Gay and bisexual African-American men have the lowest use of prostate testing

Los Angeles, CAGay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than men of any other racial and ethnic backgrounds regardless of their sexual orientation, according to a recent study by a researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science. In his study, pu...

Syphilis Rate on Rise in US Gay, Bisexual Men

Armed with more than a decade’s worth of statistics, researchers are sounding a new alarm about growing rates of syphilis among gay and bisexual men.// The overall number of syphilis cases in the United States fell from 50,578 in 1990 to just 7,177 in 2003 perhaps because of a nationwide prev...

Eating Disorders Highly Prevalent Among Gay and Bisexual Men

Gay and bisexual men may be at far higher risk for eating disorders than heterosexual men, according to a study. In the first population-based study of its kind, the// researchers found that gay and bisexual men have higher rates of eating disorders. Researchers Ilan H. Meyer, PhD, associat...

Human Rights Campaign Announces Speakers at 25th Annual Bay Area Gala

... 800-494-TIXS (8497). The Human Rights Campaign is America 's largest civil rights or ganization w or king to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that a...

Los Angeles County Launches Its Most Comprehensive Campaign Ever to Encourage HIV Testing

...gn will be in English and Spanish and will strategically target those who are most at risk for HIV in Los Angeles County. These groups include gay and bisexual men - with an emphasis on Latinos and African-Americans - and women of color. A majority of HIV infections in Los Angeles County are among men who ha...

LifeWorks Mentoring to Become Program of L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center

...Center Since 1971 the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has been building the health, advocating for the rights and enriching the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Our wide array of services and programs includes: free HIV/AIDS care and medications for those most in need; housing, food, cl...

AIDS/LifeCycle 8 to Raise $10.5 Million to Fight AIDS

...ith HIV. There are 1.1 million Americans living with HIV--the highest number in the history of the epidemic--1 in 6 of whom are Californians. Gay and bisexual men bear the brunt of the disease, representing 73 percent of all HIV/AIDS cases in California and 53 percent nationally. Communities of color are al...

AIDS/LifeCycle 8 to Raise $10+ Million to Fight AIDS

...HIV. There are 1.1 million Americans living with HIV -- the highest number in the history of the epidemic -- 1 in 6 of whom are Californians. Gay and bisexual men bear the brunt of the disease, representing 73 percent of all HIV/AIDS cases in California and 53 percent nationally. Communities of color are al...

NIH multicenter AIDS cohort study commemorates 25 years of discovery

...inical care of people with HIV. MACS investigators prospectively study the natural and treated history of HIV infection in thousands of homosexual and bisexual men at sites in Baltimore, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles. Guests will hear a keynote address by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the Natio...

World Television Premiere Event: The Film 'Pedro' Airs on MTV, MTV Tr3s, mtvU & LOGO on Wednesday, April 1 at 8:00 PM ET/PT

... About LOGO Logo is the world's leading ad-supported cable, satellite, online, mobile and digital entertainment network for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) audience, from MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA , VIA.B). Launched in 2005, Logo's cable channel is in more than 35 ...

Bisexual in Medical Definition

Sexual orientation and medicine

...ollege revokes the charter of the its LGBT medical student group after the applies to change its name from Student Help Organization to Lesbian, Gay, bisexual & Transgender People in Medicine. School officials claimed “the organization and its leader would advocate and promote activities inconsistent wit...

Bisexual in Biological News

Syphilis rate on rise in US gay, bisexual men

Armed with more than a decade’s worth of statistics, researchers are sounding a new alarm about growing rates of syphilis among gay and bisexual men. The overall number of syphilis cases in the United States fell from 50,578 in 1990 to just 7,177 in 2003 perhaps because of a nationwide prevention...

How to build a plant

...inflorescencesthe male tassel or pollen-producing flowers, and the female flowers that produce the kernel-bearing ears. Both sets of flowers begin as bisexual but with development, the female structures in the tassel and the male structures in the ear are arrested. By analyzing the mutant tasselseed4 (t4), ...

It's a unisex brain with specific signals that trigger 'male' behavior

...g particular brain cells that are present in both sexes. It isnt what youve got its how you use it, the authors say. It appears there is a largely bisexual or unisex brain. Anatomically, the differences are subtle and a few critical switches make the difference between male and female behavior, said senio...

Bisexual in Biological Definition

Hermaphrodite

...be a flower that has both staminate (male, pollen-producing) and carpelate (female, seed-producing) parts. Other terms for this condition are bisexual and perfect . Hermaphrodism in plants is more complex than in animals because plants can have hermaphroditic flowers as described, or unisexual ...

Bisexual in Biological Dictionary

Autogamy

...ssed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References description ( in self-fertilization ) ...same individual. Self-fertilization occurs in bisexual organisms, including most flowering plants, numerous protozoans, and many invertebrates. Autogamy , the production of gametes by the division of ...

Asexual

...oh- al -i-tee) Having no sexual organs, or engaging in no ... Asexual · bisexual · Heterosexual · Homosexual · Pansexual · Polysexual ... Asexual - Def...ns - a person who is not interested in or does not desire ... asexual gay bisexual homosexual sex straight heterosexual sexual queer lesbian ... asexual...