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NBHHCM Stands by Kobe & Noah, Foul Language a Mistake in Rage

The NBHHCM (National Basketball & Hip-Hop Culture) Foundation will stand by Kobe Bryant and Joakim Noah saying that their mistake in foul language by yelling out the word f**got was just passion and...

Dialogue on legal barriers obstructing HIV response in Asia

In Asia and the Pacific, as well as worldwide, laws and practices continue to often seriously hamper the progress made in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support. Some 150 participants from 22 countries from across the region gathered in Bangkok last week to discuss...

Let Different Flowers Bloom In The Garden

Kudos to the nineteen parents  of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, who recently came together in the Supreme Court, to stop the State from criminalising their children. They have joined hands to fight in courts a "sustained attack" by organisations...

Mental healthcare for transgender people: An elusive dream?

Although far from optimal, still considerable progress has been made in providing healthcare to transgender people in many parts of the world. Yet their mental health needs remain far from being served. "Mental healthcare problems are so severe and far from easy to overcome....

Grant awarded for research on Lesbian and Gay history

Heritage Lottery Fund has granted 49,600 pounds for research on the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans genders (LGBT) in Wales. L G B T Centre Wales, is organizing history month in February. The project...

The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

          “How many deaths will it take ‘til he knows that too many people have died?”                     –(Bob Dylan Blowin’ in the Wind)....

Wear Purple October 20 2010: Spirit Day Photos and Videos

Don't Forget to Wear Purple on October 20 2010 For Spirit Day and to Honor Those Teenagers Who Committed Suicide Due to Anti-LGBT Bullying Spirit Day has no organized rallies and no meeting place but it is a chance...

"Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell" Told to Go to Hell

Today U.S. District Judge Virgina Phillips issued an injunction to halt the enforcement of the US Military's "don't-ask-don't-tell" policy, effectively ending the ban on gays serving in the military. The...

Political Fatigue: Or, America's Trash Problem

My God, man. What the hell is going on with this country? I haven't been moved to write much about politics in the last couple of months. It just seems like the entire discourse in this county is getting more and...

"Kothis" reducing risk to HIV and sexual violence in community

Having faced ages of neglect, denial and invisibility, "Kothis" (feminised males) are now being mobilized by groups like 'Bharosa' in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (India) to be empowered and demonstrate leadership in reaching out within their community for increasing access to...

Islam and supportive HIV responses among MSM and transgender/LGBT

In a press conference at the XVIII International AIDS Conference to mark the launch of a new study by UNDP and Asia Pacific Coalition on male sexual health (APCOM), a journalist from Bosnia  asked the impact of Sharia law on health outcomes, particularly in context of...

Despite high risk, HIV services don’t reach 9/10 LGBT people

Despite of AIDS programmes prioritising men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) and transgender people as high risk communities, not only the existing services are reaching appalling low numbers of MSM and trangender people, but also the funding for programmes targeting these...

Punitive laws limit access to HIV services for MSM & transgenders

(CNS): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a study analyzing evidence in Asia-Pacific on how punitive and discriminatory laws and human rights violations limit access to HIV prevention and care services for men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) and transgender...

Only Rights Can Stop The Wrongs

Human rights are fundamentally applicable to all communities irrespective of their sexual orientations and unmindful of their HIV status (or for that matter any other condition). It also means 'righting the wrongs' which have been perpetrated on LGBTs by insensitive societies...

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