Category: Around the World
The company that manufactures the HIV prevention drug PrEP is preparing to test the pill against COVID-19 in an effort to find out if it could kill the virus or slow its spread. Gilead Sciences, the manufacturer of Truvada, is set to test components of PrEP against COVID-19 but doesn’t expect it to be that successful […]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to create havoc across the globe, the world’s leading AIDS Conference is now the latest event to be affected. The 2020 International AIDS Conference which was scheduled to be held in San Francisco from July 6 has announced that the event will now be staged virtually. In a statement from the International AIDS […]
In what is being described as a massive backwards step, the Egyptian government has announced to UN member states that it is unable to protect LGBTI+ people’s rights due to the fact that they do not recognise that they exist. According to reports by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Egypt made the bigoted statement on the […]
As the Olympics are postponed to 2021, this year’s Eurovision has been scrapped entirely. Eurovision 2020 is another causality of the Coronavirus pandemic. The event which was due to take place in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in May has been cancelled due to coronavirus dears as the pandemic sweeps Europe. The singing contest will […]
A Kentucky teenager has been thrown out of her Christian school following celebrating her birthday with a rainbow cake and wearing a rainbow top. According to reports by Wave3 News, Kayla Kenney celebrated her 15th birthday at a restaurant with her family, however, following her mother Kimberly Alford, innocently posted a photo of the happy […]
Finally some good health-related news. A second person has been cured of HIV, a new study published in The Lancet HIV reports. The medical journal reports that two and a half years ago, Adam Castillejo – previously identified as the “London patient” – finished HIV antiretroviral therapy and is still free from the virus in […]
A conference on LGBTIQ rights has been banned by the Government of Ghana, however, organisers insist the event has been postponed because of the coronavirus. The organisation Pan Africa Ilga was set to host its 5th regional conference in the capital Accra from 27 to 31 July 2020, under the theme of “Looking back to […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed new amendments to Russia’s Constitution that will specifically outlaw same-sex marriage. According to reports by Euronews, Putin has proposed several amendments to the nation’s constitution that includes asserting Russia’s “faith in God” as well as restricting the definition of marriage. Despite same-sex marriages and civil unions of same-sex couples […]