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Blog post: 2 Big LGBT Health Updates - Sept. 9/13

Sep 13, 2011 / Posted by Christina — 0 comments

The last week or so has been a busy one for LGBT health issues.

Update #1: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new guidelines reinforcing same-sex couples on hospital visitation rights. Originally in 2010 guidelines had been announced that allowed a patient to designate a same sex ...

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Blog post: Sweet Corn, Crossbows, and Your Health

Jun 23, 2011 / Posted by Christina — 1 comment

That's right - thanks to the NYS legislature these three things will forever be linked in the history of NYS. Sweet corn and crossbows are the subject of 2 out of 5 laws the legislature has worked to pass this week instead of addressing the currently stalled bill on gay ...

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Blog post: Hospital Visitation Regulations for LGBT Families, Effective Tuesday Jan. 18

Jan 19, 2011 / Posted by Allegra — 0 comments

New federal regulations regarding patients' hospital visitation rights went into effect yesterday, Tuesday January 18.

On April 15, 2010, President Barack Obama released a Memorandum regarding Hospital Visitation, in which he identified that:

LGBT Americans are often barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent ...

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Blog post: Lambda Legal, GLMA & NHeLP Share Concerns About Obama's April 15 Memorandum

Sep 08, 2010 / Posted by Allegra — 0 comments

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and the National Health Law Program have voiced that they believe changes are warranted in the proposed language of Obama's April 15th memorandum (published in June) which mandates hospitals receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding to honor all ...

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Article: Trichomoniasis

Dec 29, 2009 / Posted in anal sex, condoms, health care, HIV, men, physical, sex and drugs, sex toys, STDs, transgender, vulva, women, youth — 0 comments

Trichomoniasis - often referred to as Trich - is a common sexually transmitted disease that is curable. In fact, it's the most common curable STD in young sexually active women, and one of the three most common vaginal infections in women (next to yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis). An estimated 7 ...