Tag: health

It was until March 2020 when lives from all around the world changed. As COVID-19 hit the world, the world turned upside down, and so did the lives of people from all over the globe. Among these are the LGBTQ community. If you don’t already know what this community stands for, it consists of people who have different sexual orientations, and based on that; they demand equality. For decades, the LGBTQ community has faced oppression and discrimination due to their differing sexuality....

Erwin Sigueroa and (Freddy) Garcia on their makeshift wedding day. / Screenshot via YouTube @QVoiceNews This’ll probably be the sweetest and saddest thing you’ll see all week. Alfredo Garcia III is currently receiving treatment at Chicago’s Seasons Hospice MacNeal Inpatient Center for Stage IV liver cancer and Hodgkin’s lymphoma (a cancer that spread through the lymph system). And unfortunately, Garcia is losing the fight. But, it was in these moments that he was granted a beautiful wish. When greeted by the...

Photo by streegar on Unsplash HIV rates are on the rise for straight people while they’re declining for LGBT people… at least in Australia. The 2018 surveillance report by the Kirby Institute has given us an updated look at the situation around HIV and STIs in Australia. Turns out, infection rates in the country are at an 18-year low. There were 835 new HIV diagnoses in 2018, which marks a 23% decline within the past five years. Then splitting that up...

“Internet sensation” and influencer Cameron Dallas, was air-lifted and then hospitalised following a cliff-jumping injury. And as someone who shares big parts of his life online – he also shared the video that shows the whole thing, as it happened.24-year-old Cameron Dallas is a model, an Instagram star (21.2 million followers!), and he even had his own docu-drama Netflix show. Usually, we write about how hot he is, or about his raunchy photos, but this time, it’s a painful...

Today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., fast, HIV tests will be administered, no appointment needed, with results delivered on-site. HIV Counselors will also be on hand with information on prevention, early treatment and PrEP, a medication that offers an effective means of protection for those testing negative for HIV.Mayor Lori Lightfoot will participate in National HIV Testing Day by being tested herself at a South Side Walgreens.The National Testing Day Initiative is aimed at raising public awareness about the latest in HIV prevention, treatment and...

A new study conducted by Vanderbilt University found that same-sex marriage led to "significant increases" in gay and bi men's access to care and health insurance coverage. The study, which was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, was a combination of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System between the years of 2000 and 2016. But how did they know which households in the data belonged to same-sex couples? Well as Vanderbilt’s...

An unfortunate nip slip caused the weird warning Sohail Akhavein isn’t one to shy away from dressing how he wants and showing off a bit of skin. In fact, it seems it’s earned him a bit of a reputation. In preparation for a community luncheon in his home town of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a fellow local resident warned him: ‘Tone it down so the focus can be on the community and not your body.’ The warning comes about after a previous incident involving an...

The results of a new study showed that beside releasing stress, masturbation is actually an improver for your overall health. For 20 years, a number of 30,000 men were followed, and the study published in European Urology reveals that men who ejaculate more often have lower risk of prostate cancer. “Ejaculation frequency is, to some extent, a measure of overall health status in that men at the very low end of ejaculation – 0 to 3 times per month – were...