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Category: 2013

All news stories published in 2013.

Nathaniel Christopher / 19 December 2013

Prostate cancer study focuses on gay men’s needs

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...
Nathaniel Christopher / 14 December 2013

Lawyer says he’ll sue if Trinity Western law school is accredited

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 ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 7 December 2013

Prince George school board to adopt anti-homophobia policy after all

Two more British Columbia school districts are set to adopt stand-alone anti-homophobia policies in early 2014. In November the school boards in Prince George and Port Alberni voted unanimously to rel...
Nathaniel Christopher / 1 December 2013

Five generations of gay men

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, ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 14 November 2013

Gay health summit looks at life beyond HIV

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...
Nathaniel Christopher / 12 November 2013

Canadian Blood Services grilled at Gay Men’s Health Summit

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...
Nathaniel Christopher / 1 November 2013

Queer content absent from BC curriculum review so far

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...
Nathaniel Christopher / 23 October 2013

Pink Triangle Press joins coalition to protect Canadians’ privacy

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...
Nathaniel Christopher / 22 October 2013

Queer Canadians should be especially concerned about spying: BCCLA

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...
Nathaniel Christopher / 18 October 2013

New HIV testing program targets couples in the US and Ontario

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...

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