Skip to content
Search AI Powered
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

Syphilis rates continue to rise among L.A. gays

AIDS Healthcare Foundation officials in Los Angeles are calling for increased sexually transmitted disease education and outreach efforts in gay neighborhoods in the city following reports that the number of syphilis cases increased 62% among gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles County in 2002, GayHealth.com reports. Among gay men contracting the sexually transmitted disease, 60% also are infected with HIV. Health officials say the true number of syphilis infections is likely much higher because many cases among gay and bisexual men have not yet been diagnosed. Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, says increased outreach is needed to bring down the numbers of new infections, particularly in areas of Los Angeles County with large gay populations, like West Hollywood. "You can't find condoms in most of West Hollywood's bars, and the county is sending out its mobile STD van only two days this month," he said. "You can't stop an outbreak of this kind without prevention, testing, and treatment. On all those counts our public health authorities are failing."

FROM OUR SPONSORS

The Latest

a vote yes by april 21st sign in virginia
National

Democrats notch Virginia redistricting victory in battle over House maps

The vote allows a rare mid-decade redraw of congressional maps, part of a broader Democratic push to counter Republican gerrymandering.

Madison Square Garden security allegedly tracked a trans woman’s movements, including bathroom breaks, down to the second
News

Madison Square Garden security allegedly tracked a trans woman’s movements, including bathroom breaks, down to the second

A bombshell report in Wired details an extensive use of the venue’s facial recognition system.

A brown and white sign on a grassy hill beside some woodlands and a white house reads: "Hampshire College."
Education

Blindsided staff at Hampshire College launch relief fund as liberal school prepares to close

Last week trustees voted to shutter the progressive school with a high LGBTQ+ population over financial concerns.

coffee creek correctional facility sign in oregon
Crime

Oregon to pay $295K to trans woman imprisoned until 2049

Zera Lola Zombie's lawsuit described harassment, forced searches, and alleged sexual assault while she was housed in a men’s facility.

More For You

Tennessee Republicans are one step closer to creating a registry of transgender Americans

a dropdown menu from a computer with gender choices

A Tennessee bill would create a database of transgender people's health care.

Shutterstock
The Tennessee Senate on Monday passed an amended version of SB676, a bill that would require the state to collect detailed data on transgender patients. The legislation now returns to the Tennessee House of Representatives, where lawmakers must decide whether to accept the Senate’s changes before sending it to Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Keep Reading →

Idaho’s governor forces doctors & teachers to out trans youth despite abuse risks

idaho gov. brad little

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a law that forces doctors and teachers to out transgender youth to their parents.

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Idaho educators and doctors will soon be required to out transgender minors to their parents or guardians, even when doing so could put those young people at risk of harm. Keep Reading →

Former Biden HHS leaders hail syphilis breakthrough as Trump dismantles the system behind it

doxypep tiles and pills

DoxyPEP is effective at reducing syphilis infections, a new study shows.

Shutterstock
A cheap antibiotic that has been sitting in medicine cabinets for decades is suddenly doing something remarkable: helping reverse one of America’s fastest-growing sexually transmitted infections, and offering one of the clearest measurable successes of a Joe Biden-era LGBTQ+ public health initiative just as President Donald Trump’s administration dismantles many of the federal systems that made it possible. Keep Reading →

Could Minneapolis welcome bathhouses back for the first time since the late 1980s?

leather underwear

Leather underpants hang on the shelf in a store for fetish fashion and sex toys.

Michael Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images
The Minneapolis City Council this week voted unanimously to direct staff to explore repealing the city’s 38-year ban on adult sex venues, opening the door to the possible return of bathhouses that once served as important social and sexual gathering spaces for gay men. But the 12-0 vote does not mean the Democrat-dominated council is united on whether such venues should ultimately reopen, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Keep Reading →

Minnesota’s largest pediatric system restarts gender-affirming care for trans minors

hhs headquarters with a sign

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L) and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary (2nd L) attend an announcement at the Department of Health and Human Services on December 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Alex Wong/Getty Images
Minnesota’s largest pediatric health system is restoring gender-affirming care for minors after a federal judge blocked a Trump administration effort to label the treatment unsafe, reversing a suspension that had disrupted care for families across the state. Keep Reading →
@ 2026 Equal Entertainment LLC. All Rights reserved