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First Do No Harm – South Carolina Guesses Wrong, Removes Baby Boy’s Penis

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 3:30 PM June 6, 2013
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MC, an intersex baby, was born a ward of the State of South Carolina. On the advice of MC’s doctors, case workers decided to surgically change him into a girl. They guessed wrong. Today at 8, MC identifies as a boy.

Health

In The War On HIV/AIDS, E.W. Jackson Fought Every Prevention Effort But One

by David Badash ● 8:32 AM May 28, 2013
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Early in the war on HIV/AIDS, E.W. Jackson virulently opposed condom distribution, safe sex-education, health clinics in public schools, and needle exchange programs.

Health

Health Activists Warn Lack Of Lube Hurts HIV Prevention

by Kyle Knight ● 8:31 AM February 26, 2013
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Safer-sex messaging on condoms is universal but the generally poor availability of lubricants, and awareness of them, is hindering HIV prevention, health activists warn.

Analysis

On Our Radar – Abstinence Only Sex Education, The American Version Of The Taliban

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:03 AM October 14, 2012
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In Pakistan, the Taliban tries to keep girls uneducated and sexually repressed with beatings and bullets. In America, congress does the same thing with money. Today, abstinence only sex education and the lives it destroys are On Our Radar.

Discrimination

Gay Drug Use Study: Lesbian And Gay Foundation Responds To Our Criticism

by David Badash ● 7:15 PM September 25, 2012
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The Lesbian & Gay Foundation responds to our analysis and criticism of a study that claims gay people are seven times more likely to use drugs.

Discrimination

Gay People 7 Times More Likely To Use Illegal Drugs, Study Claims

by David Badash ● 2:07 PM September 24, 2012
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A UK study that was actually funded by an LGBT charity is being presented by the British media as finding that gay people are seven times more likely to use illegal drugs.

Civil Rights

Infographic — I Am Gay: 5 Things I Fear

by David Badash ● 11:33 AM August 10, 2012
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The United Nations UNAIDS has released this excellent and heartbreaking infographic that details what LGBTQ people around the world are dealing with.

Health

CDC Partners with Walgreens, Announces HIV Testing Day

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 2:20 PM June 27, 2012

The Centers for Disease Control in partnership with Wallgreen’s drug stores announced HIV-testing day in an new public-private partnership    Today is HIV testing day! In the hope of making HIV testing more easily available, the Centers for Disease Control rolled out a new pilot program offering free HIV tests at two-dozen local drug stores [...]

Health

UPDATE: Prop 8 Witness Ryan Kendall Testifies on Conversion Therapy; Committee Approves 5-2

by Tanya Domi ● 4:19 PM June 26, 2012

BREAKING NEWS:  California General Assembly’s Committee on Business, Professions And Consumer Protection voted 5-2 to endorse S.B. 1172, a bill to protect LGBT persons from the harmful “treatment.”  The measure now heads to the full Assembly. Ryan Kendall, a  fact witness in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, or the federal “Prop 8″ case, testified before the California State Assembly today in support [...]

Celebrities

Donald Trump’s Latest Paranoid Conspiracy Theory: Vaccines Cause Autism

by David Badash ● 11:50 AM April 2, 2012
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Donald Trump’s latest paranoid conspiracy theory rant is that vaccines cause autism in children.

Health

Obama Creates Group On Intersection Of HIV/AIDS And Violence Against Women

by David Badash ● 10:20 AM March 30, 2012
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oday, President Obama announced he has established a Working Group on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence Against Women and Girls, and Gender-related Health Disparities.

Clinton Fein

Where’s The Beef?

by Clinton Fein ● 7:16 PM March 23, 2012
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“Lean finely textured beef” is the euphemistic, Orwellian term for that nasty “pink slime” that uses “food grade” ammonium hydroxide gas to destroy bacteria.

Bigotry Watch

Condamnation

by Clinton Fein ● 10:00 AM February 23, 2012
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Analysis

Susan G. Komen and the Cancer Within

by Clinton Fein ● 7:15 AM February 10, 2012
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure, in the wake of its decision to defund Planned Parenthood ended up subjecting itself to harsh scrutiny from which it can’t run nor hide.

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