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Queerguru’s Lifestyle Editor Peter Minkoff : Unequal Care: Understanding Medical Negligence in LGBTQ Communities
The problem of medical negligence continues to persist within health care organizations; however, its effects on the LGBTQ population have their own specificities. Discrimination, poor training of specialists, and other systemic issues may affect patients’ experiences and create risks. Besides being exposed to misdiagnosis and improper treatment, victims of negligence may develop a sense of…
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The Republicans have attached 5 anti-gay Bills to the National Security and Department of State Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027.
When it comes to the Republican Party in the US we simply have no idea how high they could rise, but we know very well that there are no depths to which they will not sink. Especially when it comes to our LGBTQA+ community. One of the saddest parts of all this is as we…
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LIVING WITH AIDS, a landmark exhibition by acclaimed photographer SAL LOPES @ Leica Gallery, Boston
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the creation of Protease Inhibitors, which was a major sea change for people with HIV and AIDS. Literally overnight, being diagnosed with either of these was no longer a death sentence. It was what we had prayed for since the early 1980s, and although it was too late…
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The intrepid Liam Campbell shoots the latest edition of ELSKA in Western Canada
We always knew that Liam Campbell the creative force behind ELSKA (our favorite) gay photozine was silvered tongue, but we are still very impressed by how he persuaded so many local gay men discard their clothes in the cold climes of Saskatchewan, and Quebec, Canada. Considered to be part of the country’s Northern Territories,…
