Health THT to host ‘growing older with HIV conference’ Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) are to host a professional conference on supporting the first generation growing older with HIV. One in three people with HIV is now aged over 50, and new diagnoses among older people have nearly doubled in the last decade – meaning health and social care sectors are en By Besi • 3 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: MindOut – We need to talk about…..suicide Many of us will have considered suicide at some point in our lives. Many of us will be living with a degree of suicidal distress, some on a daily basis. Many of us will have seriously considered acting on those feelings. Many of us will have tried to kill ourselves. Many of us will know someone who By Contributor • 4 min read
Community News OPINION: Transitioning with Sugar – A scary walk down memory lane The Brighton Sauna was always a mainstay in my life. When I moved to Brighton at 20, some 15 years ago, bars were open until 12, clubs until 2 and no night was complete without “finishing off”, take that as you will, in the sauna. By Ms Sugar Swan • 6 min read
Health Brighton nurse receives prestigious Royal College award Brighton nurse Jason Warriner received the prestigious Award of Merit at the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) Congress in Liverpool on Saturday (May 13). The annual RCN Awards celebrate the best in nursing with Fellowships, Honorary Fellowships and Awards of Merit presented to those who have given a By Besi • 1 min read
Health Lib Dems call for PrEP to be made available on the NHS The Liberal Democrats will ensure access to the HIV prevention drug Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on the NHS for people in high-risk groups if elected at the General Election on June 8. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News HIV life expectancy ‘near normal’ due to treatment advances A study in The Lancet has found that young people diagnosed with HIV in the US and Europe now have a near normal life expectancy because of improvements in drug treatments. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Critical & Experiential : Dimensions in Gender and Sexual Diversity: Previn Karian There are some profoundly interesting chapters in this book, that challenge as much as inform but anyone with an interest in proud, frank and non-pathologizing discussions of gendered identities and sexual practices that are explored in honest and engaging ways would find this book invaluable in a p By Eric Page • 1 min read
Community News TwistedXXX Media stars to take centre stage in LGBT Foundation information videos Actors from leading gay porn studio, TwistedXXX Media, will be taking centre stage to create a series of informative sexual health videos for Greater Manchester’s LGBT Foundation. By Besi • 1 min read
Features & Longread MENTAL HEALTH FEATURE: Depression Do not confuse ‘being depressed’ with the medical syndrome of the same name, this would be like misunderstanding the difference between sleep and a coma. No one who has suffered from depression harbours any doubt that they were seriously ill as this account of his illness by my friend Mike Wall will By Contributor • 4 min read
Features & Longread How MindOut made me proud of who I am MindOut the LGBTQ Mental Health Service reveal how they achieve excellent results. At MindOut we try really hard to capture that holy grail of information from people who use our services: what it is about our services that really works so that you feel supported and helped in both the short and lon By Contributor • 4 min read
Community News MindOut Good Practice Guide, launched at House of Commons Helen Jones, CEO of MindOut, met Caroline Dinenage MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years at the Department for Education at the House of Commons launch of MindOut’s LGBTQ Mental Health Good Practice guide on March 1. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News LGBTQ mental health charity shortlisted for major national award Brighton based charity MindOut, LGBTQ Mental Health Service has been shortlisted for the UK-wide Charity Governance Awards 2017. The charity is in the running for the Board Diversity and Inclusivity award with a prize of a £5,000 unrestricted grant. By Besi • 2 min read
