Sex With HPV: What You Need to KNow

The ramifications of an HPV diagnosis and what it means for your sex life.

www.advocate.com/health/2018/3/23/sex-hpv-what-you-need-know

Craigslist Shuts Down Personals

Forget finding your Missed Connections or hooking up for any more Casual Encounters because Craigslist Personals are finished.

Writes the website:

US Congress just passed HR 1865, “FOSTA”, seeking to subject websites to criminal and civil liability when third parties (users) misuse online personals unlawfully.

Any tool or service can be misused. We can’t take such risk without jeopardizing all our other services, so we are regretfully taking craigslist personals offline. Hopefully we can bring them back some day.

To the millions of spouses, partners, and couples who met through craigslist, we wish you every happiness!

Fast Company explains:

Craiglist made the move after the passage of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) on Wednesday. The act makes it easier for sex trafficking victims and prosecutors to sue websites that allowed sex traffickers to post ads on the sites. Numerous tech companies fought against the bill arguing they couldn’t be held liable for what people post on their platforms.

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Cynthia Nixon Is at Least as ‘Qualified’ as Most of These Celebs Who’ve Run

The Emmy- and Tony-winner was dubbed an “unqualified lesbian,” but she’s at least as experienced as these celebs who’ve run before her. 

www.advocate.com/politics/2018/3/22/cynthia-nixon-least-qualified-most-these-celebs-whove-run

Anal Examinations for Suspected Gays Banned by Kenyan Court

An earlier decision upholding the practice was unconstitutional and a violation of human rights, the court ruled.

www.advocate.com/world/2018/3/22/anal-examinations-suspected-gays-banned-kenyan-court

Australia’s National Health Plan to Subsidize PrEP, Vastly Lowering Prices

Australia will subsidize Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on its national health plan, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme on April 1, AJP reports:

The listing puts Australia in reach of being one of the first countries in the world to end the transmission of HIV, Health Minister Greg Hunt says.

“PrEP is a medical innovation that will save Australian lives and the decision to list it is one of the most significant advancements in HIV transmission Australia has ever seen,” Mr Hunt says.

…In its recommendation to list the treatment, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee stressed that PrEP should form part of a “comprehensive approach” to sexual health and complement other safe sex practices.

Access to PrEP to date has been “patchy” in Australia, says the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, which applauded the decision.

Due to the significant cost, Australian PrEP users mostly accessed it through state and territory trials.

9News reports: “The PBS listing will drop the price to $39.50 a month for general patients and $6.40 for concession holders, which would otherwise have cost $2500 a year without the $180 million government subsidy.”

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