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The LGB&T Public Health Outcomes Framework Companion Document

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Public Health Outcomes Framework Companion Document is a resource for all those commissioning and delivering healthcare services in order to support the delivery of an equitable public health system. It has been developed to increase understanding of LGB&T health and make sure that the public health system tackles inequality related to sexual orientation and gender identity.

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7 hours ago
From
The Lesbian & Gay Foundation
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Michel Sidibé: AIDS-Free Future Means Fighting Homophobia

With May 17 marking the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, IPS spoke with Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, about how discrimination affects efforts to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS, how that fight is moving forward, and the post-2015 development agenda.

Published
8 hours ago
From
Inter Press Service
Epidemiology and behaviour
HIV infection rates rising in Kazakhstan

Research shows that HIV/AIDS among gay men is far higher than government statistics suggest.

Published
22 May 2013
From
Aljazeera.com
Activism
Honouring Shivananda Duncan George Khan OBE

APCOM, one on the many organisations he helped to found, honours pioneering HIV and MSM activist Shivananda Khan, who died on 20 May.

Published
21 May 2013
From
APCOM (Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health)
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
The MSMGF Launches New Online Resource to Support Grassroots HIV Advocates to Fight Homophobia and Transphobia

New website will provide access to advocacy toolkits, trainings, and technical assistance in English, French, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Published
21 May 2013
From
Global Forum on MSM & HIV
Sexually transmitted infections
For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar: Bacterial Meningitis

A new, casually transmittable infection — a unique strain of bacterial meningitis — has cast a pall over the gay night life and dating scene, with men wondering whether this is AIDS, circa 1981, all over again. Seven men have died in New York City, about a third of diagnosed cases, since 2010. And in the last few months, the contagion seemed to be accelerating. It has targeted gay and bisexual men, and nobody knows exactly why.

Published
20 May 2013
From
New York Times
Epidemiology and behaviour
Promiscuous Gay Nerd: Is It Time to Abandon Serosorting?

Consider the underlying assumption of serosorting: that, for negative guys, choosing to have condomless sex with other negative guys is less risky than having condomless sex with poz guys. In an era of treatment as prevention, at some point doesn’t that assumption become untenable? Especially in cities with low testing rates and high levels of HIV stigma?

Published
20 May 2013
From
BETA blog
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Higher rates of HIV in US black gay men may be due to smaller choice of partners and more age mixing

Limited partner choice, wider age gaps between partners, and mistaken beliefs about HIV status in regular partners are all driving the substantially higher rates of HIV in

Published
18 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
PrEP
UK: Are you willing to take part in research that aims to reduce your risk of HIV?

PROUD is a two-year study to recruit gay and bisexual men across England, who will be placed at random into one of two groups. One group will use PrEP from the start of the study, and the other group will receive PrEP after 12 months.

Published
16 May 2013
From
PROUD study, UK Medical Research Council
Retention and linkage to care
Engagement with health care leads to more prompt HIV diagnosis and higher rates of virological suppression among gay men

Pre-existing connection with primary health care is associated with more prompt diagnosis of HIV infection and an increased likelihood of virological suppression one year after diagnosis among

Published
16 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
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