Courthouse News reports: Idaho Governor Brad Little Monday evening signed into law two bills that place new restrictions on transgender individuals in the state. The first of the two bills the Republican governor signed targets a transgender person’s ability to request a birth certificate change. Under the new law, transgender individuals will no longer be able(…)
Very few people have the breadth and depth of experience with infectious disease — scientific, activist, and personal — as Gregg Gonsalves. Gonsalves was a leading member of ACT UP, a militant activist group that played a vital role in waking the American public up to the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and ‘90s. An HIV-positive(…)
Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the LGBTQ highlights on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV. The series finale of The Magicians airs on Wednesday night. The fantasy show is ending on its fifth season, wrapping(…)
Three new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Sonoma County on Sunday, increasing the number of local cases to 58 as the virus continues to spread in the United States. Thirteen residents are being treated at area hospitals and 13 have recovered from the virus, the county reported Sunday. Demographic information about the patients, withheld(…)
The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund has prepared a free online guide, available in both English and Spanish, for transgender and non-binary individuals attempting to navigate life during the coronavirus pandemic. “A Know Your Rights Guide for Transgender People Navigating COVID-19,” which contains information that was accurate as of March 22, explores both trans-specific concerns and equity(…)
Organizers of the 2020 International AIDS Conference on Friday announced the event will be held virtually because of the coronavirus. The conference was scheduled to take place in San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., from July 6-10. International AIDS Society President Anton Pozniak and the conference’s two U.S. co-chairs, Cynthia Carey-Grant and Monica Gandhi, in a(…)
George “Skip” Panse, a member of the Gay Men’s Chorus in South Florida, was busy greeting members with a smile and a big hug three weeks ago. Last Wednesday, he died of complications caused by coronavirus. Panse has become a headline dreaded by all as the pandemic pelts the US. The nation has, within days, become(…)
An LGBT+ charity has said it has seen a huge increase in the number of calls to its helpline since the coronavirus pandemic started. The UK-based LGBT Foundation said the number of calls received over the last week was more than double the number received in the same period last year. Worryingly, the charity said countless LGBT+ people are(…)
More than 100 LGBTQ+ organizations have signed an open letter outlining the added risk the novel coronavirus poses on the LGBTQ+ community. Read letter below: As the spread of the novel coronavirus a.k.a. COVID-19 increases, many LGBTQ+ people are understandably concerned about how this virus may affect us and our communities. The undersigned want to(…)
Without causing alarm, we’d like you to know about a sexually transmitted infection (STI) you probably haven’t heard about but that we’re seeing in people who visit our sexual health clinic Magnet at San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Although the infection Mycoplasma genitalium itself isn’t new, awareness about and testing for this infection is recently on our radar.(…)
