Endocrinology, a peer reviwed journal, released an article in August 2012 detailing the long term impact of Bisphenol A aka BPA and phthalates. These chemicals have been linked to heart disease, cancer and even early puberty in young women have been found in sex toys. Despite an understanding of the ...

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Today's guest blog comes courtesy of Damiene Denner the College at Brockport's student organization SOUL. She shares information about an exciting upcoming event.

SOUL is proud to announce that Jennifer Boylan will be coming to the College at Brockport campus to lecture and read from her ...

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Wednesday, Oct. 17th, marks the 15th anniversary of Love Your Body Day. Originally the National Organization for Women (NOW) started the day to prompt dialogue and action around women's experiences around body image and it emphasized the impact of the media on women's perceptions of their bodies.

This ...

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The coming process does not just involve a singular event; it is a constant process. So this coming out day whether you are just coming out to yourself or are out in nearly all facets or your life, we encourage you to come out to your primary care provider (doctor ...

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Today marks the first day of LGBT History Month. This five year old project by the Equality Forum is according to LGBT History Month's wesbite a celebration that "...provides role models, builds community and makes the civil rights statement of our extraordinary national and international contributions."

They have all ...

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Our friends at OriginalPlumbing have launched a campaign within the last month devoted to getting our LGBT community talk about it.  Mental Health that is.  WIth LGBT people disproportionally impacted by mental health issues and generally have less access to care this is a great forum to share.  Talk About ...

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An Op-ed piece recently in the Advocate presented an interesting viewpoint. The piece discussed the results of a study done of 686 gay and bisexual males who disclosed having used mobile apps to meet sexual partners.  The survey also probed into knowledge of HIV,  perceived risk for becoming infected, and ...

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As of 9am this morning the organization Liberty Hill has launched a $75,000 scholarship initiative to pay the $465 application fee required to pay for deferred action applications. Under the Obama administration policy "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (DACA) youth and young adults applying for deferred action receive temporary ...

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Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Truvada, an anti-HIV drug, for HIV prevention as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP) there has been a lot of buzz in our community about the use of PreP among gay/bi men and transwomen. So much buzz, that our pharmacists and pharmacy interns even ...

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THe FDA has given the green light to prescibe a new once a day combination. This gives those who are new to treatment another option to consider in  their fight against HIV.  The once a day combo is four drugs in one with two of those drugs relatively new to ...

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