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HIV & AIDS Research
Research at the National Institutes of Health has led to major advances in the understanding and treatment of HIV and related opportunistic infections. Success against AIDS and other diseases depends on national research.
Risks of Abstinence-Only Education
The Human Rights Campaign supports providing our youth with comprehensive sexuality education, which includes abstinence as one method of reducing disease and unwanted pregnancies, but it also includes instruction and education on contraception, which can stop the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Medicaid Expansion for HIV/AIDS
Discrimination, lifetime coverage limits and other practices have served to deny private health care coverage to people with AIDS. As a result, Medicaid is the single largest source of health insurance for people living with AIDS, providing access to physician visits, hospitalization, prescription drugs, home health care and long-term care.
How Lesbians Can Protect Themselves from HIV/AIDS and Other STDs?
I am a 20-year-old lesbian in a relationship with a woman five years older than me. We have been sexually active for about a year now, and neither of us has had sexual relations with anyone else for that time. My concern is: How susceptible are we to AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases? And what are the precautions and measures we can take to avoid health problems?
How Can I Cope With Holiday Stress?
I am looking for some type of information on dealing with holidays when you’re the only person who is gay in your family. Holidays are tough enough when everyone is of the same sexual orientation. Any suggestions?