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Porn is the “silent and increasing deadly disease” and not Coronavirus, Religious Hate and Homophobic groups said.

15Apr

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Porn is the “silent and increasing deadly disease” and not Coronavirus, Religious Hate and Homophobic groups said.

Seriously gurl? Many websites providing legal porn material have offered free premium accounts to all their users, as a help and incentive to #StayHome and have something funny to do whether you are facing this isolation alone or with your partner. The use of sex toys, porn material and sex-cams significantly increased since the beginning of this pandemic due to Covid-19, but of course there people around the world who really have too much time to think about silly things when they could easily use their time to take advantage of a premium account on PornHub (just to give an example). In fact, Terry Schilling, executive director of the religious, homophobic and transphobic organisation The American Principles Project, wrote for The Federalist: “During a worldwide pandemic that has a...

Learn how to make a mask out of one of your jockstraps in 3 simple steps

11Apr

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Learn how to make a mask out of one of your jockstraps in 3 simple steps

Do It Yourself I know the news might be a bit old, but hey, I could not resist this, I had to report it. Let’s be honest with ourselves: we all have one or two jockstraps in our underwear drawer and we do like them a lot. But did you know you could turn it into a safe mask to go out and protect yourself from Covid-19? Emerson Collins - an American TV personality and actor - posted a video on his TikTok channel teaching us hot to make a mask out of a jockstrap! As reported from NYPost: “Don’t sew? Don’t worry: That DIY coronavirus face mask might be in your gym bag.” In his video, Emerson said: “I made a Jockstrap Mask Tutorial because I’m ridiculous”. It is a 1 minute video and in 3 easy steps you can get a fashionable, reusable and echo-friendly mask against Coronavirus. ...

Covid-19: LGBT+ people still seeking for hook-ups on line despite restrictions.

24Mar

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Covid-19: LGBT+ people still seeking for hook-ups on line despite restrictions.

Two in ten LGBT+ people would still consider online dating/hook-ups amid this coronavirus pandemic. Researchers would explain it as a need to fill a loss of intimacy during this historic moment, more than anything else. All this, of course, goes against the restrictive measures that almost the whole world is applying to stem Covid-19 pandemic that is redefining our daily lives and routines. Despite the increasing numbers of deaths due to coronavirus, it seems that about 28% of LGBT+ people would still consider casual hook-ups (mainly for sex) through famous dating apps; according to the Queer Voices Heard report published on Tuesday. Participants for the social business group who took part to this survey, described community's "real fear" of the viral epidemic, with 57% of responde...

Adam Castillejo is the second person in the world to be cured of HIV.

10Mar

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Adam Castillejo is the second person in the world to be cured of HIV.

The second person in the world to be cured of HIV publicly revealed his identity for the first time. We are talking about Adam Castillejo, 40, from London, who reportedly recovered from HIV following a stem cell treatment for cancer, according to BBC. Adam joins the Berlin patient who was declared cured of the virus in 2011, three years after undergoing a similar treatment. Adam Castillejo said: "By publicly revealing my identity and my story, I hope to help improve people's understanding of the science and HIV generally. I want to thank all those who have supported me on this journey, particularly my medical team at Hammersmith Hospital without whom I would not be here today." Venezuela-born Castillejo contracted HIV a year after moving to London in 2003. Unfortunately, in 2012 he w...

Skin Cancer risk is higher among gay and bisexual men: a study reveals.

13Feb

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Skin Cancer risk is higher among gay and bisexual men: a study reveals.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has recently released a new research which has collected info from around 450k adults every year since 2014, has shown that the rates of skin cancer are higher among gay and bisexual men if compared to heterosexual men and women. Researchers found that the rate of skin cancer was 8.1% among gay men and 8.4% among bisexual men. These data have to be compared with heterosexual men’s rate which is 6.7% and those of heterosexual women which is 6.7%. There are data the Independent reported. Dr Arash Mostaghimi, which led this research in Boston, said: “If we never ask the question, we’d never know that these difference exist. This information helps inform the world about how to allocate health resources and how to train providers and leaders. When we loo...