The U.S. Senate last week approved three of President Trump’s picks for the judiciary — each of whom have anti-LGBT records — and in some cases the judges were confirmed from Senate Republicans who say they support LGBT rights. The Senate confirmed Allison Jones Rushing of North Carolina to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the(…)
For those of us in the LGBTQ community in the US who have recently been looking North enviously at the positive and refreshing liberating leadership of PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU may be shocked to discover that there is also long history of oppression that the Canadian authorities rigidly imposed on anyone suspected of being gay. Particularly on those(…)
The uptake of HIV-preventing PrEP drugs by gay and bisexual men faces a huge racial disparity in the US, experts have warned. The news comes from research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which was presented at an HIV conference on Friday (March 8). PrEP use faces ‘huge disparity’ between ethnicities The research presented by the(…)
County officials are working to bring programs to help businesses get back on their feet. State and Federal officials are still working to determine Federal Disaster status that will unlock FEMA support. The Local Assistance Center set up at the Bank of America Building in Guerneville will be open from 9-6 through next weekend –(…)
The new president of Chile’s upper house of parliament, the Senate, has promised to pass an equal marriage bill this legislative year. ‘Chile is in full cultural change, [and] demands wider freedoms and rights’ Jaime Quintana, who will take office on Tuesday [12 March] wrote on Twitter. ‘There is no doubt’ Quintana wrote, the Senate(…)
The battle to open New York City’s first affordable LGBTI senior home is on, as some New Yorkers are attempting to block the plans. While queer pensioners will soon have access to homes in Brooklyn and the Bronx, Manhattan might be awhile coming, the Daily Beast reported. Haven Green would comprise 123 studio apartments. The home would require a razing(…)
35 percent of gay and bisexual men in the US who are considered at “high risk” of contracting HIV took PrEP in 2017, according to new research. PrEP – or pre-exposure prophylaxis – is taken by people who do not have HIV, but who may be at risk of contracting the infection. The medication significantly(…)
News the “London patient” has become the second-person ever found in remission of HIV has been hailed as a medical triumph, but new developments with pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, could mark additional steps in combatting the disease. In the works for potential approval in the next couple of years is medicine based on PrEP, but for(…)
A transgender woman who is running to be prime minister of Thailand has said she is ready to take the role – but wonders if the people are ready to accept a transgender candidate. Pauline Ngarmpring transitioned at the age of 49, and has said she is “comfortable” and has “nothing to hide” ahead of(…)
A coalition of 161 major businesses —including Apple, Coca-Cola and Target Corp. — has formed to urge Congress to ban anti-LGBT discrimination with passage of the Equality Act, the Human Rights Campaign announced Friday. The initiative, known as the Business Coalition for the Equality Act, was first launched in 2016 with 60 members, but now includes(…)
