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Risky gay sex practices feuling big increase in HIV
Pink Paper (U.K.), Posted: 9/8/2010, 7:12 AM
QUICK LOOK: New research carried out by Belgium's Ghent University suggests that risky sexual behaviour in gay men is fuelling the rise of HIV. The findings by Belgian scientists... (MORE)

In rare move, China to hear HIV discrimination case
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/31/2010, 8:32 PM
QUICK LOOK: A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday. The China... (MORE)

Calif. bill to repeal gay 'cure' heads to governor's desk
GLT News Now, Posted: 8/26/2010, 11:48 AM
QUICK LOOK: With the courts still reverberating from the fallout of his gay marriage veto, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now has a chance to bind old wounds by signing a law that strips... (MORE)
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Meth use among young gay men remains pervasive
Seattle Times, Posted: 8/26/2010, 11:30 AM
QUICK LOOK: Jordan Duran sat down to coffee downstairs from his office at Gay City Health Project on Capitol Hill. His calm presence and sweet smile reveal little of the horror this... (MORE)
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Parents of gay children suffer from 'courtesy stigma'
Psychology Today, Posted: 8/15/2010, 9:40 PM
QUICK LOOK: When parents learn they have a gay or lesbian child, they very quickly realize they are now living in a world that stigmatizes not only their children but also themselves... (MORE)
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Indiana hospital refuses to treat transgender woman
Edge Boston, Posted: 8/12/2010, 12:29 PM
QUICK LOOK: When Erin Vaught went to Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Ind., last month, she was coughing up blood and seeking treatment for a lung condition. After reportedly facing... (MORE)
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Higher viral load suggests lagging HIV drug treatment
Gay City News, Posted: 8/4/2010, 2:38 PM
QUICK LOOK: Data from the New York City health department suggest that new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men continue at a very high rate and that efforts to have more seropositive... (MORE)

East Indiana Star Press, Posted: 8/2/2010, 4:51 PM
QUICK LOOK: Erin Vaught went to the emergency room at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Ind., on July 18 expecting treatment for a lung condition that was causing her to cough up blood. What she got, she says,... (MORE)

Study: homosexuality linked with childhood trauma
Posted: 7/31/2010, 4:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: A recent Otago University study has found that homosexual or bisexual individuals are more likely to have undergone a variety of of traumas in childhood, including sexual... (MORE)
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Anti-gay counseling students challenge rights laws
Washington Post, Posted: 7/30/2010, 7:34 AM
QUICK LOOK: In a pair of recent court cases, a university's interest in enforcing anti-bias rules collides with the rights of individual students to follow their Christian beliefs... (MORE)
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Miami ranks first in HIV incidence among U.S. cities
South Florida Gay News, Posted: 7/26/2010, 10:19 AM
QUICK LOOK: According to data released recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Miami metropolitan area ranks No. 1 in the nation in AIDS case rates... (MORE)

Gay men on HIV meds don't engage in riskier sex
Bloomberg News Service, Posted: 7/25/2010, 10:10 PM
QUICK LOOK: Gay and bisexual men didn’t have riskier sex or suffer serious side effects while using Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Viread in a study of whether taking pills to prevent HIV... (MORE)

Circumcision is unlikely to protect gay men from HIV
AIDSmeds.com, Posted: 7/25/2010, 10:05 AM
QUICK LOOK: Circumcising men who have sex with men (MSM) is likely to have a negligible effect on the rate of new HIV cases in the United States, according to a survey conducted... (MORE)

AIDSmap, Posted: 7/24/2010, 10:02 PM
QUICK LOOK: The first data from new systems of detecting recent HIV infection in the UK have shown that among those diagnosed, one in six gay men were infected in the past few months, whereas only one in 16 heterosexuals... (MORE)

Three men reflect on 30 years living with HIV/AIDS
CNN, Posted: 7/24/2010, 12:54 PM
QUICK LOOK: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first warning about a rare pneumonia called pneumocystis circulating among a small group of young gay men... (MORE)

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Police criticized for outing gay HIV infection suspect
CANOE, Posted: 7/24/2010, 11:14 AM
QUICK LOOK: Ottawa police endangered the queer community by identifying a man they allege knowingly infected other men with HIV, gay advocates said Friday. "This case should have... (MORE)

HIV researchers starting to use that 'C' word again
ABC News, Posted: 7/24/2010, 9:35 AM
QUICK LOOK: WATCH: For years, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) researchers have shied away from the whole notion of a cure, largely because evidence showed the virus can persist... (MORE)

Ariz. judge blocks draconian D.P. health insurance ban
Arizona Republic, Posted: 7/24/2010, 9:28 AM
QUICK LOOK: A federal judge has blocked Arizona from denying family health insurance to employees' same-sex partners, saying the state violated the equal-protection clause of the... (MORE)
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U.S. News & World Report, Posted: 7/22/2010, 2:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: Gay and bisexual men who were victims of sexual abuse and social shaming as children are more likely to have psychosocial health problems that could put them at greater risk for HIV infection, a new... (MORE)

AIDS groups call for 'renaissance' in hunt for vaccine
Reuters-U.K., Posted: 7/21/2010, 2:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: Scientists searching for the Holy Grail of a vaccine against the incurable AIDS virus say recent encouraging steps should now galvanize efforts to use limited funds in... (MORE)





More than 5 million now on AIDS drugs worldwide
The Independent Online (South Africa), Posted: 7/19/2010, 5:35 PM
QUICK LOOK: Drugs to repress the virus that causes Aids reached 1.2-million more people last year, bringing the total to 5.2-million, the World Health Organisation said on Monday... (MORE)

Anti-gay abuses undermine fight against HIV/AIDS
Globe & Mail (Canada), Posted: 7/19/2010, 3:24 PM
QUICK LOOK: The ongoing persecution and criminalization of high-risk groups such as homosexual men and intravenous drug users, coupled with a glaring lack of gender equality in large... (MORE)

HIV tests advised for World Cup fans returning home
BBC, Posted: 7/19/2010, 1:46 PM
QUICK LOOK: Doctors are advising football fans who went to the World Cup in South Africa to check their HIV status if they had unprotected sex on their trip. Up to 25,000 England... (MORE)
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Anna Nicole Smith doc claims anti-gay persecution
TMZ, Posted: 7/19/2010, 1:11 PM
QUICK LOOK: One of the doctors on trial for allegedly conspiring to fuel Anna Nicole Smith with drugs claims he's being prosecuted because he's openly gay and a member of an ethnic... (MORE)
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Cash payment for safe sex said to reduce HIV spread
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 7/19/2010, 9:41 AM
QUICK LOOK: The World Bank released two studies Sunday linking cash payments to Malawian and Tanzanian youths with "significantly lower" rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted... (MORE)


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