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Same-Sex Intimacy More Common In Women: CDC Report
Tech Times
In terms of ethnicity, White, Black or African-American women were similar with their answers but Hispanic or Latina women […]

Slides Now Available! 2015 APHA Special Session: The Changing Epidemiology of …
AIDS.gov blog (blog)
The annual deaths from hepatitis C infection have exceeded those from HIV since 2007, and the […]

Depression Along With HIV Can Kill Black Gay Men. Can We Stop It?
Equal Voice Newspaper
Hampton’s anxiety about coming out intensified after his father moved them to Florida. “The family on my d […]

AIDS champions must step up efforts to end epidemic
The Hill (blog)
This is the face of the AIDS epidemic in 1999–when the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that AIDS was the number one cause […]

New Vision

The myth that Batwa women cure HIV/AIDS
New Vision
No wonder, today Uganda, which was a role model in the fight against HIV/AIDS a decade ago, is among the top three African countries […]

CBS News

The State of the HIV Epidemic
AIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News
Much ink has spilled over HIV’s disproportionate effects on African-Americans. Just 13 percent of the U.S. population, […]

Lasentinel

“Doing It” While Black – Preventing HIV/AIDS in the African American Community
Lasentinel
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one of the reasons why Afric […]

Black Lives Matter: 2015 was a year of anger, activism and action
Louisiana Weekly
“The incredible response by young African-American men and women on the street in resistance there and of course t […]

Beyond the Classroom: The role of parents in sex ed
Miami Herald
She reports that African Americans ages 13-24 account for 56 percent of new HIV cases, and nearly half of all African-American girls […]

TheBody.com

The Forgotten Ones: How HIV Is Wreaking Silent Havoc on Black West Virginians
TheBody.com
But of all of the towns in West Virginia, Bluefield has the highest percentage of black […]

Washington Post

Civilities: 8 LGBT names to know in 2016
Washington Post
Noël Gordon, HIV/AIDS educator. As an undergrad, Noël Gordon realized that “the new and emerging face of HIV is of people who […]

Kaiser Family Foundation

The US Global Health Budget: Analysis of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016
Kaiser Family Foundation
After Congress provided an unprecedented level of emergency funding for […]

Huffington Post

#BlackHealthMatters: Why Black Inclusivity in Global Health is an Imperative
Huffington Post
The #BlackLivesMatter movement was birthed after the tragic murder of Trayvon Martin in […]

The Japan Times

‘Being black can be more fun than being gay’
The Japan Times
“I was raised black and taught white, so I thought I need to learn yellow,” the Harvard grad says when asked why he’s her […]

St. Louis American

Should we criminalize HIV?
St. Louis American
Black people already bear a heavier burden of HIV. According to the Center of Disease Control, “the estimated rate of new HIV […]

The missing link in new US AIDS strategy
Human Rights Watch
The racial disparities in HIV are stark and disturbing. African-Americans are 13 percent of the US population, but 56 percent of new HIV […]

Obama’s message on gay rights met with tepid response in Kenya | Toronto Star
The Times
He drew on his personal background as an African-American, noting the slavery and segregation of the U.S. […]

Atlanta Black Star

Can a ‘Bias Workshop’ Help Remedy Racism in Health Care?
Atlanta Black Star
If you’re Black and in need of medical care, you’re more likely than whites to receive subpar treatment […]

Medical Xpress

The biological origins of sexual orientation and gender identity
Medical Xpress
Pitted against familiar “black-or-white” stereotypes of what it means to be male or female, masculine […]

LGBTQ Africans seeking asylum from homophobic laws are an uncounted population
Free Speech Radio News
He adds that fear of persecution may keep gay men in high-risk situations from seeking medical […]