ASHM, January 2025 Summary of Australian recommendations for anal cancer screening in PLHIV While uncommon in the general population, the incidence of anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) is increasing, and certain groups, including people living with HIV (PLHIV) are disproportionately affected. While anal cancer can affect people of all ages, unlike cervical cancer, rates do not start rising...
La Trobe University, April 2025 Researchers at La Trobe University are conducting research on experiences of discontinuing oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by HIV-negative gay and bisexual men in Australia. The Interruptions Study is funded by Health Equity Matters. Who is eligible?: You can take part if you: Have regularly used PrEP, now or in the past (including regular on-demand use)...
Movember Institute of Men’s Health, April 2025 Social media plays a huge part in young men’s lives. Once fringe subcultures, influencers who create ‘men and masculinity content’ now amass millions of young male followers worldwide. Despite high levels of public interest, there has been a lack of attention given to the voices and experiences of young men engaging with this content and how it is...
SHINE SA Media Release: Support for Calls for Inclusion of Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics, and Sexual Orientation in the 2026 Census Posted on September 4, 2024 “All of us count, and all of us should be counted” SHINE SA supports the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) proposal to include three essential topics—gender, innate variations of sex characteristics, and sexual...
ABC & Australian Institute of Criminology, 10th July 2024 More than one in five Australians have admitted to inflicting acts of sexual violence since the age of 18, in shocking figures released by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC). A survey of 5,000 anonymous Australians aged between 18 and 45 has revealed almost 10 per cent had perpetrated sexual violence in the past 12 months...
Reininger, K.M., Koulen, H., Biel, H.M. et al. A Pilot Study of Metacognitive Training in U.S. Republican Leaners: Reducing Polarization Toward LGBTIQ+ Persons. Arch Sex Behav 53, 1609–1620 (2024). Negative attitudes and stigmatization toward sexual minorities is a cause of minority stress of non-heterosexual persons on an individual level and has a negative impact on democratic coexistence in...