A team of researchers is seeking participants for a study that will help physicians better address the needs of gay men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. “The overall goal of this is to be...

A Toronto civil rights lawyer says that if Trinity Western University’s (TWU) bid to establish a new law school is approved he will challenge the accreditation in court. Clayton Ruby takes issue ...

Gay men’s health is closely linked to the era in which they were born and raised and which generation of gay they belong to, says an associate professor in psychology at the University of California, ...

In its ongoing attempt to expand the conversation about gay health beyond HIV, the ninth annual BC Gay Men’s Health Summit focused on the directions gay lives take overall, and how they’re shaped by w...

HIV activists at Vancouver’s ninth annual Gay Men’s Health Summit challenged Canadian Blood Services’ (CBS) ongoing — albeit shortened — ban on gay men giving blood, Nov 7. Health Canada’s new blood d...

Gay educators in BC are concerned that the Ministry of Education’s curriculum overhaul contains few specifics on the inclusion of mandatory queer content. The ministry has so far posted curriculum dra...

More than 30 Canadian organizations, citizens, experts and businesses — including Xtra’s publisher, Pink Triangle Press (PTP) — have joined the Protect Our Privacy Coalition to safeguard the privacy o...

The executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) says queer Canadians should be particularly concerned about government surveillance programs because of their long history of spyin...

Researchers in the US are expanding an HIV testing program focused on testing gay men in couples, after finding that up to two-thirds of new HIV infections come from couples. The program, called Testi...

Gay and bisexual men in British Columbia will soon have greater access to a more accurate form of HIV testing that can detect the virus as soon as a week after exposure. A BC Centre for Disease Contro...