May 18 2012 6:30 PM ET
World's Oldest Public Health Group Blasts 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
The group is part of the World Health Organization, representing WHO in the Americas.
May 18 2012 12:56 PM ET
Why Researcher Robert Spitzer Is Still Apologizing to Gay People
May 15 2012 7:46 PM ET
Can a Rent Boy Be Addicted to Prostitution?
May 15 2012 7:12 PM ET
FDA Panel Says At-Home HIV Test is Safe, Effective
An independent Food and Drug Administration panel unanimously concluded Tuesday that an over-the-counter, at-home test would be safe and effective.
May 15 2012 5:00 AM ET
Is Obama's Marriage Support a Boon for Benefits?
President Obama's pronouncement last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers’ decisions on whether to offer benefits to workers’ domestic partners, but some advocates believe it could reinforce a decade-long trend toward coverage. Last year, 52 percent of all employers offered domestic partner health benefits, with the percentage varying widely by region and industry, according to a nationally representative sample of about 3,000 employers surveyed by benefit consultant Mercer. That’s up from 31 percent in 2010.
May 13 2012 11:57 AM ET
Girl Transitions Without Medical Intervention
Many trans girls say they always felt like a girl trapped inside a boy's body, and that was certainly the case for Ryan McKenna. But unlike her trans peers, McKenna didn't need hormones or top surgery to transition. Her own biology did that for her. According to Yahoo! News, McKenna is actually intersex and has a hormonal imbalance that caused her to began developing breasts and a curvy figure at the same time as her teenage girlfriends.
May 13 2012 11:40 AM ET
Gay Man Fights Conversion Therapy in Portland
Just as California legislators begin debating a bill that would ban the use of “ex-gay” conversion therapy on children (and make adults sign a waiver of informed consent if they seek it themselves), the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Beth Allen law firm are going after a Portland, Ore., psychiatrist using coversion therapy. The SPLC also launched an online tool that informs users of conversion therapists near them and offers people a safe place to share their stories about this unethical therapy.
May 11 2012 3:29 PM ET
FDA Advisers Endorse Truvada for HIV Prevention
It could soon be the first drug used in prevention.
May 09 2012 2:37 PM ET
Iowa Man Alleges Discrimination at Hospital
For the second time in recent weeks, a transgender man in Iowa has has alleged that the state's medical profession either discriminates or doesn't know how to deal with transgender patients.
May 07 2012 4:57 PM ET
Scissor Sisters, Gloria Estefan, Cheyenne Jackson, Clinton Expected at Life Ball 2012
Europe's largest HIV/AIDS fund-raiser, Vienna's Life Ball, just announced the star-studded lineup of performers and speakers for its 20th anniversary event this month. The May 19 extravaganza will feature performances by the Scissor Sisters, Gloria Estefan, and out actor Cheyenne Jackson. Bill Clinton and poet Maya Angelou will give speeches as well. A fashion show organized by Vogue Italia is also on the agenda.
