Fenway & MMS To FDA: Change Blood Donor Policy For Gay Men
The Massachusetts Medical Society and the Fenway Institute urge FDA to change blood donor policy for men who have sex with men Our nation’s health…
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BGMC: Baby, You Were Born This Way!
BGMC delighting the community again – Check out their upcoming concert info and Q&A below Courtesy of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus— The Spring concert…
Warren Releases Plan For Securing LGBTQ+ Rights & Equality
The Warren campaign is the only campaign to directly send TRT such a detailed LGBTQ+ plan CHARLESTOWN, Mass.—Today, Elizabeth Warren released her plan to secure…
The Frivolist: Coming To Terms With Your Balding Head In 5 Steps
By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— Male pattern baldness for a young gay man can be tough to come to terms with, but rest assured that…
TRT Exclusive—From Trauma to Triumph: A Gay Man’s Mission to Overcome PTSD, Rape, Educate Others
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— It happened on December 21, 2011. “That night I was home in my seventh floor loft in downtown Phoenix and…
Grappling with God: The Never-Ending Struggle to Make Sense of the Senseless
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— A little over two years ago, an Arizona mother was taking her twin 18-month-old sons on a walk near a…
Exclusive: A Moment with Meryl
Acting luminary, Meryl Streep, opens up about being ‘in love with gay people,’ the Snapchat conundrum and her beloved LGBT roles By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to…
Rates of HIV Among MSM Vary Widely by Region
By: Eric Brus* 15% of U.S. MSM Are Living with HIV, But Prevalence Varies Widely by Region Eli Rosenberg and colleagues from Emory University’s Rollins…
[UPDATED] Suspect Indicted in a String of Robberies Targeting Gay Men
This story originally ran on May 9, 2016 By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Today, Riccardo D’Orsainville, 51, of Norton, was arraigned in Suffolk Superior…
Boston Police Seek Victims of Robbery Suspect; Assailant Targets Gay Men
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office are looking for victims of a suspected thief who reportedly targeted…
Rates of HIV Falling: Gay Men Still More Vulnerable Than Most
By: Eric Brus*— The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that annual HIV diagnoses fell 19% in the U.S. from 2005 to…
Getting to Zero: The Multi-Faceted Solution to Beating New HIV/AIDS Infections
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Research, prevention, and treatments of HIV and AIDS has, in the last decade, made the disease anything but a death sentence….
A Trans Woman’s Journey From the Straight to the LGBT World
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Like many trans women, I came from the straight, heterosexual community. I knew very little about the LGBT community. All…
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020, detailing principles and priorities to guide our collective national work to address…
What We’re Looking for Over the Next Five Years of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By: Sean Cahill* One of my proudest moments in 25 years of LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism came in July, 2010, when I joined other HIV/AIDS…
Op-Ed: Positive Thoughts – Passing the HIV Test
By: Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr./Special to TRT— Getting tested for HIV nowadays is a snap. In the era of over-the-counter rapid in-home testing, I’m befuddled…
CDC Awards Fenway Health, AIDS Action, Multicultural AIDS Coalition $3.78m for ‘Getting To Zero’ HIV Prevention Partnership
BOSTON, Mass.—The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have awarded Fenway Health, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition $3.78 million for a five-year…
Positive Thoughts: Crossing the HIV Viral Divide
By: Diane Anderson-Minshall*/Special to TRT— It was little surprise when HBO’s Looking—a critically acclaimed but poorly rated TV series about gay men in San Francisco—introduced…
Rates of HIV Diagnoses in U.S. stable, but Gay Men Still Have High Rates of Infection
By: Eric Brus*— Late last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their new surveillance report, Diagnoses of HIV infection in the United…
Disproportionate Intimate Partner Violence in the LGBTQ community
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— Recently, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report Intimate Partner Violence in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ),…
Gay Men Say that HIV is a Top Health Issue, but Few Get Tested Regularly
By: Eric Brus*— More than half (52%) of U.S. men who identify as gay or bisexual consider HIV/AIDS to be the most important health issue…
National HIV Testing Day Works, HIV Resources for Gay & Bisexual Men
By: Eric Brus*— A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Contorl finds that both the number of HIV tests administered and the number of new…
Gay & Bisexual Men See HIV as Top Health Issue Facing their Community; Majorities not Personally Worried about Getting Infected, Tested Regularly
Most Are Unaware of New Prevention Options, Such as PrEP, or Current Treatment Recommendations MENLO PARK, Cal.—More than thirty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and…