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…

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
 

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…

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…

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…

An update on the CONRAD microbicide trial from CHAMP CHAMP Newsletter_March2007…

The Gay Affirmative Practice Scale is a newly validated assessment measure for social work practice…

Safeguards compiled this review of the research literature on the subject of breast cancer among lesbians.

Current Research on Smoking and Trans communities
At present, there is very little medical information about the long-term
health effects of hormone usage in Trans individuals…

Rates
of Smoking Among Transgender Populations
Preliminary evidence from recent focus groups and surveys examining
smoking in the LGBTQ community suggests both rates of smoking and getting
help quitting are concerns for Trans populations…

Available Research
Asscheman, H; Lips, P; Gooren, LJG; Megens,
JAJ. Division of Endocrinology/Andrology…

To download this PDF about challenges to providing health care for gay men, click here:
Gay Men & Health Care

There has been limited research published on health risk behaviors and related psychological and social factors of men that have sex with men (MSM) attending circuit parties (CP) in the United States, despite the fact that these parties attract thousands of men on an annual basis…

There is very little research on Transgender/Transexual (Trans) populations and smoking. This article looks at what research is available, and what can be done in the future for this population.

Sex work is an occupation or trade involving the exchange of sexual services for economic compensation…