UK court overturns refusal to offer PrEP
In a landmark case, the High Court in London has ruled that England’s National Health Service (NHS) acted unlawfully in refusing to offer the HIV prevention drug PrEP. In March, after 18 months of preparation, NHS England suddenly announced that it would halt its work on the approval and rollout of PrEP, which has shown […]
Tel Aviv’s last gay bar shuts down
Despite being known as the Middle-East’s most gay-friendly city, Tel Aviv has lost its last gay venue. On Saturday, the Evita Dance Bar shut its doors, 12 years after it first opened. Located in the heart of the city, it was Tel Aviv’s only bar specifically catering to the LGBT community. “We had a wild […]
SA LGBT rights advocate to take up US journalism fellowship
Angelo C Louw, who was one of the youngest ever editors of a South African print publication, has been accepted for the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey fellowship. Louw, who is currently Adovacy Officer at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) in Johannesburg, leaves this month to take up the opportunity at the Philip […]