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Forcing people with HIV to disclose to get vaccinated
For PLHIVs to get COVID-19 vaccine, policymakers are out of touch of grassroots realities…
Simplify COVID-19 vaccination of people with HIV; provide in hubs (there, I simplified it for you!)
Discrimination even in discriminated minority sectors
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UP releases guidelines affirming trans, gender non-conforming students’ names, pronouns, titles
SOGIE Equality Bill passes Senate committee; still in limbo due to anti-LGBTQIA senators
LGBTQIA people may designate partners as beneficiaries in insurance plans – Insurance Commission
Rainbow’s beginning
Supreme Court junks with finality petition for same-sex marriage
People with HIV at high risk for intimate partner violence
DOH releases implementing guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination Priority Group A3 including PLHIV
Simplify COVID-19 vaccination of people with HIV; provide in hubs (there, I simplified it for you!)
Home delivery of HIV medicines increased viral suppression compared to those who received clinical care
Greater tobacco use linked to higher levels of inflammation in HIV-positive people
This group may be disproportionately impacted because of higher rates of comorbidities; working in highly affected industries such as health care and restaurants/food services;...
UP eyes to formalize transgender-affirmative moves starting immediately, following the release of a memorandum that states that "the university values and upholds the dignity...
The Department of Health considers PLHIVs under “persons with comorbidities”; meaning they should be among priority people for COVID-19 vaccination. But PLHIVs still have...
Shenyang Intermediate People’s Court in the northeastern Liaoning province stated that "the relationship between same-sex couples is not protected or regulated by China’s Marriage...
Meet Kristine T. Ibardolaza, the first transgender woman elected as barangay councilor in Antipolo city. She laments that "we long and crave for equality,...
Places where there are a lot of misogynistic tweeting going on are likely to have a lot of domestic violence as well, a study...
Socially transitioned transgender youth (or those who openly identify and live as a gender different from their sex assignment at birth) show "normative or...
It may be that men who used these traditionally masculine characteristics to succeed in their careers are trying to find ways to apply them...
A gender gap in negotiation emerges as early as age eight, a finding that sheds new light on the wage gap women face in...
Statistical analyses indicate that the wage gap due to men's sexual orientation can largely be attributed to unobservable variables, which would indicate the presence...
The continuing narrative of a Filipino living with HIV as he seeks to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
A Filipino living with HIV documents the challenges he's encountering to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
You want a simplified solution here? Offer COVID-19 vaccines for PLHIVs in their treatment facilities. Tapos! If drafting detailed guidelines may feel "tedious", be...
If we don't start looking at discrimination of LGBTQIA people by other LGBTQIA people, then the LGBTQIA community becomes similar to the very system...
With separated parents, #bisexual Minjun Jay Sawan from #Cotabato City didn't grow with a (traditional) family... until a #gay man adopted him. Now finishing...
A Japanese court ruled that the country’s lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage violates the constitution.
We want to look at content available to people in the Philippines that sheds a positive light on LGBTQ+ people.
Despite deaths and hospitalizations linked to many new psychoactive substances (NPS), an international wastewater study led by the University of South Australia shows just...
The European Parliament declared that the whole of the European Union is an "LGBTIQ Freedom Zone". This is a symbolic resolution that contradicts local...
Unconscious wakefulness, also known as cortical arousal, is a normal part of sleep. It occurs spontaneously and is part of the body's ability to...
Chlamydia and gonorrhea are among the most commonly reported sexually transmitted bacterial infections (STIs) and are treatable with antibiotics. Without treatment, these infections can...
Early use of oxandrolone may augment adult height in trans-masculine youth. As such, according to the researchers, "height discussions should be part of comprehensive...
Those who experienced socioeconomic risks prior to the pandemic also experienced the greatest increase in insecurity. Three-quarters of women with pre-pandemic HRSRs experienced new...
Meet Leigh F. Capule, a project manager at HSBC, who helped found HSBC Pride + Ally Network in GSC Philippines. "I truly believe that...
Meet Lester Cristal, who eyes to make films that touch people... while pushing the issues of minority sectors.
Patruni Chidananda Sastry started doing drag at the age of 12, "though I didn’t know it was drag," they said. Now, Patruni says that...
The church – generally speaking – is a challenging context because it may have a pro-LGBT position, but it can still continue to have...
Four distinct methods - Angling, Pairing, Rocking and Shallowing - are used by women for sexual pleasure.
Being a responsive partner - one who focuses effort and energy to listen to their partner without reacting, tries to understand what's being expressed...
Regret is flexible, not constant. Or, as psychologists say, regret is adaptive. It changes according to the conditions.
Playful behaviors such as surprising the partner, retelling and reenacting joint experiences with the partner, or jointly forming new experiences often contribute to the...
Intimate partner violence found to be associated with riskier behaviors associated with elevated transmission of HIV, increased depression and anxiety, and poor adherence to...
The Department of Health a memorandum providing further guidance on COVID-19 vaccination of persons with comorbidities, including people with HIV. For Stephen Christian Quilacio...
Among study participants, paying a fee for home delivery and monitoring of antiretroviral therapy (ART) was highly acceptable in the context of low income...
Significantly, HIV-positive people who are receiving HAART have a greater risk of death from tobacco than from HIV-related factors.
Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. Now a new study of pregnant women shows that life-long antiviral...
The SOGIE Equality Bill - the latest iteration of the proposed anti-discrimination law that will protect the human rights of LGBTQIA Filipinos - was...
The partners of LGBTQIA people may be designated as the beneficiaries of insurance plans, according to the Insurance Commission.
You know why LGBTQIA Pride is observed in June? It's all because of an uprising that happened in June 1969 in a somewhat nondescript...
But in its earlier ruling on the matter, the SC said the Constitution does not restrict marriage on the basis of sex. It stated...
