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LGBT Weekly

LGBT Weekly

Headlines

February 2, 2016

Pilot training program to improve transgender competency among medical staff in an urban clinic

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.—The widespread discrimination and mistreatment transgender individuals face in the healthcare system could be alleviated with specialized provider training to increase knowledge about transgender health and needs, and to promote positive attitudes. The evaluation of a pilot training program implemented in an urban clinic shows the potential to change attitudes and improve competency,…

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APLA Health & Wellness open new Long Beach Health Center

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

LONG BEACH, Calif.—APLA Health & Wellness have announced the opening of their Long Beach Health Center, located at 1043 Elm Ave. on the St. Mary Medical Center campus. The new health center currently provides services for free or on a low-cost, sliding-fee scale, including: Primary medical care Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) counseling and management HIV testing…

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HuffPost Gay Voices changes its name to HuffPost Queer Voices

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

Today, The Huffington Post announced the relaunch of HuffPost Gay Voices as HuffPost Queer Voices.  Gay Voices originally launched in 2011, but as Noah Michelson, editorial director of Queer Voices states, “A lot has changed since then from marriage equality sweeping the nation and parts of the world to Laverne Cox gracing the cover of Time…

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Release of internal documents show greed driving Shkreli’s push for Turing’s massive price increase for Daraprim

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

Today the House Oversight Committee released a series of astonishing internal documents revealing the greed behind former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli’s decision to increase by 5,000 percent the cost of the life-saving drug Daraprim. Daraprim is a crucial treatment for many pregnant women and people living with HIV. Last fall, then-Turing CEO Martin Shkreli…

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