Health

Poorer lesbians forced to use internet sperm donors

baby on board August 20th, 2010

Lesbians wishing to become mothers who cannot pay for expensive fertility treatment are increasingly turning to the internet to find sperm donors and may therefore miss out on protection from the law, according to a new study. (more…)

Gay people “more than three times as likely” to take drugs

Pills July 26th, 2010

A study by the UK Drug Policy Commission has found that substance misuse among lesbians and gay men is higher than in heterosexual people. (more…)

Gel cuts HIV risk to women by 54%

Red ribbon July 20th, 2010

A gel has been developed which can reduce by the risk of contracting HIV by half. The vaginal gel, which should be applied before sexual intercourse, is the first HIV/AIDs protection available exclusively to women. (more…)

Mice turn lesbian after gene deletion, scientists claim

July 8th, 2010

A procedure that deletes a single gene in female mice at the embryo stage can make the rodents attracted to other female mice, scientists in Korea have claimed. (more…)

Gay conversion therapy is harmful, scientists say

July 2nd, 2010

Doctors have approved a motion backing a call to ban the use of “conversion therapy” on the grounds that it is harmful and discredited. (more…)

Lesbian trainee PC ‘accuses police of homophobia in suicide note’

Lara Goldie June 17th, 2010

A lesbian police officer who hanged herself at her home has allegedly accused her former colleagues of homophobia. (more…)

Lesbian parents better, say scientists

lesbian parents June 14th, 2010

Children with lesbian parents perform better in school and have fewer behavioural problems than children of the same age of the general population, according to a new study. (more…)

Gaydar exists, scientists claim

Gaydar image June 1st, 2010

The existence of a ‘gaydar’ in lesbians and gay people could well be true, according to research by Dutch scientists. (more…)

US drugs trials exclude lesbian and gay patients

Coomassie dye photo by Dasha March 23rd, 2010

New research into clinical trials in the USA has found that lesbian and gay participants are sometimes being deliberately excluded from participation. (more…)

What’s the difference between a bad tranny and a butch dyke?

woman's reflection in a mirror February 26th, 2010

Occasionally, and usually when I’ve been drinking, I like to tell people that I wasn’t born female; I’m trans, writes Ioana Poprowka. I don’t do it all that often, but the reaction is always the same: disbelief. As in “I never would have guessed!”

And you know what? I get a kick out of that. I like the fact that I’m under the radar. Unfortunately, this kind of steps on most of the points I’m about to make, but I’m just putting it out there for the sake of honesty. (more…)