HIV Health and Wellness

Why Argentina still doesn’t have comprehensive sex education

#ConMisHijosNoTeMetas: Don’t mess with my kids

Thirteen years after Argentina passed a law that proposed a country-wide comprehensive sexual education curriculum, it is still being met with resistance.

Australia: NSW government 'on the same page' as Victoria on gay conversion therapy

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has expressed support for moves by the Victorian Labor government to ban so-called "gay conversion therapy", indicating he would take the issue to the Council of Australian Governments for a national solution.

India: State of Gujarat establishes Transgender Welfare Board

In a landmark ruling in April 2014, India’s Supreme Court introduced recognition of a third gender and directed that transgender people must have access to the same rights to social welfare schemes as other minority groups in the country.

Gay parenting 'boot camp' moves to Asia to meet growing demand from China

“We have been witnessing over the last three years, a growing interest from Asia - mostly Chinese - intended parents coming to the United States for surrogacy,” said Ron Poole-Dayan, founder and executive director at MHB.

UK: School lessons to cover sexting, FGM and mental health

Three new subjects have been created – relationships education from primary school, relationships and sex education at secondary school, and health education for all ages in which students will learn about the importance of getting enough sleep, the dangers of sexting and how to spot anxiety in their friends.