This week, Tumblr announced that it would ban all adult content from its platform and said any user who was hurt by the decision could simply migrate to another site. But creators and readers alike don’t believe there’s another website that fosters the same kind of sex-positive spaces that Tumblr has. It’s as though Tumblr(…)
It’s been revealed that the Trump administration quietly shut down a study into a ‘cure’ for HIV in September. The study implanted human fetal tissue into mice in its quest to find effective new treatment for HIV. The human fetal tissue came from elective abortions. Although legal, anti-abortion groups oppose the research. According to a(…)
Grindr’s director of communications Landen Rafe Zumwalt has stepped down. (LandenRafe/Twitter) Grindr’s director of communications has resigned from his role, seemingly in response to the dating app’s president saying he believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. Landen Rafe Zumwalt, who is gay, published a post on Medium on December 7, explaining(…)
A 35-year-old transgender person was fatally shot on the East Side of Detroit. According to the Detroit Free Press, the unidentified person was found around 6 AM on Friday, 7 December. No other details about the victim have been released at this time. The body was found on E. McNichols Road, between Brush and Omira.(…)
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS is set to hold a meeting in March, even though the council still has no members nearly a year after President Trump terminated its remaining advisers without explanation. According to an entry from Department of Health & Human Services set for publication in the Federal Register on Friday, PACHA(…)
Facebook released a new set of community guidelines this week centered around ‘sexual solicitation’. The guidelines specifically harm LGBTI users, by disallowing them from discussing their identities. In justifying the new community guidelines, Facebook wrote in its policy rationale that the discussion of drawing ‘attention to sexual violence and exploitation’ is important, but it wants(…)
Due to work and influence from pro-life and conservative figures, the Trump administrationhas created uncertainty around the future of HIV research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a contract with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). The school’s work relies on using fetal tissue for research into diseases like AIDS and Parkinson’s. Now,(…)
Transgender Miss Universe contestant Angela Ponce has said that her victory would send a message to the contest’s former owner, US President Donald Trump. Angela Ponce is set to represent Spain in the Miss Universe 2018 pageant, which is set to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 17. Her participation is particularly poignant as the contest was(…)
Young black American gay and bisexual men are 16 times more likely to acquire HIV than white gay and bisexual men, according to a new study. Northwestern University found black 16-29-year-old men who have sex with men (MSM) are the most at risk of HIV. This is despite reporting fewer sexual partners, more frequent testing(…)
A university in New Jersey, USA, has decided that a Chick-fil-A restaurant will not be built on campus because of the chain’s anti-LGBT+ views. Students at Rider University reportedly voted for the Chick-fil-A branch as their top choice for a new food outlet on campus in a poll in spring. However, in an open letter(…)