Jamaica has put measures in place to support the Convention on the Rights of the Child and protect children from sexual abuse, but cultural issues must be addressed in addition to legal reform.
What is reproductive health for LGBT people? The answer is as diverse as our community and as varied as it is for heterosexual people. For all people it is the right to choose how we want to live our lives that is constantly in peril and must be relentlessly protected.
Despite the right-wing claim that Mary Cheney and Heather Poe's new baby would do better in a household with two married heterosexual parents, research shows no disadvantage for children of LGBT parents.
Not many men visit the gynecologist's office: E. Danielle Maroon shares his personal experience with reproductive health and the challenges for female-to-male (FTM) trans people to maintain good health.
A common misconception is that lesbians don't need annual exams; as a group, they may actually have higher risks for cancer and other reproductive health issues.
The latest news is that the House Labor-Health and Human Services subcommittee is planning on spending $27 million more than last year (a total of $140 million) on abstinence-only programs.
Breaking News: Today Senators Feinstein and Snowe have introduced legislation to strike the ideological abstinence-until-marriage earmark from PEPFAR (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).
Congresswoman Maloney introduced the Access to Birth Control (ABC) Act Wednesday in order to ensure that any woman who wants birth control is able to get it in a timely and convenient manner.
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. releases a report today on PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) policies and how they're affecting efforts in Vietnam.
Due to the sustained conflict and economic downturn ushered in by the U.S. invasion, Iraqi women are now migrating to Syria in droves, where they're faced with exotic dancing and sex work to support themselves.
