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“Facebook peer groups may be useful for HIV education”

by goodolewoody, posted in EDUCATION, gay, Health, Human Interest, LGBT, Politics, Social Media

NBC NEWS

Andrew M. Seaman, Reuters

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Groups on the popular networking site Facebook may help educate men about HIV prevention and testing, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that specially-created Facebook social media groups helped encourage men who have sex with men to reach out for information about testing themselves at home for HIV.

The study is “really demonstrating a way to take what we already know to be effective… and translating it into the digital realm,” Sheana Bull, professor and chair of the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health in Denver, said.

“I think it does have a lot of potential and a lot of promise,” said Bull, who wasn’t involved with the new study.

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“First same-sex divorce finalized in Colorado”

by goodolewoody, posted in CIVIL RIGHTS, gay, GENDER EQUALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, JUSTICE IN GOVERNANCE, LGBT, MARRIAGE EQUALITY, MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH CAROLINA, Politics

CBS NEWS

DENVER | Supporters of Colorado’s new civil unions law say a court ruling declaring a same-sex divorce final means gay couples married in other states can legally terminate their relationships in Colorado without uprooting their lives.

Juli Yim and Lorelei Jones wed in Massachusetts in 2009, where same-sex marriage is legal. Yim said that relationship went sour and she found a new partner in Colorado.

Colorado is one of several states that treat gay and straight couples the same in almost every respect through civil unions or domestic partnerships. Gay couples are not allowed to marry in Colorado, but can get divorced there under state statute.

Gay rights advocates said other states also grant divorces to gay couples who were married elsewhere, but some require in-state residency to dissolve the relationship. Gay-rights advocates contend the requirement is more than an inconvenience because it can put lives on hold for those who have moved to different states.

Denver lawyer Kyle Martelon said there is some confusion on how gay couples can get divorced, and the issues are different in other states.

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IF WE CAN’T TALK ABOUT GUN CONTROL LAWS NOW…WHEN?

by goodolewoody, posted in 2014 ELECTION, Barack Obama, Children, CIVIL RIGHTS, Congress, Democracy, EDUCATION, Politics

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Happy 20th Anniversary Barack and Michelle

by goodolewoody, posted in Politics

BATMAN PREMIERE SCENE OF TRAGEDY IN AURORA, COLORADO

by goodolewoody, posted in Politics, PostAday, PROGRESSIVES, Re-Elect_Obama, REPEAL CITIZENS UNITED

Fourteen people were killed and 50 injured when a gunman opened fire during an early Friday morning screening of the new Batman movie at an Aurora, Colorado, theater, Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters.

A suspect is in custody, Oates told reporters. “We don’t have any evidence of a second gunman,” he said.

[QUOTE: CNN]

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