Category: HIV / AIDS / STDs

Why I’m Marching (and Organizing) for Science

By Vince Gabrielle

On April 18, 2017

What am I marching for? I’m marching for a childhood that knew the scent of milkweed and the feeling of caterpillars crawling on my hands. I’m marching for the silent moment when a chrysalis turns from green to black-and-orange. I’m marching for a world where you can hear the flutter of a butterfly’s wings as […]

Activism , Bisexuality , Breaking News , Discrimination , Family , Featured , Gay , Health / Medicine , History , HIV / AIDS / STDs , Homophobia , Race , Science , Sex & Sexuality

Still Waiting After All These Years: FDA and Gay Blood Donation

By Vince Gabrielle

On December 15, 2014

Update (December 30, 2014): The FDA recently announced that it would relax the lifetime ban on blood donation for men who have sex with men. Instead of banning all men who have had sex with men after

Featured , Health / Medicine , HIV / AIDS / STDs , Science , Sex & Sexuality , Sex Work

Male Circumcision and HIV

By Vince Gabrielle

On August 12, 2014

Queereka recently received a comment through our “contact us” portal asking us to weigh in on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwX5zfC0hgc about the recent evidence that’s been uncover

Truvada: A Late Take

By Vince Gabrielle

In Activism , Featured , Gay , Health / Medicine , HIV / AIDS / STDs , Homophobia , Politics / Activism , Science , Sex & Sexuality

On July 31, 2014

The CDC issued guidelines in May of this year recommending that people at high risk for HIV transmission including men who have sex with men, people with HIV-1 positive partners, intravenous drug users and women who have unprotected sex with partners of uncertain status undergo pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) regimens to prevent HIV infection. The WHO […]

HIV / AIDS / STDs

HIV Researchers and Activists Killed Onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight

By Benny Vimes

On July 18, 2014

Update 7/20/14: News reports are now listing the number of researchers killed as 6. While still an important loss of knowledge in the world of AIDS and HIV research, it is not as extreme as originally

Bullying , Discrimination , Gay , Health / Medicine , HIV / AIDS / STDs , Homophobia , Politics / Activism

Sodomy Causes AIDS: A Shocking Entirely True Revelation in the Field of Science

By Vince Gabrielle

On July 13, 2014

Recently, Bob Frey, a Republican candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives outlined what may just be the greatest scientific theory of all time. Frey outlined his position to the MinnPost i

Myths about sex workers

By laurelai

In Activism , Discrimination , Education , Feminism , Fun Stuff , HIV / AIDS / STDs , Politics / Activism , Sex & Sexuality , Sex Work

On August 6, 2013

Warning, this article may challenge long held ideas about sex work and sex workers causing cognitive dissonance and strong emotional reactions. If your worldview is reliant on these misconceptions this may cause psychological distress. Disclaimer; This is by no means a comprehensive list of all myths about sex work or sex workers, the tone is mildly […]

History , HIV / AIDS / STDs

Queer History: March

By cheyenne

On March 23, 2013

Doing something a little different this time with queer history this month by reaching not only into the distant past, but also taking a look into the future. And I want to use this space at least the

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