May 18th is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.

As the article I have linked to points out over 35,000 people have participated in a number of trials over the last 25 years working towards development of an effective vaccine for the cure or prevention of HIV Infection.. 

Studies done locally ...

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For those of you sports fans this is another piece of interesting news:
58 year old Rick Welts- President and CEO of the Phoenix Suns announced via press conference that he was gay.
In a world dominated by stereotypes of masculine heterosexual guys bouncing balls down the court this a ...

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I about fell out of my chair when I read this article.

The Presbyterian Church USA is now going to allow ordination of gay and lesbian ministers.  This is a big deal given the history over this battle within over the last 20 years.

I grew up going to different ...

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There have been so many incidents of violence over the last year in regards to bullying, suicides, and killing of LGBT students I just thought I had to share this video. 

It speaks for itself.

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The headline: "Gay Men Diagnosed With Cancer At Higher Rates”

A new report compiling data from studies over the last decade has had some interesting results.  It points out a disparity among our heterosexual counterparts.
The report found that gay/bisexual men were diagnosed with cancers at twice as often ...

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May is National Mental Health Month.  An estimated 1 in 4 Americans suffer from some form of treatable mental illness.

Anxiety, depression, and eating disorders are among the most common impacting those of us within LGBT community. 

Mental illnesses are often some of the most treatable conditions but sadly go ...

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Came across this story and just had to share it.  There are few statistics on how many lgbt couples adopt children each year let alone adopt 12 of them!  Can you imagine?

Navigating through the web of legal, medical, and social workers before being able to adopt. LGBT couples also ...

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If you're a frequent reader here on everybodysgood, you are probably already well aware that the month of March is NY LGBT Health Month and there are a ton of activities taking place here in the Rochester region.  (Click HERE to learn more about what we've done and ...

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Hey check this short video out.

It is part of the local Rochester HIV campaign

targeting youth and young adults under 25. 

The community has seen a huge spike in the rate of HIV infections within that age group over the last couple of years. 

That is worrysome news for ...

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I read this article the other day about a woman in Wisconsin who answered an ad on craigslist. 

She moved to NYC and was expecting to trade cooking and cleaning for a place to stay.
Over the course of 9 days she was allegedly raped, beaten, and held against her ...

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