OFFICIALS SHOCKED AT RISE IN HIV IN YOUNG

Officials in the US are shocked a the rise in HIV cases among young gay men and are now saying that the safer-sex message must be renewed. Last month the Minnesota Department of Health reported the biggest jump in HIV infections in nearly 20 years – with cases doubling in young gay men. In Washington...

March 16th, 2010 | Health | Read More

38 OUT OF 53 AFRICAN COUNTRIES CRIMINALISED GAY SEX

Today’s Telegraph reports on how African governments are clamping down on homosexuality. Thirty eight out of fifty three of the continent’s nations have criminalised consensual gay sex. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says anti-gay policies are being used by politicians as a way of bringing together...

January 11th, 2010 | International | Read More

HOMO-SELECTION: THE POWER OF SAME-SEX LIAISONS

There’s a great article in this month’s New Scientist which discusses homo-behaviour in animals and why it exists. Basically – same-sex sexual behaviour exists in zillions of species from monkey’s to albatrosses and locusts to toads, but what’s the point of as it doesn’t...

December 9th, 2009 | News | Read More

BRITISH MUSEUM GOES HOMO

The British Museum is holding a tour this Friday 4th December to explore same-sex desire and gender identity. Should be a good one. The blurb says: The evidence for same-sex desire has often been overlooked in the past, but museums and their collections can allow us to look back and see the diversity...

December 3rd, 2009 | Theatre, What's on | Read More

VIDEO: GMFA’S MATTHEW HODSON ON HIV PREVENTION

Matthew Hodson, Head of Programmes at gay men’s health charity GMFA, has spoken to HOMOVISION.TV about the recent criticisms of HIV health campaigns as well as the work and aims of the charity, their policy on bareback porn and the effect the internet and sex-clubs have on HIV prevention. Hodson...

December 1st, 2009 | Highlights, Interviews, Latest videos, News | Read More

THT LAUNCHES NEW EDUCATION CAMPAIGN

The Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a new campaign aimed at young gay men, who it says receive little or no sex education relevant to them when at school. The Biology of Transmission campaign uses three bottom themed images: • the sponge – illustrating how the lining of the rectum absorbs semen...

November 12th, 2009 | Health, News | Read More