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Health

Health is a core pillar of concern for LGBTQ2S+ people. Pink Triangle Press (PTP), Xtra’s parent company, recognizes the need for science-based and shame-free information about your health. PTP believes its new digital publication, Script, can help expand what’s available. Please visit Script.Health for health stories that previously would have been published on this page by Xtra.

Walking down memory lane
Health

Walking down memory lane

The Alzheimer Society of BC raises awareness with provincewide fundraiser

By Xtra Editor
Deferred from giving blood, gay men urged to donate to research
Power

Deferred from giving blood, gay men urged to donate to research

Only gay men who abstain from sex for five years can give blood to people

By Nathaniel Christopher
The joy of missing out
Opinion

The joy of missing out

Make 2015 the year of doing (a lot) less

By Phil Villeneuve
Sex Now survey looking for gay and bisexual men to participate
Love & Sex

Sex Now survey looking for gay and bisexual men to participate

Important to track gay men’s health and to quantify results, researcher says

By Nathaniel Christopher
In the waiting room, with Diane Flacks
Culture

In the waiting room, with Diane Flacks

Hope, despair and the medical system in the playwright’s new show at the Tarragon

By JP Larocque
Death, country music and dangerous trans women
The Daily Package

Death, country music and dangerous trans women

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell
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Vancouver villains: Newsmakers 2014
Power

Vancouver villains: Newsmakers 2014

The people who shaped our year for the worse

By Robin Perelle
National crisis line for trans people expands to Canada
Health

National crisis line for trans people expands to Canada

Trans Lifeline is founded and staffed by trans people

By HG Watson
McGill studies HPV transmission among gay and bisexual men
Health

McGill studies HPV transmission among gay and bisexual men

Carrageenan, a sea algae extract, may be key ingredient to protecting against HPV

By Richard Burnett
BC won’t improve intake policies for LGBT seniors entering care
Health

BC won’t improve intake policies for LGBT seniors entering care

Ministry says Qmunity’s recommendation would violate human rights

By Shauna Lewis
12-year-old boy kills himself after joining cheerleading squad
Culture

12-year-old boy kills himself after joining cheerleading squad

By Raziel Reid
One in 10 people are gay? Not even close
Health

One in 10 people are gay? Not even close

Studies poke holes in a statistical sacred cow — especially where lesbians are concerned

By Niko Bell
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Out umpire, padlocked privates and the year of the gay athlete
The Daily Package

Out umpire, padlocked privates and the year of the gay athlete

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell
Parents publish retraction on trans son’s gender 20 years later
Love & Sex

Parents publish retraction on trans son’s gender 20 years later

By Raziel Reid
Thinking twice about reporting HIV nondisclosure
Power

Thinking twice about reporting HIV nondisclosure

AIDS Action Now video campaign examines stigma surrounding HIV

By HG Watson
Anger on World AIDS Day
Opinion

Anger on World AIDS Day

Can we finally let go?

By Michael Burtch
Phallometrics, indoctrination and HIV lite
The Daily Package

Phallometrics, indoctrination and HIV lite

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell
VIDEO: PrEP approval in Canada stuck in limbo
Health

VIDEO: PrEP approval in Canada stuck in limbo

Canadians forced to depend on off-label prescriptions

By Frank Prendergast
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