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Japan: LDP lawmaker Mio Sugita faces backlash after describing LGBT people as ‘unproductive’

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A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker has drawn a fierce backlash after labeling the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community “unproductive” in terms of childbirth, and warning that a society that accepts same-sex relationships risks “increasing unhappy people.”

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At AIDS 2018, UNAIDS calls for bold leadership to tackle the prevention crisis

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UNAIDS warns that countries urgently need to take proven, tailored, evidence-informed primary HIV prevention programmes to scale in addition to increasing access to treatment.

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Breaking Out of the Echo Chambers: Positive Action Challenges

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This Challenge is seeking innovative storytelling approaches via digital technology, including but not limited to social media channels, to engage targeted, hard-to-reach groups on issues related to HIV prevention, testing, and/or care.

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Breaking out of our echo chambers: cutting through the noise with creative storytelling about HIV

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Analysis of social media use shows that, on the whole, most users tend to engage most with information that aligns to their existing beliefs and perceptions on the world.

Blue‐Ribbon Boys: factors associated with PrEP use, ART use and undetectable viral load among gay app users across six regions of the world

The internet provides benefits to gay and bisexual men who are marginalized or otherwise excluded from mainstream society by providing a safe space and by alleviating social isolation that may result from societal homophobia 

Vietnam: From conventional to disruptive: upturning the HIV testing status quo among men who have sex with men in Vietnam

Since 2002, the Vietnam Ministry of Health (MOH) has led a large‐scale HIV prevention, testing, and treatment programme primarily focused on reaching people who inject drugs (PWID), female sex workers (FSW), and, only more recently, men who have sex with men (MSM)