» Bad Medicine.
South African Matthias Rath has been ordered to stop selling his "AIDS curing" multivitamins VitaCell. One activist celebrated the ruling thus: "This judgment is a victory for the rule of law and the scientific governance of medicine. Over the last decade in this country that rule of law has been contested by our minister of health and the president, and a culture of impunity has been created such that charlatans like Matthias Rath can get away with deceiving vulnerable people such that those people end up progressing to AIDS and dying." [Mamba] |
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» Blinders.
"A quarter of a century after the outbreak of AIDS, the World Health Organization (WHO) has accepted that the threat of a global heterosexual pandemic has disappeared. In the first official admission that the universal prevention strategy promoted by the major Aids organizations may have been misdirected, Kevin de Cock, the head of the WHO's department of HIV/AIDS said there will be no generalised epidemic of AIDS in the heterosexual population outside Africa." [Independent via JMG] |
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» Au Naturale?
"Australian researchers said Wednesday they have developed a means of producing a "natural condom" which could prevent the spread of AIDS. The Melbourne researchers said they believe men could reduce their risk of contracting the HIV virus, which causes the deadly disease AIDS, by applying the female hormone, estrogen, to their penis once a week. University of Melbourne researcher Professor Roger Short said that use of an estrogen cream could quadruple the thin layer of the protein keratin on the skin and thereby provide a natural defensive layer. "You create what you could call a natural condom," [said] Short." [BreitBart] |
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» Family Fun!
What would Mickey say?! In honor of Gay Days at Disney, health officials are out in full force distributing condoms and administering HIV tests. [WDBO] |
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At the risk of being phallocentric, we'd like to dedicate yet another post to the ever-mysterious penis. This little video features Amy Sedaris as a cartoon prick who explains the ins-and-outs of puberty. Some of you may have seen this before, but it's worth another shot. May qualify as NSFW. |
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In an effort to make things easier for the queers, Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association teamed up for the Healthcare Equality Index, a handy guide to gay friendly hospitals across the country: Just over half of 88 hospitals got top marks under a new rating system created by two national gay-rights organizations which hope the standards will result in more compassionate treatment of gay and lesbian patients. The Index also includes prescriptions for good gay medicine, like including "transgender" as a gender choice and "partner" as a relationship status. No word on whether "top" and "bottom" will be suggested. |
» Collective Solitaire
In honor of National Masturbation Month, San Francisco's Center For Sex & Culture will host an absolutely explosive Masturbate-A-Thon on May 25th. Bring a hanky! [POQ] |
» Wank It!
Did you know that it's national masturbation month? Well, now you do, so we hope you honor accordingly. [Gay.com] |
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» Slow Going.
Gays are slowly but surely coming into their own over in Vietnam. They may want to hurry up, however, because HIV/AIDS awareness has been ignoring them and it's costing a heavy price: lots of lives. [Thanhnien News] |
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Lesbian actress Cynthia Nixon kept her breast cancer secret for over two years, but now the red-headed beauty's speaking out to raise awareness. Here she is chatting about her mother's battle and her own. No, it's not glamorous or gossipy, but it's awesome - like everything Nixon does. Nixon also opened up about how her diagnosis affected her lady love, Christine Marinoni: Talking openly about a relationship she had refused to discuss, she said: "My girlfriend was the one doing the eating. She was in a panic - and just trying to calm herself down any way she could." She also revealed her children, who know about the illness, now call both of them "mum", adding "they love her". Aww, that's enough to make us want kids. Or a lesbian girlfriend. Toss-up… |
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"As of today, doctors can perform the surgery if there is a medical reason to do so — not for any other reason," ministry spokesman Suphan Srithamma said. Or you could buy a loofa. |
» Spreading
The United States and Canadian blood services aren't the only ones banning gay blood: "The Thai Red Cross Society has resolved to reject blood donations from homosexual men in a move which has met with strong opposition from human rights organizations." [Bangkok Post] |
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