WASHINGTON – In honor of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) April 10, Advocates for Youth, an organization that champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health, will partner with youth activists to raise awareness of the impact of HIV and AIDS on young…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Forty-two hepatitis A cases have been reported in the region since November 2016, more than four times the monthly average typically reported, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced Friday. Thirty-six people were hospitalized and two died from the disease. Twenty-three cases are men, and the cases range in age…
thursday, april 6 Cuba on my Mind French Street photographer, Janine Free, invites you to see through the crumbling walls of 2016 Havana, its public and street art, its innovative contemporary art, and the creative lifestyle of its people. Spanish Village Gallery 21, 1770 Village Place in Balboa Park, 11 a.m., free admission, http://spanishvillageart.com/event/cuba-mind-janine-free/ friday,…
NEW DELHI, India — For the first time, the Delhi LGBTQ community is coming together to dance on the indigenous beats of Indian Dhol – a unique way to show solidarity to the world. The event will be held at Hauz Khas Village in New Delhi, India and will start at 4 p.m. local time…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released Coming Home to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to Self, a guide for LGBTQ Mormons. HRC worked with an advisory team of Mormon scholars and activists to develop and shape this resource. Across the nation, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer…
MIAMI, Fla. – World OutGames Miami 2017, a 10-day global event that will bring to life three significant pillars of Sports, Culture and Human Rights, will present Pulse Points, an artistic response to the Orlando massacre at Pulse Nightclub from 6 pm to 10 pm on June 1, 2017 at the New World Center, 500…
With Tax Day fast approaching and Republicans planning the first major overhaul of the U.S. tax code in three decades, the personal-finance Web site WalletHub today released its 2017 Tax Burden by State report. One simple ratio known as the “tax burden” helps cut through the complex tax system. Not to be confused with tax…
SAN DIEGO — Throughout the month of April the University of California San Diego will recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) as part of the campus’s mission to provide resources, education and support for the prevention of sexual violence. This year’s SAAM theme, “Engaging New Voices,” was established by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center…
KEY WEST, Florida Keys — The Key West community is remembering Gilbert Baker, the creator of the iconic LGBT rainbow flag, who passed last week in New York City. On June 15, 2003, at that year’s Key West PrideFest, a special 25th anniversary edition of the banner was unfurled on Duval Street. A mile-and-a-quarter in…
NEW ROCHELLE, NY —A new study demonstrates that gender dysphoria in individuals with coexisting psychotic disorders can be adequately diagnosed and safely treated with gender affirming psychological, endocrine, and surgical therapies. The study is published in LGBT Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the LGBT…
