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China’s First Official Gay Bar Opens

China's First Official Gay Bar Opens

12/22/09-by Paula Brooks China’s first government-backed gay bar finally opened its doors this weekend in the tourist city of Dali in southwestern Yunnan Province, after a nearly three week delay. Set up by a local anti-AIDS activist, Dr. Zhang Jianboto, with funding... (Continue reading)

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Fire Dog Lake Compiles The Top Ten Reasons To Kill Health Care Bill And Start Over

Fire Dog Lake Compiles The Top Ten Reasons To Kill Health Care Bill And Start Over

12/21/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire When the Republicans made it their mission to rile up as much of the anti-government, anti-Democrat, anti-reform, racist, sexist, bigoted, anti-Semitic groups as possible in this country in order to return to power, they made one thing... (Continue reading)

Senator Leahy’s New Bill Speaks for a Level Playing Field-

Senator Leahy's New Bill Speaks for a Level Playing Field-

By Melanie Nathan:- When I met Senator Leahy, I was touched by his compassion, his sensitivity and his veracity. Most of all he is a champion for equality and as a supporter of UAFA, and has done much for our LGBT... (Continue reading)

Catholic Panties In A Bunch Over Canadian Health Districts “Transgender” H1N1 Vaccination Permission Forms

Catholic Panties In A Bunch Over Canadian Health Districts “Transgender” H1N1 Vaccination Permission Forms

11/27/09-by Paula Brooks The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board in Sault Saint Marie, Ontario is catching flak over H1N1 vaccinations… not because it is giving them… or concerns that a batch of H1N1 swine flu vaccine was recalled after reports... (Continue reading)

Equality Can Help LGBT Health

Equality Can Help LGBT Health

In  mid- 2009, MassEquality sent a survey to one individual in each of the 38,210 households on its mailing list to capture the participant sample possible,  providing the largest “snapshot” ever taken of the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender... (Continue reading)

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Men Get Breast Cancer, Where Is Their Detection Recommendation?

Men Get Breast Cancer, Where Is Their Detection Recommendation?

11/19/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire A recent study recommends that women start getting routine mammograms after the age of fifty. This has caused a great deal of uproar. Cynthia Nixon is a breast cancer survivor, and she is only forty... (Continue reading)

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New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Cause Obama Officials to Run For Cover.

New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Cause Obama Officials to Run For Cover.

11/19/09-by Paula Brooks The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new recommendations on breast cancer screening called for earlier this week by a federally appointed task force after concerns among women caused lawmakers of both sides of the isle to attack... (Continue reading)

Our Bodies and our Boobs – the Fight is On…

Our Bodies and our Boobs - the Fight is On...

Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)

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Learning The Lockstep Tango -Time to Tune up DEMS

Learning The Lockstep Tango -Time to Tune up DEMS

 By Melanie Nathan -  If there is one thing to come out of healthcare reform’s ultimate house bill, is the need for the Democrats to take lessons in the “Lockstep Tango” and who would be better teachers than the experts... (Continue reading)

The Rapes Must Stop Now

The Rapes Must Stop Now

Tell the U.N.: To: Ban Ki-moon (U.N. Secretary General) Sponsored by: CARE go to http://change.org To: Ban Ki-moon (U.N. Secretary General)  Just weeks ago in the West African country of Guinea, countless women were brutally raped in a public stadium when soldiers stormed a peaceful protest.... (Continue reading)

Obama Reauthorizes HIV/AIDS Law, Promises To End Travel Ban On Monday

Obama Reauthorizes HIV/AIDS Law, Promises To End Travel Ban On Monday

10/30/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Today, President Barack Obama extended and strengthened the coverage of HIV/AIDS in the United States by signing into law the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act. In doing so, President Obama recognized that the disease is... (Continue reading)

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DEMS – CALL OUT- Sarah Palin on Facebook lies….

DEMS - CALL OUT- Sarah Palin on Facebook lies....

Quoting: The Democratic Party Site – CALL OUT:   “A lot of folks use Facebook to stay in touch with friends and family. For Sarah Palin, it’s a great way to spread lies about health insurance reform.  A few months back,... (Continue reading)

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Rep Baldwin Has Introduced Bill To Expand Funding To Treat HIV/AIDS

Rep Baldwin Has Introduced Bill To Expand Funding To Treat HIV/AIDS

10/01/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Representative Tammy Baldwin is hoping to increase funding to a segment of the population hit by the HIV/AIDS virus by increasing the amount of money that government spends on getting these individuals treatment. Currently, the Ryan... (Continue reading)

The Next HIV/AIDS Panel To Be Held In Minneapolis

The Next HIV/AIDS Panel To Be Held In Minneapolis

10/01/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Friday, October 2 will see another HIV/AIDS forum held by the White House. This time, the forum will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Zuhrah Shrine Event Center. These events are RSVP, but that... (Continue reading)

H.I.V. – AIDS Prevention and the Male Circumcision of infants

H.I.V. - AIDS Prevention and the Male Circumcision of infants

8/24/09-by MELANIE NATHAN Circumcision will be discussed this week at the C.D.C.’s National H.I.V. Prevention Conference in Atlanta, which will be attended by thousands of health professionals and H.I.V. service providers. When I visited South Africa in 2000, I remember reading an... (Continue reading)

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