A jury inquest has concluded that systemic failures by services supporting Jason Pulman, a trans teenager who took his own life, could have contributed to his death. Warning: The following article contains discussions about mental health, self-harm and suicidal ideation. 15-year-old Jason Pulman was found dead in Hampden Park, Eastbourne on 19 April 2022, the
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Labour MP for Nottingham East Nadia Whittome has said the Cass report must not be “spun” by opponents of trans healthcare. (Ollie Millington/Getty) Labour MP Nadia Whittome has said the Cass report must not be “spun” by opponents of trans healthcare. After a four-year wait, the review into England’s youth gender services was published on
The bill comes into effect immediately. (Stock image/Getty) The Seventh Court of Appeals has lifted an injunction blocking Indiana’s gender-affirming healthcare ban on 27 February, allowing the ban to take place immediately. Senate Bill 480 prohibits medical providers from providing life-saving gender-affirmation treatment to individuals under 18 years of age. It also prohibits aiding or
The fight against HIV has been transformed by medical breakthroughs such as PrEP.(Getty/Envato/PinkNews) A worrying number of straight Brits think they can’t contract HIV, despite rising cases among heterosexuals, a new study has revealed. HIV Testing Week, held from 5 to 11 February and coordinated by the HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust, celebrates 10 years
“It is so important that people can take full control of their own contraceptive needs.” (Getty) The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in the UK have called to make the morning-after pill “free for everyone”. They’re also calling for it to be made widely available so that people can get ahold of emergency contraception
Vuokkoset has launched a tampon aimed at trans men (Vuokkoset) A Finnish sanitary product manufacturer is getting hate online for launching a tampon aimed at trans men and non-binary folks. Vuokkoset launched the product during Transgender Awareness Week as a means of addressing the gender dysphoria trans men and non-binary people feel around menstruation, with
A mother and child can be seen walking past a food bank sign. (Getty) The rise in the energy price cap risks putting even more vulnerable people over the poverty line, charities and advocacy groups have warned. Energy regulator Ofgem announced on Thursday (23 November) that it is raising its price cap from £1,834 for
Eugina Cooney’s fans are once again concerned about her wellbeing after her TikTok account was removed and she posted an Instagram story that has been deemed concerning by some. (eugeniacooney/Instagram) American internet personality Eugenia Cooney has left fans concerned after posting an Instagram story saying its been a “weird last few days”, after having her
When Hex Coles woke up and discovered that their skin had turned yellow all over, they knew instantly something was very wrong. Hex, now 26, was a university student on the cusp of adulthood – but all of a sudden, they were spending much of their time in hospital, where doctors desperately tried to find
If you listen to some campaigners and newspaper columnists, trans people are trying to ‘erase’ womanhood by replacing words such as ‘breastfeeding’ with ‘chestfeeding’. But this is a false, and damaging, narrative. Simply put, chestfeeding is a word predominantly used by some trans men, non-binary people and gender non-conforming people to describe the act of
The Florida medical board committee approved a prospective rule that will ban gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth under the age of 18. (Getty) The Florida medical board committee approved a proposed rule banning gender-affirming medical care for trans youth, making it one step closer to reality. A joint committee of the Florida board of medicine
The Terrence Higgins Trust said Thérèse Coffey’s decision not to get more monkeypox vaccines “would be concerning and shortsighted”. (Getty) Health secretary Thérèse Coffey has been accused of ‘jeopardising public health’ after she decided not to secure extra monkeypox vaccines despite advice from officials. Coffey decided not to purchase a recommended 70,000 extra doses of
LA has confirmed its first death of a resident due to monkeypox. (Getty) The US has reported its first confirmed monkeypox death. The Department of Public Health (DPH) along with the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on 12 September that an LA resident’s death was due to monkeypox. It comes after Texas
A protester holds the trans flag and snaps in solidarity with other speakers, during a trans rights demonstration. (Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Trans people in Montana have been permanently banned from changing their birth certificates in yet another devastating blow to LGBTQ+ rights. Health officials in the state adopted a proposed rule change on
Dr Demetre Daskalakis at a monkeypox briefing (L) and posing shirtless (R). (Getty/Instagram) Right-wing trolls are mocking a gay monkeypox doctor because he’s hot and has dared to wear a harness. Dr Demetre Daskalakis, one of the White House’s most senior figures appointed to respond to the monkeypox outbreak, has faced smears from right-wing media
A Texas federal judge has ruled to allow the removal of PrEP from the healthcare plans of two companies. Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that the inclusion of the HIV treatment was in violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Wednesday (7 September) after companies Braidwood Management and Kelley Orthodontics brought the case to the
Kyle Sandiland said he was “giving the gays the warning” after he described monkeypox as the “big gay disease floating around”. (YouTube/Kyle and Jackie O) Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands defended his comments calling monkeypox the “big gay disease”, claiming he was “giving the gays the warning”. Sandilands faced immense backlash after he talked about
Trans youth are being hit hard by the cost of living crisis. (Getty) The cost of living crisis is forcing queer young people out of safe homes and into potentially dangerous situations. The economic crisis is hitting young people in the UK especially hard as landlords demand higher rents and inflation hits more aspects of
French monkeypox patients have been saying how psychologically painful the virus has been for them. (Getty) Monkeypox may leave more than just physical scars, according to several accounts by patients. Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital’s infectious disease specialist, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, told France24 that research suggests that “psychological distress is linked to several aspects” of the disease. He
Two trans people hold hands while marching under a trans Pride flag in the New York City Pride Parade. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) A federal court has blocked efforts by the Biden administration to ensure trans people are never discriminated against by religious doctors when seeking healthcare. In 2016, the Obama administration issued an interpretation of the
The White House is hoping to get more monkeypox jabs in LGBTQ+ people’s arms during Pride. (ichael M. Santiago/Getty Images) LGBTQ+ Pride events in the US are to get more monkeypox vaccines as part of a new targeted approach by the White House. The Biden-Harris administration is hoping to prevent the disease from spilling out
Dr Will Nutland says the team wanted to offer monkeypox vaccines at UK Black Pride after seeing a “huge inequality in who’s getting the vaccine”. (Twitter/@TeamPrepster/PinkNews) A not-for-profit team gave free monkeypox vaccines to attendees at UK Black Pride to address the “huge inequity” in who is able to get the vaccine. Dr Will Nutland
Daniel O’Shaughnessy says douching isn’t always necessary. (PinkNews) Daniel O’Shaughnessy had worked as a nutritionist for years before he thought of writing a book specifically about queer people’s nutritional needs. The idea first came to him when he was “dragged” onto a gay cruise ship. Throughout his career, Daniel had worked extensively with LGBTQ+ clients –
A vial of the monkeypox vaccine sits on a table during a media tour of the monkeypox clinic operations. (David Joles/Getty Images) The Australian government is to import 450,000 monkeypox vaccine doses to help tackle a rise in cases. Health minister Mark Butler told reporters on Thursday (4 August) the government had negotiated at least
Monkeypox cases have spiralled in the US. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) The US federal government has declared monkeypox a public health emergency as the outbreak becomes the largest in the world. Health and human resources secretary Xavier Becerra issued the declaration Thursday (4 August) at a time when the US grapples with more than 6,600 cases.
Far-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks that the monkeypox outbreak is something to “laugh at”, according to an interview. In a clip published by right-wing extremist watchdog PatriotTakes, Greene is heard saying that because the outbreak is only a “threat to some of the population”, people should dismiss it as another “scam.” “It’s not a
Protesters at the San Francisco Federal Building demand that the federal government respond quickly to the recent San Francisco monkeypox outbreak. (The Washington Post via Getty/ Marlena Sloss) San Francisco has declared a state of emergency, with the city in “desperate need of vaccines” as monkeypox cases skyrocket. The US has seen around 4,600 confirmed
A fourth person thought to have been ‘cured’ from HIV has been announced. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) For the fourth time since the global epidemic began, a person appears to have been “cured” of HIV. The 66-year-old man, named the “City of Hope patient” after the Californian centre he was treated in, has been
Monkeypox, a once rare virus, has spread worldwide in recent months. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Single genital lesions on the anus and mouth have been identified as symptoms of monkeypox as researchers better understand the virus. On Monday (25 July), the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) updated its definition of monkeypox to say symptoms now include a lesion
A pregnant same-sex couple. (Pexels/ Mikhail Nilov) Cis female same-sex couples will no longer face steep financial barriers to access NHS fertility treatment in a landmark shift. Until now, cis female same-sex couples in England have been forced to go through several rounds of expensive intrauterine insemination (IUI), costing some couples as much as £25,000,
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