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Kenyan High Court Rules Against Gay Rights

Today the Kenyan High Court ruled to uphold a colonial-era law criminalizing same-sex sexual behavior. Advocates have been fighting tirelessly for LGBTIQ rights in Kenya, bringing this case to challenge Kenya’s penal code in 2016. Same-sex relations are currently classified as a crime in 70 countries and territories around the world, and almost half of them are in Africa; Kenyan activists were hoping the decision today would set a positive precedent for other countries in East Africa.

Published
27 May 2019
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MPact
Sexually transmitted infections prevention
The throat is a major source of gonorrhoea infections in MSM

The throat is a major source of gonorrhoea transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM), according to Australian research published in Sexually Transmitted Infections. The

Published
21 May 2019
By
Michael Carter
PrEP programmes and uptake
Being black and gay: how intersectional stigma impacts on the uptake of PrEP

Qualitative research published in the July issue of Social Science & Medicine by Dr Katherine Quinn and colleagues at the Center for AIDS Intervention Research highlights how

Published
17 May 2019
By
Krishen Samuel
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
UNAIDS calls on countries to remove discriminatory laws and enact laws that protect people from discrimination

Ahead of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), on 17 May, UNAIDS is calling on all countries to remove discriminatory laws against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. Discriminatory laws drive key populations out of reach of critical health and social services.

Published
16 May 2019
From
UNAIDS
History of HIV and AIDS
Robert Rayford Died of HIV 50 Years Ago: We Are Still Failing Queer Youth of Color

Robert Rayford died on May 15, 1969, of a mysterious illness later identified as HIV, 13 years before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first reported on the disease in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on June 5, 1981.

Published
13 May 2019
From
Newsweek
Discrimination and the law
US: HHS Rule Allows Religious Discrimination in Health Care

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has finalized a new rule that will allow health care workers to refuse to provide or assist in providing medical services if doing so violates their religious or moral beliefs. In other words, it will allow them to discriminate widely and putting LGBTQ people and our families, among others, at risk.

Published
10 May 2019
From
Pride Source
Epidemiology and behaviour
How does condom use change over time as young MSM get older?

A longitudinal study using multiple cohorts of young men who have sex with men in Chicago aimed to investigate changes in condom use over time, from late adolescence

Published
03 May 2019
By
Krishen Samuel
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Opposites Attract study: HIV-positive/negative couples used multiple strategies to prevent HIV transmission

Two years ago, the Opposites Attract study found no transmissions between 343 regular gay couples of differing HIV status where the HIV-positive partner had a viral load

Published
01 May 2019
By
Gus Cairns
Telling people you have HIV
Challenging My Own Bigotry

An HIV-negative gay man confronts his history with men living with the virus.

Published
25 April 2019
From
Poz
Delivery of care
'Stigma does not go away': Mumbai’s dedicated LGBT health clinic

After reports of transgender people being refused treatment, a new centre offers specialised services – and respite from discrimination

Published
24 April 2019
From
The Guardian
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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