Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s advisory committee recommended the use of Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP) against HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) that are between ages 18 - 30 years old. Due to the Center for Disease Control's classification of transgender women ...

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Mens Health released there list of smuttiest cities today.

Rochester made the top 100 coming in at an astonishing 35!  We beat out cities such as Los Angeles, New Orleans, and New York City on a list that I am not sure is entirely accurate.

Number one on the list ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hear evidence about whether to allow the prescription of Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP). This means HIV negative individuals (i.e. people who do not have HIV) who engage in high risk sexual behaviors such as, unprotected anal sex, would regularly ...

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Equality and Justice Day is today May 8th. Each year hundreds of lgbt men, women, children, and allies converge in Albany to rally at the capitol for LGBT rights.
Past years have focused on marriage equality. 

We have won the fight for the right to marry and now the focus ...

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Yesterday, April 30, 2012, just in time for May Day, a day traditionally known for activism, the New York State Assembly passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) which would provide protections around gender identity and gender expression in a range of areas including housing and employment. Rochester and other ...

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Yesterday a landmark ruling was passed recognizing the rights of our transgender peers.

It is now illegal under federal law to descriminate in employment matters on the basis of gender identity.

This ruling is long overdue and will protect those currently employed and those seeking employment from being denied on ...

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One of the newest trends in black market use of household products to get high is Hand Sanitizer.  Over the past three years over 2,000 cases of teens being hospitalized for intoxication due to ingestion of alcohol from alcohol based hand sanitizers has been reported.

The sanitizer is consumed ...

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We are approaching the one year anniversary of the passage of Marriage Equality in New York State. 

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law on June 24th, 2011 ending years of struggle and enabling couples to legally marry in New York and share the same rights as heterosexual couples ...

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The New York State Court of Appeals is currently hearing a case where the prosecutor hold the opinion that Saliva from an HIV infected person should be treated as a deadly weapon. You can read the full text of the article here. 

The case stems from an incident where an ...

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Today is April 20th. In addition to being the Day of Silence for LGBT Youth the day is also celebrated worldwide by fans of Marijuana.  There are a number of myths as to what 4-20 actually means but no one seems to know the truth behind the legend.  I don ...

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