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4 March 2013
US: Doctors find ‘functional cure’ for child born with HIV 10 A baby born with HIV has effectively been cured of the virus through early drug treatment, American researchers have revealed, in the first documented case of its kind.
1 March 2013
US: Oscar-nominated AIDS documentary to be made into TV series + A documentary about the AIDS epidemic which was nominated for an Oscar this year, is set to be turned into a miniseries on the American TV network ABC.
25 February 2013
Sir Elton John’s son Zachary guest of honour at HIV/AIDS celebrity fundraiser 1 Sir Elton John and David Furnish welcomed some of Hollywood's biggest names to their 21st Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party last night – but it was the couple’s two-year-old son who was the guest of honour.
20 February 2013
US: Hepatitis C in HIV positive gay men at an all-time high 6 Researchers at the Fenway Institute in Boston have discovered hepatitis C among HIV positive gay men in the US is at an all-time high.
20 February 2013
UK: Equalities minister writes to Iain Duncan Smith after HIV positive man left feeling ‘ashamed’ at job centre 64 Equalities Minister Helen Grant has written to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith after a gay HIV positive man in her Maidstone constituency was left humiliated by staff at a job centre.
19 February 2013
Israel: HIV cases among gay men up 55% since 2005 3 Figure show the number of gay men become HIV-positive in Israel has increased by 55% since 2005.
16 February 2013
UK: Lack of condom use blamed for rising HIV cases in gay men 299 A fall in the number of gay and bisexual men using condoms over the past 20 years is responsible for a rise in HIV cases among the group, health experts have said.
15 February 2013
Comment: No one should ever feel like they need to go back into the closet when it comes to receiving care 9 Roger Newman MBE, co-founder of the LGBT support group of the Alzheimer’s Society, writes for PinkNews.co.uk about some of the key difficulties that LGBT people face when entering the care system.
15 February 2013
US: Sex education bill to recognise LGBT students and reject ‘gender stereotypes’ 1 A new sex eduction bill introduced in the US on Thursday would provide five year grants to programs rejecting gender stereotypes and embracing LGBT students.
13 February 2013
Facebook remove ‘Bareback’ sex page after it receives more than 20,000 likes 32 Facebook have removed a page devoted to the practice of unprotected sex between consenting male partners, otherwise known as ‘barebacking’, after it received more than 20,000 likes.
12 February 2013
Terrence Higgins Trust launches extensive online trans health service + UK HIV and sexual health charity, the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), announces its launch of a new health and wellbeing advice service for transgender people.
11 February 2013
Comment: Good riddance to the bigoted Pope Benedict XVI 58 Following his decision to step down, Balaji Ravichandran assess Pope Benedict XVI's legacy of intolerance in an article for PinkNews.
11 February 2013
Analysis: Who is the favourite to succeed Pope Benedict XVI? 26 Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson is a strong contender to become the next Pope – but would he be less of a homophobe than the current incumbent?
6 February 2013
Study: Gay Mexican men would change lifestyle to reduce HIV risk for $288 a year 1 A study in Mexico has attempted to put an exact price on how much gay and bisexual men would have to be paid to change behaviours that put them at high risk of HIV.
6 February 2013
Terrence Higgins Trust: ‘Update your status’ regularly to protect yourself and others from HIV 55 The Terrence Higgins Trust are launching a campaign to reduce the amount of time people wait to get checked for HIV infection.
4 February 2013
Gaydar and Grindr remove dangerous ‘cool gene’ HIV immunity advert 11 An advert that appeared on Grindr and Gaydar and other dating sites and apps which promoted misleading advice about HIV has now been removed.
1 February 2013
Shayne Ward strips off for Attitude magazine’s annual naked issue 31 Singer and former X Factor winner Shayne Ward has stripped off for Attitude magazine’s annual naked issue.
1 February 2013
‘Closeted gay’ former New York Mayor Ed Koch dies aged 88 9 Ed Koch, the outspoken former mayor of New York City, who famously refused to discuss his sexuality with reporters, has died of congestive heart failure aged 88.
1 February 2013
UK: Health experts blame ‘a return of risky sexual practices’ for rising HIV cases in gay men 173 Huge improvements in treating and testing for HIV have failed to curb infections among gay and bisexual men, scientists, writing in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, have suggested, with a return of risky sexual practices.
30 January 2013
UK: Terrence Higgins Trust launches postal HIV home sampling kits 30 Terrence Higgins Trust and the Health Protection Agency are co-launching a pilot project that will allow gay and bisexual men to access HIV home sampling kits by post.

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