Health and Wellness
Good health - for you and your community
Being out to your physician isn't just a good idea for your health, but also for our community. Read more
Boxed in
With the help of 75 donated shoeboxes from Banana Republic, Thomas and his team sent them out to local and national people and businesses, asking them to fill the boxes in any way they pleased - with artwork, with gift certificates, with sculptures, whatever. But there's one catch: "They must include a red ribbon that signifies that they understand that HIV and AIDS is still in our community and our world," Thomas explained. "That's the only qualification." Read more
Gay Soccer: The World's Sport
Gay soccer offers a sanctuary. "There is a freedom on the pitch," Pranikoff says. "People can relive a childhood desire that they couldn't, or were too afraid to try. They can even relive a high school or college moment when they played, but now they can celebrate a goal with their partner, boyfriend or girlfriend who is sitting on the sideline, openly and loudly cheering for them. That is not something you see on most soccer fields in the world." Read more
Fall health calendar
Front Runners big fundraisers
Front Runners Walkers is a fitness and wellness group that welcomes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and friends and allies for running, walking and social activities. Read more
Confronting health disparities among LGBT youth
"Clinicians have a responsibility to offer a safe, expert environment in which LGBT youth can get support, receive excellent care, and learn how to protect against health risks." Read more
Quit - with some help from Affirmations
Affirmations is now offering free nicotine patches and smoking cessation counseling for individuals making a commitment to go smoke free in their lives. Read more
Out at the doc?
"I was planning to tell him anyway just because I thought that was important - I believe in being out and visible wherever possible because I think we change people's lives without even knowing it that way," she said of the experience several years ago. Read more
The light is back on
Project Light is a Kalamazoo-based organization that works to educate the community about the specific dangers LGBT youth face in regard to depression, mental health and suicide. Read more
Top 10 Things Gay Men Should Discuss with their Healthcare Provider
Top 10 things lesbians should discuss with their healthcare provider
Top 10 Things Transgender Persons Should Discuss with their Healthcare Provider
Viewpoint: LGBTs must join health care debate
Health care is a gay issue. It is a transgender issue. It is a lesbian issue. But you wouldn't know it from reading the mainstream media. Read more
Splash and Starvation
For Labor Day weekend I'll be making my annual trek to Austin, Texas for "Splash Day," a big gay party on a lake. Read more
National Resources: Counseling & hotlines
Children of lesbian families happy and healthy, but homophobia hurts
The 17-year-olds participating in the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) "demonstrate significantly higher social competence" and "significantly lower total problem behavior (than the standard population). Read more
Dental health: Bad teeth are a bite Oral health is a window to overall well being
Cavities, scary and painful dentist visits and the dreaded drill are becoming distant memories for the modern dental patient. Dentistry, like all medical sciences, has made huge strides in recent decades. Read more
Fifteen years to freedom
Eight hours a day. Three to four days a week. Every week. Fifteen years. For Angelia McCormick, a 38yearold woman from Detroit, going through kidney dialysis was as much a part of her life as going to work, making dinner, or brushing her teeth. Read more
Fall into good health this season
Whether your concern is your relationship, your physical health or your mental health, there are places you can go for help. Read more
Fit, fall fun
Summer is almost over - but opportunities for LGBT athletics groups aren't. Read more
Gay and graying
More than 70 percent of lesbian and gay and respondents over age 40 reported concerns about losing the ability to care for themselves in a recent study conducted by Community Marketing, Inc. Read more
Get OUT and walk for a cause
Walking is easy, cheap, clean and requires no investment except in a decent pair of sneakers. Read more
Nov 2009
Experience Christmas from the Heart with "American Idol" sweetheart David Archuleta at 8 p.m. Nov. 27. Read More