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Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day is October 8

Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day is October 8

October 7, 2024 | by Dana Piccoli, News Is Out

News Is Out, a collaboration of six LGBTQ+ media representing more than 250 collective years of experience covering the community, is launching the first Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 during LGBTQ History Month.

LGBTQ History Month: US medical archive adds SF transgender clinic website

LGBTQ History Month: US medical archive adds SF transgender clinic website

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 1, 2024

A national repository for historic medical information has added the website of a San Francisco health clinic focused on transgender patients to its collection.

For 2nd year in a row, Newsom vetoes condoms in schools bill

For 2nd year in a row, Newsom vetoes condoms in schools bill

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Sep 26, 2024

With the state facing a record budget deficit last year, Governor Gavin Newsom had vetoed legislation to expand public high school students' access to condoms due to its estimated $4 million price tag.

How much does surrogacy cost for a gay couple?

How much does surrogacy cost for a gay couple?

  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Sep 10, 2024

The opportunities for parenthood for gay couples are growing. Surrogacy for gay parents can be both exciting and daunting, but possible. How much does it cost, and what do you need to prepare for in the process?

Let's Fight the Tobacco/Vape Industry Together for Our Families and Queer Community

Let's Fight the Tobacco/Vape Industry Together for Our Families and Queer Community

  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Aug 23, 2024

I am a single (gay) father. My daughter never had the chance to meet her grandfather who died two years before she was born.

WHO declares mpox an international emergency

WHO declares mpox an international emergency

  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Aug 19, 2024

The World Health Organization on August 14 declared that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and nearby countries is a public health emergency of international concern.

Gonorrhea persistent foe as other STIs plunge in SF

Gonorrhea persistent foe as other STIs plunge in SF

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Aug 14, 2024

Rates of syphilis and chlamydia in San Francisco have been trending down since the start of 2023, city data shows.

Connection Between ADHD and Gender Identity: Insights from Research

Connection Between ADHD and Gender Identity: Insights from Research

  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Jun 10, 2024

People with ADHD can have challenges in forming their identity or experience gender dysphoria. Discover how ADHD influences gender identity.

CDC finalizes doxyPEP guidelines for STI prevention

CDC finalizes doxyPEP guidelines for STI prevention

  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Jun 5, 2024

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections — an approach known as doxyPEP.

SF DPH and CDC urge mpox vaccination

SF DPH and CDC urge mpox vaccination

  • by Liz Highleyman
  • May 29, 2024

With Pride coming up, the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging people at risk for mpox, to receive two doses of the Jynneos vaccine to protect themselves from the disease.

Oxytocin Peptide Hormone: What Is It And How Does It Operate?

Oxytocin Peptide Hormone: What Is It And How Does It Operate?

  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • May 15, 2024

The 9-amino acid peptide Oxytocin (OT) has a sulfur bridge connecting its two cysteines. Research indicates that the posterior pituitary gland, a small organ near the brain's base, may be responsible for storing and secreting the hormone Oxytocin peptide.

After uproar, Breed to include San Francisco STD clinic in bond measure

After uproar, Breed to include San Francisco STD clinic in bond measure

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 2, 2024

Money to purchase a new home for San Francisco's public health clinic focused on treating and preventing sexually transmitted infections is now set to be included in a bond measure city leaders intend to put before voters on the November 5 ballot.

Gay Olympian Kenworthy promotes mental health at SF event

Gay Olympian Kenworthy promotes mental health at SF event

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 2, 2024

In Washington, D.C. for this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner in late April, gay former Olympian Gus Kenworthy was invited to tour the White House with first lady Jill Biden, Ph.D.

Plant Medicine helped me accept my identity

Plant Medicine helped me accept my identity

  • by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
  • Apr 25, 2024

Brad Wells built multiple successful companies over his career attempting to prove his self-worth and sacrificing much in the pursuit of achievement.

New report outlines problems faced by LGBTQ+ nursing home residents

New report outlines problems faced by LGBTQ+ nursing home residents

  • by Lou Chibbaro Jr., Washington Blade
  • Mar 25, 2024

A recently published academic journal article reports on problems faced by LGBTQ+ older adults living in the nation's nursing homes and recommends actions nursing homes should take to ensure LGBTQ+ residents are treated equitably and without bias.

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Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day is October 8

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Oct 7, 2024

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