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Some new statistics, released in Montreal and New Brunswick, are showing an increase in new sexually transmitted infections for gay men. The Montreal Clinic L’Actuel has signaled that more and more young gay men are contracting HIV, while in New Brunswick, the public health department is worried about a radical increase in syphilis infections, notably amongst young gay men.

The last time I had spoken to yoga instructor David Flewelling, it was at an underwear party at the loft in the Village. He exuded his usual self-assured and challenging mode of being, with a small tribe of obedient boys downward-dogging at Kai Design‘s space on St-Timothée. As the one-man show behind both Mudraforce – [...]

Réjean Thomas is a leading researcher in the field of HIV/AIDS, and the head doctor at the Actuel Clinic in Montréal. We sat down with the founder of the Fondation l’Actuel to reflect on the 30th anniversary of AIDS and the confusion that still reigns today.

UK International Development Minister says policy has been misrepresented: UK foreign aid will not be cut, but switched to NGOs and civil society organisations; On Monday, Nov 21, the Tatchell Foundation presented African social justice activists’ statement to UK government.

This is a secret truth that Québeckers are faced with. If even an educated professional who takes blood samples for a living does not know about lifetime bans on gay male blood donation, what must the rest of the population think? Non-profit lobby group Hemaphobia found out the hard way, Tom McGraw reports.

With same-sex relations illegal in 41 of the 54 countries that comprise the international group, the pressure was on to address the decriminalization of homosexuality formally at the Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held Oct 28-30 in Perth, Australia. Efforts to decriminalize homosexuality in the Commonwealth were ultimately unsuccessful, but hold promise for the future.

David Cameron’s Conservative government has released a statement that it intends to suspend aid to countries in the Commonwealth that uphold homophobic laws. The change in policy could affect several African countries. Simultaneously, UK activists have launched a petition to get Commonwealth nations to recognize HIV and criminalisation issues at the upcoming summit in Australia.