U of Penn Announce Insurance Plan Will Now Cover Transgender Reassignment Surgery

The University of Pennsyvania has announced that it’s latest insurance plan, to be introduced in the fall will absorb the cost of transgender reassignment surgery. Covering triadic treatment (the three step process that makes up gender confirmation), The Daily Pennsylvanian reports that the plan will cover up to $50,000 worth of surgery, something which more [...]

Obama: Let Gay Partners And Families Visit Their Loved Ones In Hospital

Remember the horrific case of Janice Langbehn not being able to visit her partner Lisa Mary Pond, who had suffered a massive stroke,  in hospital because they were in what the social worker called an “anti-gay city and state”? Sickening and a huge sign of disrespect to a couple who had been together for 18 [...]

Man Appears To Be Cured Of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant

Following a stem transplant from a donor carring a gene mutuation that provides natural resistance to HIV  a 42 year old man who has leukaemia now appears to have no detectable HIV in his blood. A report on the stem cell  transplant in the New England Journal of Medicine says that since  it has occurred [...]

Global Aids Epidemic Could Be Over In 40 Years With Mass Screening

Bringing in mass screening of billions of people in Africa, and across the globe, could lead to eradicate HIV/AIDS within 40 years according to Dr Brian Williams of the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis. Talking at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Williams said there was a need [...]

Are You A Gay Black Man? A New HIV Research Project Needs Your Help

Are you a black gay man living anywhere near Atlanta, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Washington DC? Did you know that whilst black men only make up 6% of the population, they account for 25% of new cases of HIV each year? Would you like to play a part in something that [...]

New Findings Shows Cervical Cancer Virus Can Be Transmitted By Lesbian Women In Same Sex Relationships

A new report published by Dr Julie Fish from De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester, K which is being used as part the NHS Cervical Screening Programme 2009 Annual Review, has found that the  Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which is present in almost 100% of cervical cancer cases can be transmitted in lesbian relationships. Previously [...]

Study Finds That Legalising Gay Marriage Could Reduce The Spread Of HIV

Emory University has published a report, entitled The Impact Of Social Tolerance Levels Toward Gays In The United States On The HIV Transmission Rate, which suggests the spread of HIV is slowed where the tolerance of the LGBT community is higher. Put together by the Assistant Professors of Economics, Andres Francis and Hugo Mialon of [...]

New Research Shows Rare Parasitic Disease Amebiasis Is Spread By Gay Sex Between HIV Positive Men

A Taiwanese researcher, Chieng-Ching Hung has identified that a rare parasitic disease, usually only transmitted by contaminated water, that can also be transmitted by gay sex between HIV-positive men. Currently Amebiasis, an infection with the single-celled amoeba Entamoebia histolytica, is very rarely, if ever, seen in the industrial world due to the disease only being [...]

Viagra Celebrates Ten Long Hard Years Of Service

Viagra is now ten years old, and to celebrate it’s decade of hard work Pfizer have put together a rather uplifting video that is sure to raise a smile to your face.

Keep Swine Flu At Bay With The Airshake

Scared of getting mexican swine flu from all those people you have to meet on a daily basis? One of the best ways to avoid it is to not shake hands, but that can see a bit rude, which is why Telnet have come up with a nifty alternative – the Airshake.