Personal experience has taught me that even if you hate hospitals and are healthy as a horse, you or someone you love will likely find yourselves in an Emergency Room (ER). And as Kelli Dunham pointed out last weekend at her workshop "Emergency: Planning for Unplanned Healthcare" at the Trans-Health ...

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Today the Federal Senate passed leglislation criminalizing the production and distribution of synthetic marijuana and "bath salts" (the drugs, not the beauty product). It specificially targets chemicals the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has identified in these products such as methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) which is found in the "bath salts."

The passage ...

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A three judge panel in Massachussetts appeals court ruled in favor several Massachusetts couples in the case Massachusetts v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (10-2204). At the center of the case was whether or not same-sex couples married in states that recognize same-sex marriage (i.e. same-sex ...

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Check out the list we have compiled of different resources for folks in open/polyamorous/nonmonogamous relationships. You’ll find information celebrating folks' experiences, giving tips for safer sex in open relationships, as well as tips for creating healthy and sustainable polyamorous relationships while maintaining your own well-being. These blogs ...

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This week the The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommended that baby boomers (adults born between 1945 and 1965) get tested for Heptatitis C.

TAKE THE ONLINE HEPATITIS RISK ASSESSMENT HERE.

For more information about where to access testing and treatment, read below.

What is Hep C?

According to the ...

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inSPOT, created by Internet Sexuality Information Services, allows individuals to send an annonymous e-card to sexual partners who they may have infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STD). The cards come in English, French and Spanish. Messages on the card tend to be tongue in cheek,

"You're too hot ...

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35 percent of adults over age forty-five are chronically lonely, compared to twenty percent twenty years ago.

According to the Diane Rehm show's segment today on National Public Radio (NPR) about the relationship between social media and loneliness in older adults, the rise in social media use may explain ...

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Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s advisory committee recommended the use of Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP) against HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) that are between ages 18 - 30 years old. Due to the Center for Disease Control's classification of transgender women ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hear evidence about whether to allow the prescription of Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP). This means HIV negative individuals (i.e. people who do not have HIV) who engage in high risk sexual behaviors such as, unprotected anal sex, would regularly ...

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Yesterday, April 30, 2012, just in time for May Day, a day traditionally known for activism, the New York State Assembly passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) which would provide protections around gender identity and gender expression in a range of areas including housing and employment. Rochester and other ...

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