The Latest Current Affairs Stories
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The immigration and refugee rights of gay men and people living with HIV
Immigration and refugee rights in Canada are under siege and this is impacting people living with HIV. Toronto lawyer and human rights activist El Farouk Khaki, in a video interview, explains why this is so and what we can do about it. -
Harm reduction news: Canada steps backwards?
The Canadian HIV/Aids Legal Network says government bill will impede life-saving health services like safe injection sites, cause more death and disease. -
Megan DePutter on ending the endorsement of sexual violence on Facebook: lessons in social media strategy for activists -
Ken Monteith reports on Montreal’s Aires Libres 2013
‘Tis the season…to close Ste-Catherine Street in the Village in Montréal to all but pedestrian traffic, suspend reality and a whole lot of pink balls and move everything out onto the street. -
Gay men can now donate blood if they’ve had no gay sex for the past five years
“Changes to MSM deferral policy are an important step forward” says the Canadian AIDS Society -
An end in sight? CATIE on where cure research stands today. -
Toronto Public Health issues Meningitis Travel Alert
Latest notice suggests Canadian doctors offer vaccinations to MSM who are planning to travel to New York City and who are either HIV-positive or who may have close or intimate contact with other men met either online or at a bar or party in New York City -
Megan DePutter with reflections on her last post about rape and the fallout following the Steubenville rape case – and says there is hope. -
Canadian researcher Robert Remis subject of protest
AIDS Action Now! says Robert Remis is on the wrong side in testifying for the crown in a string of recent criminalization cases -
Megan DePutter isn’t angry. In fact she’s delighted that AIDS Committee of Guelph’s close second place finish in the Canada’s Worst Charity Website contest netted her agency a $15,000 website makeover.. -
Wayne Bristow draws comparisons between the attention a website about birds draws to one about HIV – and doesn’t like what he sees.
