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(Envato Elements) Medical research on trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people’s neurology at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been voluntarily suspended due to ethical concerns that participants could face harm from the study’s design.  UCLA and Dr Jamie Feusner, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioural sciences at the university, are voluntarily pausing a study that was supposed to focus on the effects of gender dysphoria on a trans person’s brain. According to an article in Radiology Business, the research explored the neurological and genetic fac...

Carmen Vázquez, the founding director of the Women's Building in San Francisco and a longtime activist for the LGBTQ community and social justice, died January 27 in New York City. She was 72. The cause was complications of COVID-19, according to the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, where Ms. Vázquez had been a board co-chair. According to a statement on the foundation's website, Ms. Vázquez, a butch lesbian, was the founding director of the Women's Building in San Francisco, helped found the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center in San Francisco, and the LGBT Health & Human Servic...

California’s not-so-smooth vaccine rollout Logistical hurdles and debates about fairness have bogged down the state’s vaccination campaign, leading to widespread frustration Post Date: February 01, 2021 California Gov. Gavin Newsom (right) greets a healthcare worker at the launch of a COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles. In late January, 38-year-old Bao Vo had a daily routine: Every day, the downtown Los Angeles resident logged onto Orange County Health Care’s scheduling website for COVID-19 vaccinations to check if there was a spot a...

Carmen Vázquez, the founding director of the Women's Building in San Francisco and a longtime activist for the LGBTQ community and social justice, died January 27 in New York City. She was 72.

'This is the time': For some transgender people in CT, pandemic paves path to transition Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Conn. Health I-Team Writer Jan. 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Kyle Jones said she feels more at home in her body since beginning her transition in early 2020.Cloe Poisson / Conn. Health I-Team / Cloe PoissonShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Kyle Jones said she feels more at home in her body since beginning her transition in early 2020.Cloe Poisson / Conn. Health I-Team / Cloe PoissonShow MoreShow Less Kyle Avery Jones had recently come out as transgender to her parents and friends w...