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  • Blog post: New Gay Bashing App

    May 23, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    New Gay Bashing App

    A new app sets out to link technology and daily life by being able to give victims of gay bashing type bias crimes a chance to log their particular incident in real time.

    Developed in Belgium Bashing can record a detailed gps based location of an incident, details the user ...

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  • Blog post: New Campaign Features Gay Athletes

    May 23, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    New Campaign Features Gay Athletes

    A new campaign in LA County aims to curb the spread of Syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections. 

    The new series of advertisement features gay athletes in the Los Angeles area and the Health Department is partnering to distribute condoms with wrappers designed during a local contest. 

    With almost 2 ...

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  • Blog post: Corporate Equality

    May 22, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    Corporate Equality

    A large fortune 500 oil company is one of the latest to face a discrimination allegation based upon complaints filed against the company.

    The allegations are familiar to ones made by others about different companies in the past in regards to hiring practices. In many states sexual orientation discrimination is ...

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  • Blog post: Presbyterian Church OF Scotland Allows Gay/Lesbian Ordained Ministers

    May 22, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    Presbyterian Church OF Scotland Allows Gay/Lesbian Ordained Ministers

    The Presbyterian Church of Scotland made history Monday.

    One of the oldest and most conservative sects of Christian faith allowed in one vote actively gay and lesbian members to become ordained.

    This should signal that the church has recognized that this is a step in the right direction.

    The Presybyterian ...

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  • Blog post: HIV On The Rise Among Native Americans

    May 22, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    HIV On The Rise Among Native Americans

    In recent years there has been a surge in new HIV Infections among Navajo populations.

    Native communities typically have less access to healthcare, less education about HIV/STI, and greater amounts of substance abuse such as alcoholism.

    These factors combined with some of the isolation experienced by Native populations may ...

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  • Blog post: Age of Consent

    May 22, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    Age of Consent

    An 18 year old florida teen was recently arrested and charged with two felonies after the parents of her girlfriend who was 15 pressed charges. The girls both attended an alternative school and had apparently been dating since the beginning of the year.

    It appears that she will have to ...

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  • Blog post: Physical Fitness and Sports Month

    May 22, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    Physical Fitness and Sports Month

    In addition to being a month recognizing the importance of regular skin cancer screenings May is also a month celebrating Physical Fitness and Sports.

     Memorial Day is just around the corner and the official beginning of summer is less than a month a way.

    The next few weeks mark a ...

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  • Blog post: Suit Against Doctors and South Carolina Dept. of Social Services Could Improve Lives of Intersex Children

    May 15, 2013 / Posted by Christina — 0 comments

    Suit Against Doctors and South Carolina Dept. of Social Services Could Improve Lives of Intersex Children

    According to CNNHealth with the help of the Southern Poverty Law Center parents of an intersex child have sued several doctors and members of the South Carolina Department of Social Services because they played a part in the child undergoing genital surgery before he was adopted. The surgery occurred when ...

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  • Blog post: Nasqueer

    May 10, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    Nasqueer

    Would Nascar accept an openly gay driver? That was the question posed recently in an op-ed by a columnist who has been covering Nascar for almost 20 years. Male dominated sports have always had and will always have gay participants and fans.  How do we somehow think that Nascar is ...

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  • Blog post: Free Skin Cancer Screening

    May 07, 2013 / Posted by Christopher — 0 comments

    Free Skin Cancer Screening

    The University of Rochester is hosting a free skin cancer screening on May 11th. Now that we are back into what seems like endless days of sun this is a great opportunity to get your largest organ screened for cancer. 
    For more information on these free screenings check out the ...

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  • Erik Libey Erik Libey Erik is the Director of LGBT Health Initiatives. He helps lead our team & loves talking to providers and our ...
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