 June 2008Net addicts skip meals and sex in favour of porn and games + The internet, one of wonders of the modern age, is in fact a place of sordid and unhealthy addiction, according to a leading psychiatrist. -
23 June 2008Australian man on trial for HIV infections + A 49-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges including infecting two people with HIV and attempting to infect 14 others between 2001 and 2006. -
21 June 2008COMMENT: “Gay brain” study makes sweeping generalisations 15 Many of you have probably read about the recent study that says the brain makeup of gay males is similar to that of straight women, and that holds true for gay women and straight men. -
21 June 2008HIV positive men more likely to have unsafe sex + A recent survey has revealed that HIV positive men who are aware of their diagnosis are more likely to have unprotected sex than men who are unaware of their status. -
20 June 2008Tory claims “sex change” surgery is a choice 5 A Conservative MP has claimed that gender reassignment is a "matter of choice." Mark Pritchard, who represents The Wrekin, expressed his view during Business Questions in the House of Commons yesterday. -
20 June 2008EU raises HIV ban with US homeland security chief 2 The European Commissioner for Justice has raised the issue of people with HIV being banned from entry into the US visa waiver programme with Michael Chertoff, US Secretary of Homeland Security. -
20 June 2008Report highlights Scotland’s “invisible” gay youth 1 Gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans youth in Scotland are neglected due to a lack of knowledge among professionals, a report claims. -
20 June 2008Ukrainian gay groups form union + Three leading gay and lesbian organisations in the Ukraine have formed the Union of Gay Organisations of Ukraine (UGOU). -
18 June 2008Groundbreaking survey accuses NHS of failing lesbian and bisexual women 2 The NHS has failed to provide adequate care and information for the lesbian and bisexual female community, a recent survey shows. -
18 June 2008New series exposes the level of drug use in London clubs + A New TV series called 'Wasted', which is due to air on Current TV next week, will expose the ways in which drugs and alcohol are used and abused by young people today.
