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Highway to Health: Ukraine’s reproductive health crisis

Bailey Salimes April 28, 2022
Sexual assault medical care and rape crisis centers tend to receive the least amount of attention during crises, even though demand is high.
Film projector

BU film series showcases queer representation and pride

Molly Farrar June 30, 2021
The LGBTQIA+ Faculty and Staff Community Network put on six films covering the gamut of queerness.
medical students in a laboratory

BU medical community looks toward post-pandemic healthcare, research

Rachel Do April 28, 2021
As the number of vaccinated Americans climb, BU researchers reflect on how the country fought COVID-19.
Boston University’s school of Theology hosted the webinar “The Queer Art of Reading and Resilience: Uplifting BIPOC Trans Life and Spirit” Thursday, which included six BIPOC transgender panelists. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

STH celebrates resilience of transgender communities

Julia Furnari November 6, 2020

LGBTQ individuals experience higher rates of violence and death than their heterosexual peers, and this reality can take a toll. To celebrate trans resilience and address topics such as transphobia...

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Politics Philosophized: Decriminalization, legalization of all drugs are best ways forward

Max Ferrandino October 13, 2020
I would say yes to both legalization and decriminalization — either will be better than the current system of drug enforcement. Even very addictive and dangerous drugs such as heroin and fentanyl should be legalized and regulated.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pride Month will look different this year. In cities across the U.S., traditional LGBTQ events are being cancelled for the first time in decades. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

LGBTQ community finds resilience during pandemic

Vanessa Kjeldsen June 4, 2020
The LGBTQ community is no stranger to death. With Boston's 50th Pride cancelled, educators and advocates reflect on their community's second pandemic.
Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, opened a panel focused on the eradication of AIDS Monday. COURTESY OF FLICKR

Speakers share optimism on eliminating prevalence of AIDS

Akshata Shukla December 5, 2019
To commemorate and acknowledge World AIDS Day, the Boston University School of Public Health hosted a panel Monday, featuring speakers from various backgrounds who presented their views on the progress that has been made in AIDS research and the future for fighting the disease.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: We can do better in preventing the spread of HIV

Meredith Varner December 3, 2019

Every Dec. 1, World Aids Day comes around and we all talk about the people in this world living with HIV or AIDS, which are sexually transmitted diseases commonly associated with the gay community. The...

Star of Netflix reality show “Queer Eye” Jonathan Van Ness, shown in 2018, performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on Friday as part of his “Road to Beijing” tour. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Review: Jonathan Van Ness is tumbling toward Beijing in style

Harper Wayne November 10, 2019

The curtains rose at Orpheum Theater, revealing Jonathan Van Ness in a black t-shirt unitard and rainbow-striped tights on a rectangular mat. He started his tumbling act around 8:10 p.m. Friday night....

Meredith Varner

American Protest: Erase the stigma around AIDS and HIV by educating people

Meredith Varner March 4, 2019

The second semester of my freshman year of college, I took a U.S. history course that focused on 1865 to the present. I figured it would be an easy A since I took AP U.S. history in high school and learned...

Since November 2018, Boston public health officials have diagnosed six new cases of HIV in the city among people injecting drugs. COURTESY OF PUBLICDOMANPICTURES.NET

HIV outbreak occurs among Boston drug users

Mia Ping-Chieh Chen February 1, 2019
Public health officials have diagnosed six new HIV infections in the city among people who have injected drugs since November 2018 — the majority of which occurred in January, according to an advisory from the Boston Public Health Commission and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
A recent report detailed the tendency for U.S. college students to contract diseases while studying abroad. ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International travel poses risk to students’ health

Avery Gound December 6, 2018
As students plan for their international adventures over break and for study abroad in the spring, they have more to concern themselves with than a budget and packing list.
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