A Navajo reservation on the Arizona-New Mexico border has seen its HIV diagnoses go up by 20 percent since 2011. Despite a concerted push by the federal Indian Health Service (IHS) and public health advocates to expand tribal HIV education programs, doctors ...
Sexual Stigma Is Undermining HIV Treatment On American Indian Reservations
Posted On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: American Indian Reservations, HIV Treatment, Sexual Stigma
A Navajo reservation on the Arizona-New Mexico border has seen its HIV diagnoses go up by 20 percent since 2011. Despite a concerted push by the federal Indian Health Service (IHS) and public health advocates to expand tribal HIV education programs, doctors ...
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Say what? I don't even know what that means! I guess you'll just have to read below and find out.
LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to encourage condom use and safer sex practices, the County of Los Angeles Department ...
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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence jump into the deep end of generosity, as they become an official Sponsor for the Accidental Bear Queer Music Tour this July, that will be benefitting LGBTQ Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Services in 5 ...
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Wow, I am truly touched (tears in the eyes).
Zach Sobiech is 17 years old and diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer that takes the lives of a large percent of its childhood victims. Given only months to ...
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Conner Habib Answers “How Do You Navigate An Open Relationship?” with Help from The Maverick Men: Video
Posted On Thursday, May 16, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Conner Habib, Open Relationship, The Maverick Men
Conner Habib is back with a brand new Ask the Sexpert segment!
And this week he’s brought along Hunter and Cole Maverick, a.k.a. porn impresarios The Maverick Men) to talk about open relationships.
How do you avoid jealousy? When is an okay time to ...
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Manhunt Gets On Board as Official Sponsor of the A.B. Queer Music Tour Benefitting LGBTQ Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Services!
Posted On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: A.B. Queer Music Tour, ManHunt, Mental Health Services, suicide Prevention
Everybody stand up and give Manhunt, the world’s best place for guys to meet, now serving millions of men in dozens of countries and languages, a standing ovation for stepping up to the plate, to become an official sponsor of Accidental Bear ...
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Food for thought.
Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the
net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they're breaking down in record numbers.
By Hara Estroff ...
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Walter Pfeiffer on Porn Saturation: Has Internet Porn killed Our Imagination?
Posted On Thursday, May 9, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: internet, porn, Walter Pfeiffer
Food for thought.
Dazed Digital reports:
The iconic, highly charged photographer Walter Pfeiffer on why internet porn has killed our imagination.
Since the early seventies, Walter Pfeiffer has teased out the sexiness of his subjects. His portraits of young boys – many cast from the streets ...
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Presidential Proclamation: May is National Mental Health Awareness Month 2013
Posted On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: 2013, Awareness Month, Mental Health, Presidential Proclamation
NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, 2013
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today, tens of millions of Americans are living with the burden of a mental health problem. They shoulder conditions like ...
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No Real AIDS Cure, But a Step Forward Says The New York Times: Video
Posted On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: AIDS, The New York Times
"The Times's Donald G. McNeil Jr. explains the unusual cases in which H.I.V. has seemingly been killed with drugs, and what can be learned from them." TheNewYorkTimes
Read the story HERE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4d63Ow0ecQ&feature=player_embedded
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SF Companies, Blade + Blue and Accidental Bear, Team Up to Benefit LGBTQ Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Services
Posted On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Fashion, Health, Queer News Tags: BENEFIT, Blade + Blue, LGBTQ, Mental Health, suicide Prevention
Local San Francisco break out company of the year, Blade + Blue Clothing, has joined forces with Accidental Bear Website to help raise funds and bring awareness to LGBTQ Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Services. The vehicle that has made this ...
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Herbal Aphrodisiacs Anyone? Celebrate Love and Intimacy Says Herbalist Emmanuel Donval
Posted On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Herbal Aphrodisiacs
Since graduating from California School of Herbal Studies, Emmanuel Donval has come up with a new line of herbal aphrodisiacs that work for men and women to help get their mojo going. H hand craft them following GMPs and using certified organic herbs provided by Mountain Rose Herbs.
About herbalist Emmanuel ...
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Newly Founded Organization Takes on FDA Gay Blood Ban: Video
Posted On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Banned4Life, FDA, Gay Blood Ban, video
When Blake Lynch discovered he couldn’t donate blood for a friend’s transfusion because he was gay, he founded the Banned4Life organization to fight the discriminatory policy.
BY JASE PEEPLES at the Advocate
When Seminole State nursing student Blake Lynch found out his ...
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The Flaccid Truth: Erectile Dysfunction: Infograph
Posted On Monday, April 22, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Doctor Fox, Erectile Dysfunction, Flaccid Truth
A fun infographic for Doctor Fox about a serious matter.
What is needed for an erection to work?
The right stimulation
Functioning nervous system
Adequate blood supply
Smoke, drink and eat your way to an unhealthy erection
Smoking
Evidence has found a link between smoking and erectile dysfunction through ...
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Two More Southern California Meningitis Deaths Come to Light
Posted On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: CA, Gay Men, Meningitis Deaths
By Brandon Lowrey
Two more recent Southern California bacterial meningitis deaths have come to light after the illness rapidly killed a West Hollywood man last week.
Brett Shaad, 33, a West Hollywood attorney died on Saturday night. Officials in West Hollywood quickly alerted the gay ...
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“Anal Sex” by John Corvino: Do Butt Babies Come From Anal Sex?: Watch Video
Posted On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: anal sex, John Corvino, video
"John Corvino addresses those who seem to think there's nothing more to gay sex than anal sex and explains how squeamish visceral reactions can sometimes masquerade as moral judgments.
Dr. John Corvino, also known as the "Gay Moralist," is a writer, ...
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Let’s Talk about Sex | Interview with Connor Habib
Posted On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Connor Habib, Interview
Do you need another reason to love Conner Habib? Watch video below, that should close the deal.
Abby Martin talks to sex and relationship expert, Connor Habib, about the defunding of sex education from public schools and that taboos surrounding pornography. breakingtheset
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Free Meningitis Vaccinations In LA
Posted On Monday, April 15, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Gay Men, LA, meningitis, vaccinations
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation will offer free meningitis vaccinations to gay men in the Los Angeles area. Read full press release:
In response to cases of bacterial meningitis among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) that has affected men in Los Angeles and New York, AIDS ...
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April is STD Awareness Month: Brent Corrigan’s Oral Exam w/ Bonus Very NSFW PSA Video
Posted On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Brent Corrigan, PSA, STD Awareness Month
April is STD Awareness Month
Every year, the public health and medical communities recognize April as STD Awareness Month. This month-long observance provides individuals, doctors, and community-based organizations the perfect opportunity to address ways to prevent some of nearly 20 million ...
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Condoms Get an Origami Redesign
Posted On Monday, April 8, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: condoms, Redesign
What ever happen to just, spit on it and stick it in? Okay, that was a little rough. This article with smooth over my rough edge (no my penis does not have rough edges!). Condoms redesigned, who knew.
Catherine New with Huffington ...
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Semen Is Good For Your Mental and Physical Health Study Finds Out
Posted On Sunday, April 7, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: good health, semen
From Huffington Post UK | By Sara C Nelson
Semen is good for your mental and physical health, a study has found.
Whether it enters the body through oral sex or sex without a condom, the “mood altering chemicals” contained within seminal fluid reduce ...
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Move A Queer Project: San Francisco LGBTQQI Mental Health Agency Needs Your Help
Posted On Thursday, April 4, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Mental Health Agency, San Francisco
You can help our community heal and thrive!
Whether it’s eating out with our significant other or just walking down the street by ourselves, queer people deserve to feel safe, seen and understood in all aspects of our lives. In order ...
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Bad Idea Bears Hijack a Gay Hookup in New PSA “In Bed with Bears”: Video
Posted On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health Tags: Avenue Q, PSA, Safe sex, “In Bed with Bears"
Logo’s partnership with Avenue Q on a national campaign to create awareness surrounding HIV, the Tony-winning musical's Bad Idea Bears hijack a gay hookup in the new PSA “In Bed with Bears.”
“Don’t discuss your status, ditch the condoms, and hump like bareback bunnies," is advice of ...
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The Needle Prick Project: Joshua Stearns on Dating Someone HIV-Positive
Posted On Friday, March 22, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: Dating, HIV-Positive, Joshua Stearns, Needle Prick Project
by Tyler Curry for the Advocate
Joshua Sterns followed his heart and dated an HIV-positive friend. However, he was unprepared for the aftermath of breaking up .
To a certain type of gay man, the thought of dating someone who is openly ...
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A Gay Man at Midlife Ponders Being Lonely and ‘Invisible’
Posted On Thursday, March 21, 2013 By Accidental Bear. Under Health, Queer News Tags: "Invisible", Gay Man, Midlife
Many L.G.B.T. community centers have activities for people across the age spectrum. Here, the William Way Center in Philadelphia held an opening for the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History's "Pop-Up Philly" exhibit last year.
nytimes.com reports:
Every other Tuesday, Steven Petrow, the author of “Steven ...
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