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Beauty Isn’t Frivolous

Love is about the inner beauty, the meshing of two personalities that complete each other to their fullest form. The need to feel beautiful on your wedding day is not frivolous. It’s just as important...

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The Next Gay Plague: Anal Cancer

by Paul Mittelstadt, MD Anal cancer in gay men or men having sex with men (MSM) has the appearance of being the next major health crisis within the gay community. This disease has been discussed for...

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Bishop Christopher Senyonjo – Abiding Friend to Uganda’s GLBT Community

Bishop Christopher Senyonjo and Canon Albert Ogle ( St. Paul ’s Foundation in Uganda and the U.S. respectively). Photo by Jim McGowan. Bishop Christopher Senyonjo has been a straight ally of glbt...

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The Aliveness Project

Hazel. Photo courtesy of The Aliveness Project. In the United States today, HIV and AIDs are largely no longer seen as a death sentence.  Many people experience HIV/AIDs as a manageable life-long or...

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Leather Life: Meet Mr. Friendly

Picture courtesy of Richard Yates Photography – Minneapolis, MN Interview with Derek Harley, Mr. Minneapolis Eagle 2012 Allow me to introduce you to Derek Harley, Mr. Minneapolis Eagle 2012. Allow him...

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Surviving the Waiting Game

Carise Rotach-Beard. Photo by Lisa Venticinque. It’s a scene that Hollywood has exploited in nearly every childhood drama; a little kid standing out in the baseball field, attempting to nonchalantly...

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World AIDS Day: HIV Stigma in the Black Community

Please Join us for one of MAP’s World AIDS Day Events: Saturday, December 1, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. The Avalon: Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater,  1500 East Lake Street Minneapolis MN 55407 Please...

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11.26.12 2011 Transgender Community Health Assessment Presented by Author...

  2011 Transgender Community Health Assessment Presented in collaboration by the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition and the University of Minnesota Pictured clockwise: e.shor, Author School of...

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11.26.12 Minnesota LGBTQ Health Collaborative Open House and Forum University...

Pictured Clockwise:Alex Iantaffi, Project CoordinatorSchool of Public Health University of MinnesotaRoxanne Anderson, Interim Executive DirectorMinnesota Transgender Health CoalitionMegan Hoffman,...

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12.01.12 Safe Sex Ball World Aids Day Heart of the Beast Theatre Minneapolis

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02.21.13 Rainbow Health Initiative Re-Launch Southern Theater Minneapolis

Pictured (l-r): Joann Usher, Executive Director, Rainbow Health Initiative, and Barbara Satin, Founder, GLBT Generations.

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A Gay Girl’s Guide to Life after College

Kathleen Watson. Photo by Hubert Bonnet I’ve made it. It’s been a year, and I’m still standing. Still breathing. Still living. I’ve made it through that awkward, awful, and (yes, I’ll say it) awesome...

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05.19.13 2nd Annual Transgender Day of Celebration

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05.19.13 Minnesota Aids Walk

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Gay Vet Reaches Out

Eric Holmgren. Photo by Pam Colby Erik Holmgren is a military vet with a mission. He wants to help other veterans, especially new amputees and gay veterans. He has had more obstacles in life than most,...

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A Word In Edgewise: A New Language for a New World

Pfc. Manning announced, shortly after her recent sentencing, an ongoing gender issue: Manning wishes to be addressed as “Chelsea” and to start hormone replacement therapy. This request will open up...

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08.29.13 Minnesota Lynx Fifth Annual Catwalk for a Cure Mall of America

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08.31.13 Minnesota Lynx Acknowledge Rainbow Health Initiative

  Joann Usher, Executive Director of Rainbow Health Initiative was acknowledged by Chris Wright , President of the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Minnesota Lynx v Seattle Storm game at the Target...

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AARP SNAP

By Lynne McMullen SNAP Outreach Coordinator, AARP Foundation Lucy Ellis is an eighty-five year old retired woman who uses the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to help her afford...

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Ask Lambda Legal – The Affordable Care Act & You

By Leslie Gabel Brett, Director of Education and Public Affairs Dear Ask Lambda Legal, Q: I’m transgender and also have HIV, and am wondering if Obamacare is an option – I haven’t had health insurance...

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