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First group of LGBT people to be rescued from Afghanistan arrives in the UK The group included activists and students who have spoken out against the persecution they face

Connecting men in rural areas Terrence Higgins Trust and SX are running an online programme of group work for gay and bi men living in remote and rural areas.

This week, the biotech company Moderna will start human trials for its HIV vaccine. Its HIV vaccine will be the first of its kind to use messenger RNA (mRNA), an approach that Moderna used in its effective COVID-19 vaccine.

The clinical trials will start on August 19 and end sometime around spring 2023, according to the National Institutes of Health’s trial registry. They will involve 56 HIV-negative participants aged 18 to 56. The participants will be given one or two forms of mRNA that cause the body to form defenses against HIV infection.

Moderna starts human trials for its revolutionary HIV vaccine this week Moderna's HIV vaccine is different from previous ones in a key way that could make all the difference...

Update from PRIDE PROTEST EDINBURGH on Friday 6pm

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Equality Network touring Scotland...

Further Out — Equality Network There are le***an, gay, bis*xual, transgender and inters*x people in every part of Scotland from our biggest cities to our smallest settlements and islands. We know through our published research, Further Out; The Scottish LGBT Rural Equality Report, that while LGBTI equality has progressed consider...

FREE & CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE FOR MEN
On Wednesday 11th August, S-X Waverley Care have joined forces with ROAM https://www.roam-outreach.com/ to provide a mobile s*xual health service from their Outreach Bus, which will be parked in the vicinity of The Regent.
They will be offering :
• Full Sexual Health Testing
• PrEP Assessments
• Vaccinations for Hepatitis & HPV
• Rapid 60 Second HIV & Syphilis Tests
• Support & Advice
• Free Condoms & L**e
All in the comfort of a mobile testing bus and within Covid-19 precautions.
Wednesday 11th August, 2pm - 7pm.

Roam Outreach | Sexual health service for gay, bis*xual and other men who have s*x with men in Edinburgh and the Lothians ROAM is a community-based, outreach s*xual health service working across Lothian and the Scottish Borders with cis/trans gay, bis*xual and other men who have s*x with men (MSM).

Train company praised for response following complaints over rainbow Pride train The blunt response from ScotRail went viral on social media, with hundreds of people praising the social media manager for highlighting serious issues on twitter

On his 109th birthday...

New Alan Turing £50 note enters circulation The old £50 and £20 banknotes will be withdrawn by October next year, the Bank of England says.

A wee while ago, some knobber graffito'd the pub with 'G**z Onley'. We assume it was meant as a badly-spelled jibe but, rather than let it annoy us, we figured we could have some fun with it.

So here we are - for one week only - G**z Onley, (currently) North Fort St's only pop-up Pride bar! 🌈

We'll be celebrating diversity, having a laugh and raising money for The Equality Network, with the help of some fantastic breweries, DJ Jez and Yer Uncle Harry (more on those later in the week).

In the meantime, although the name may suggest exclusivity, we're as inclusive as we've always been. Our policy has always been the same: be whoever you are, you're welcome here (assuming you're not a t**t). Oh, and wear decent slacks, of course.