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Blog post: Important Demands from Director of LGBT Cancer Network's Op-Ed

Oct 14, 2011 / Posted by Christina — 0 comments

Wednesday Liz Margolies, director for the National LGBT Cancer Network, published an Op-Ed in The Advocate urging the LGBT community to rally in support for inclusive cancer prevention and care services for lesbian and bisexual, as well as transgender men.

I agree with her whole heartedly. I believe that the ...

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Blog post: Be cancer-conscious.

Mar 20, 2010 / Posted by Allegra — 0 comments

Getting regular routine screenings for different kinds of cancers (breast, testicular, lung, cervical, ovarian, prostate, colorectal and skin) may help to find them early when treatment is most likely to work best. Routine screenings and exams are important for everyone, but many LGBT individuals may have increased risk for certain ...

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Article: 10 Things Gay Men Should Discuss With Their Healthcare Provider

Oct 08, 2009 / Posted in colon cancer, drugs, gay health, healthcare, men, physical, prostate cancer, smoking, STDs, testicular cancer, youth — 0 comments

The following fact sheet for gay, bi & queer men was created by the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), the largest and oldest organization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender health care professionals in the world. Their mission is to advocate for inclusive public policy around LGBT health issues, to ...

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Article: Play Ball!: Getting to Know Your Testicles

Oct 06, 2009 / Posted in gay health, men, physical, sex and drugs, sexual anatomy, testicles, testicular cancer, transgender, youth — 2 comments

There's probably a lot of jokes we could tell here about about gay & bisexual men and games or sports with balls....but we'll leave that to your imagination! In all seriousness, though, let's take a deeper look at a set of balls that are very important to ...

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Article: Testicular Cancer

Oct 06, 2009 / Posted in cancer, gay health, men, physical, prevention, sexual anatomy, testicles, testicular cancer, transgender, youth — 1 comment

Testicular cancer is among the most common cancers in young men...and, for reasons that are not entirely understood, the disease is about four times more common in white men than in black men. when thinking about testicular cancer there are a few important things consider: the different kinds or ...