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Right Wing Paper in Bizarre Tirade - Again!

Posted on 16 Apr 2024 in Health

Swivel eyed right wing newspaper The Daily Telegraph, which was once a respected fact based newspaper, but is increasingly involving itself in what it sees as "cultural warfare" against any all progressive values, has been slammed by mental health charities after a bizarre tirade published on 21st March. The paper published stigmatizing remarks made by the Work and Pensions Secretary, as the government increasingly seeks to mobilise bigotry to defuse attention from their policies ahead of an expected Autumn General Election. Chief Executive of the mental health charity Mi

Puberty Blockers Blow for Trans Youth

Posted on 8 Apr 2024 in Health

Lots of LGBTQIA+ people, as well as those from other minorities, are often failed by the NHS, an increasing body of evidence suggests. Now, in what newswire Pink News says is a "new blow" to supportive treatment of transgender youth, NHS England has announced a new moratorium on

NHS Holds Stop Smoking Day

Posted on 8 Apr 2024 in Health

Our colleagues in the grassroots radio sector, over at Chippenham Hospital Radio in Wiltshire, report that NHS No Smoking Day was on Wednesday March 13th. Whilst there are many LGBTQIA+ people who vigorously defend the right to do with their bodies exactly as th

Brigstowe Project Moves Offices

Posted on 4 Apr 2024 in Health

The latest newsletter from the Brigstowe Project, the West Country's largest HIV and sexual health charity provider, has some important news for anyone who uses or supports their services. The charity says "Although we have loved our time at Easton Community Centre, the Brigsto

Non-Profit Brand Raises Mental Health Funds

Posted on 27 Mar 2024 in Health

A not for profit company in Australia is showing that toiletries can be ethical, sustainable, and support young people's mental health, especially LGBTQIA young people. The brand Unlabelled will be familiar to readers of the Aussie gay men's mag

Mar

New Technology can Build Better LGBT+ Health

The internet can be a dreadful wild west style place of hatred and ignorance. However, a new study quoted by Live Science web portal demonstrates that building safe community spac

Mar

TransMasculine People Can Still Get Pregnant

A new report published in the scientific journal Cell Reports Medicine suggests that transmasculine people, who take testosterone in order to suppress female linked characteristics

Mar

Gay MP Talks to House About Mental Health

The gay Conservative MP for Carshalton and Wallington, Elliot Colburn, has told the House of Commons about his experience as a survivor of emotional distress and his attempt at suicide in 2021. M

Mar

Health Advocates Welcome King's Announcement

Men's health activists, including gay, bi and transgender health campaigners, have welcomed the decision of His Majesty King Charles III to break with traditional royal protocol in Britain and go p

Feb

Syphilis at High Mark through Inequalities

Live Science online quotes from the American Center for Disease Control in reporting that the number of cases of syphilis are at a seventy year high, and are particularly impacting