Mexico has taken steps to strengthen access to health-care services by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.
US: MTV Invited Six Transgender Troops to the V.M.A.s
Iraq: Rasan Organisation works to break taboo and help LGBTIQ in KR
US: Spokane fire chief embraces diversity, helping pave way for transgender fire captain
Fiji: “Condomising Hotspots Initiative” targets nightclubs and motels
HIV Testing Among Transgender Women and Men — 27 States and Guam, 2014–2015
Transgender persons are at high risk for HIV infection. CDC recommends that persons at high risk for HIV infection be screened for HIV at least annually, but transgender persons are not specified in the current recommendations, and current nationwide HIV testing rates for transgender persons are unknown.
Canada: Dozens march in Ottawa for transgender rights
The effect of the promiscuity stereotype on opposition to gay rights
Opposition to gay rights is prevalent in countries around the world. Recent correlational research suggests that opposition to gay rights may be driven by an interaction between one’s own short-term mating orientation (i.e. willingness to engage in casual sex) and representations of gay people as sexually promiscuous.
Philippines: Love in the time of apps
Yes, not everyone will immediately buy the idea that real love can be found through gay apps. But that there are actual success stories may reflect both “the changing times and evolving use of technology,” said Mowneek Mabasa Muyargas from the University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas. In the end, “social media may facilitate the relationship” but how the relationship progresses “still depends on the couple.”