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The Latest: Join Us Feb. 7 for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

On Saturday, Feb. 7, Safe Guards LGBT Resource Center, Circle of Care and University of Pennsylvania have teamed up to host an event for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)... Read the rest »

For Consumers:

Get your FREE Rapid HIV Test today (free STD testing too!) : SafeGuards provides FREE Rapid HIV Test (results in 20 minutes). You can email us for an appointment: saferthebetter@yahoo.com or call (215) 985-6828... (05/21/11) More... »

SafeGuards is Moving! : After July 1, 2010, SafeGuards will be at: 1700 Market Street, 18th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 985-6873 (phone). (215) 732-1252 (fax) (06/27/10) More... »

NHVREI and SafeGuards Project Honor National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day : Community involvement critical to successful research to find an HIV vaccine More than 25 years since HIV was first discovered, the virus continues to devastate families and communities across the country, with African American communities being affected at an alarmingly disproportionate rate... (02/03/10) More... »

R U Ready 2 Quit Smoking? : There are several services available to LGBTQ individuals in Philadelphia who are thinking about quiting smoking (01/07/09) More... »

Safer & Sexy: Beyond HIV: What You Should Know : Join us for a community forum. Come hear more about sexual health concerns affecting our community that you may have recently seen in the news like syphilis, HPV, and MRSA. Wed... (05/05/08) More... »

Microbicides Report : Less Silence, More Science - Advocacy to Make Rectal Microbicides a Reality. Report by International Rectal Microbicides Advocates (IRMA) (03/17/08) More... »

Drug-Resistant MRSA Strain Spreading Among Gay Men : A new study has found that a drug-resistant strain of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is appearing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Boston and San Francisco... (01/17/08) More... »

Take Charge: Get Tested for HIV : SafeGuards offers free HIV rapid testing by appointment. To make your appointment today email saferthebetter@yahoo... (01/09/08) More... »

Lesbian Kisses: SafeGuards partners with Mautner Project : Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization, has partnered with the Mazzoni Center and The SafeGuards Project, two leading Philadelphia LGBT health organizations, to kick off the “Delicious Lesbian Kisses™” campaign in Philadelphia this Saturday night, March 19, 2005 during Philadelphia’s girL party... (03/23/07) More... »

Online Service for Notifying Partners of STD Exposure : SafeGuards has partnered with ...InSPOT is an free, anonymous, and secure online service that can be used to notify sex partners of a possible exposure to a sexually transmitted disease (STD), such as syphillis or even HIV. (09/19/06) More... »

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For Communities:

LGBT Families of Color Brief : This fact sheet explicitly examines LGBT families of color, though many of the findings apply more broadly to any family of color—or even any family—where children are not being raised by two married, biological parents... (03/09/12) More... »

Sign up for SafeGuards mailing list : Click on this link for a secure site registration form Register for SafeGuards LGBT Health Resource Center email updates... (05/21/11) More... »

The Black Book: ‘A Brief Fixation’ : It was Tuesday, when I got a call from an ex-boyfriend. He was nearing the typical semester-ending Hell Week at Drexel and needed to drill off some tension after a week of finals... (03/09/10) More... »

The Black Book: ‘Latin Sorbet’ : It was my first break-up in about two and a half years, and I was finally coming to terms with some cold hard realities: 1) I was dumbly blinded by the notion of love for far too long and 2) my ex-boyfriend had about as much regard for a gay boy's well-being as Jeffrey Dahmer... (03/09/10) More... »

Movie Nite at SafeGuards: “Equality U” : Join us for a free screening of the documentary "Equality U." The 2010 Soulforce Equality Ride starts right outside of Philly in Phoenixville, PA... (02/19/10) More... »

“The Adams.” A New Dating Column by Angel Hardy : I remember my first time hearing about Adam4Adam. I was a sophomore in college and as naïve as Rose Nylund... (02/01/10) More... »

I Count Philly! LGBT Census Awareness Project Launches : The Philadelphia LGBT Complete Count Census Committee invites you to: LGBT Communities & the 2010 Census: A Community Presentation by Dr... (12/07/09) More... »

Building Our Future Today : Join SafeGuards and the Educational Justice Coalition for the first LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Fair (YEF) on October 9, 2009 from 4 to 8pm... (09/21/09) More... »

“Getting Your Life: Crystal Meth, 2 boys and a Transexual” : A new play by Shareef Hadid Jenkins. Presented as part of the Philly Fringe Festival at the William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street... (09/11/09) More... »

Obama Proclaims June LGBT Pride Month : Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community... (06/01/09) More... »

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For Providers:

Thoughts About HIV Testing: Things to Consider When Encouraging People to Get Tested : I encourage everyone to get tested I don’t simply ask people who are super sexually active or people who tell me they had sex without a condom I also encourage virgins and say; “just because you haven’t had sex yet at some point you will and at some point you might worry about your status... (06/24/11) More... »

Transgender HIV Prevention : Transgender persons face discrimination in a wide range of public and private settings including employment, housing, health care, and access to social services... (05/21/11) More... »

Concerned About HIV Prevention Options? Why You Need to Know About HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Research : SafeGuards, in colloboration with the PA Campaign for Microbicides, will present a HIV Vaccine & Microbicide Research Overview for your organization's staff, community group, or any group that would like to know more about these important areas of HIV Prevention Research... (02/21/09) More... »

African Americans & HIV/AIDS Issues : Special Issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association. HIV/AIDS, A State of Emergency. Research Agenca to Combat HIV/AIDS among African American. Jan. 2008 (03/17/08) More... »

Healthcare Equality Index for LGBT Patients and Families : The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) released the first national Healthcare Equality Index, an annual survey addressing five areas of greatest concern to LGBT health care consumers: patient non-discrimination, visitation, medical decision-making, cultural competency training for staff and employment policies... (01/16/08) More... »

Transgender Health Priorities : This resource identifies important health priorities for transgender people and was compiled by the National LGBT Health Coalition with the input of multiple individuals and organizations, including Philadelphia's Transgender Health Action Coalition (THAC) HealthPriorities_Trans... (01/15/08) More... »

The Future for HIV Prevention: The Latest on HIV Vaccine Research : SafeGuards, Circle of Care, and Univ. of Pennsylvania HIV Vaccine Trials Unit will host a Provider Forum, May 18, 2007 from 12:30 to 3pm... (05/16/07) More... »

Microbicide Research Challenges : An update on the CONRAD microbicide trial from CHAMP CHAMP Newsletter_March2007... (03/13/07) More... »

LGBT Cultural Competency and Social Work : The Gay Affirmative Practice Scale is a newly validated assessment measure for social work practice... (07/26/06) More... »

Lesbians & Breast Cancer: the Latest Research : Safeguards compiled this review of the research literature on the subject of breast cancer among lesbians. (08/26/04) More... »

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