Month: December 2016

LGBT Hate: Attempt to remove UN’s LGBT rights expert defeated in narrow vote

Attempt to remove UN’s LGBT rights expert defeated in narrow vote Nick Duffy 19th December 2016, 8:10 PM Mr Vitit Muntarbhorn, UN independent expert for sexual orientation and gender identity (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) Another attempt to remove the United Nations expert on LGBT rights has been defeated. The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council voted in June to appoint an independent LGBT expert […]

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Only a small proportion of gay men with HIV receive anal cancer screening

Only a small proportion of gay men with HIV receive anal cancer screening Mark Freedman at IDWeek 2016. Photo by Liz Highleyman, hivandhepatitis.com Liz Highleyman  Produced in collaboration with hivandhepatitis.com Published: 31 October 2016   In the absence of national screening guidelines, only 11% of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in the US received anal pap smears to detect anal cancer […]

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16 reasons to discover the gay side of Athens

  16 reasons to discover the gay side of Athens No matter if you’re going in winter or summer, here’s an alternative gay guide for your Athens city break Destsetters An Evzone soldier of the Presidential Guard, an elite ceremonial unit, guards the Greek Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Image courtesy of De Visu / Shutterstock.com 13 December 2016 by Stefanie […]

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Almost half of MSM with HIV/HCV co-infection have HCV in their rectal fluid

Almost half of MSM with HIV/HCV co-infection have HCV in their rectal fluid Michael Carter Published: 08 December 2016 Almost half of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) who have co-infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have detectable HCV in their rectal fluid, US investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The presence and level of HCV […]

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EHC: Haemophilia Stories Website

  Haemophilia Stories Website       Goran Kapetanovic The European Haemophilia Consortium (EHC) is proud to announce that the full documentary Haemophilia Stories as well as short videos and more information about the people featuring in it is now live on the Haemophilia Stories website. In 2015, director Goran Kapetanovic developed a full length documentary following individuals with haemophilia […]

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NEWS: Malta becomes first European country to ban ‘conversion therapy’

Malta becomes first European country to ban ‘conversion therapy’ 13:09 6th December 2016 by Daniel Megarry Malta has made history by banning so-called gay ‘conversion therapy’. The island nation becomes the first country in Europe to outlaw the harmful practice, after passing a bill that means medical professionals found to be performing or advertising such ‘therapy’ could face fines and jail time. […]

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The HIV Story Project

ABOUT THE HIV STORY PROJECT Founded in 2009, The HIV Story Project is a San Francisco based non-profit organization focused on bridging HIV/AIDS with film, media and storytelling to fight the spread of the pandemic and the global stigma associated with it. We create our own film and media projects in addition to offering production services and digital media consultation […]

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