Sexual and Reproductive Health

Bachmann: Contraception mandate step toward one-child policy [VIDEO]

​Michele Bachmann is concerned the Obama administration's contraception mandate is a step down a slippery slope toward a China-style one-child policy.She expressed this concern during a Tuesday night appearance on Glenn Beck's online TV show, "Real News From the Blaze" (video embedded below). Bach ... More >>

Select Comfort pulls ads from Limbaugh program after Rush calls pro-contraception woman a "slut" [VIDEO]

​Plymouth-based Select Comfort decided to pull its ads from the Rush Limbaugh program following the conservative shock jock's controversial comments regarding Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student who testified before Congress in support of the Obama administration's requirement that h ... More >>

Archbishop John Nienstedt sends letter opposing free contraceptives law

​In a letter made public yesterday, the Minnesota Catholic Conference, including Archbishop John Nienstedt, voiced opposition to the new federal health care mandate requiring insurance companies to cover birth control free of charge. "While we support providing access to those services which can ... More >>

Porn, sex toy company Adam & Eve sponsoring chair for University of Minnesota

​Sex toy company Adam & Eve is giving the University of Minnesota an endowed chair. Wait, let's rephrase that. Adam & Eve, a company that specializes in pornographic movies and sexual aids, is helping University of Minnesota administrators with a certain position. Sorry, once more. Adam &a ... More >>

Franken wants "morning-after" pill available for military women

The freshman senator again wades into the culture wars.

Minnesota's HIV rates climb sharply and MDH wants to know why

Health care workers and activists get the heads up on some troubling news.

Model sues Medtronic for using his image in prostate problem ad

A Brooklyn Center man is suing Medtronic, claiming they defamed him by using his image for a prostate treatment ad without his permission.

Planned Parenthood of Minnesota adds U.S. Marshal protection after Tiller murder

After the murder of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Kansas this weekend, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota is accepting additional security from the U.S. Marshals Service.

Darth Vader battling prostate cancer

Don't think prostate cancer is a threat? David Prowse finds your lack of faith disturbing.

Valentine's play explores transgender issues

This Valentine's weekend, a play at the Bedlam Theatre explores the heartbreaking lows as well as the joyful highs of life, love, and sex for transgender men and women.

Merry Christmas! An abortion gift certificate just for you

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World AIDS day events around the Twin Cities

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Hillary backers, consider this: McCain wants to roll back choice

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Web Exclusive: University of St. Thomas law school bans public service at Planned Parenthood

The controversy is just the latest political dust-up at the embattled Catholic university

4th Annual World AIDS Day South African Beaded Art Show

The controversy is just the latest political dust-up at the embattled Catholic university

The Straight Dope®

The controversy is just the latest political dust-up at the embattled Catholic university

Savage Love

The controversy is just the latest political dust-up at the embattled Catholic university

Savage Love

The controversy is just the latest political dust-up at the embattled Catholic university

Savage Love

The controversy is just the latest political dust-up at the embattled Catholic university

Revolting pharmacists: Target edition

The controversy is just the latest political dust-up at the embattled Catholic university

Savage Love

The controversy is just the latest political dust-up at the embattled Catholic university

Click and Learn

A new model for AIDS treatment activism

One for the road

A new model for AIDS treatment activism

AIDS Ride set to roll, but expenses increased last year, organizers say

A new model for AIDS treatment activism

The Other Epidemic

HIV can be deadly. But other STDs also impact the health of Minnesota's GLBT community

DIFFA Umbrellas event raises $20,000

HIV can be deadly. But other STDs also impact the health of Minnesota's GLBT community

AIDS Walk attendance, donations hold steady

HIV can be deadly. But other STDs also impact the health of Minnesota's GLBT community

AIDS Walk aims at $800,000 goal

Charity afoot: Minnesotans participate in the AIDS Walk

Seeing Red

A local teen finds himself up against a federal rule that permanently bans gay and bisexual men from donating blood.

CD ROM: A Bronx Family Album

A local teen finds himself up against a federal rule that permanently bans gay and bisexual men from donating blood.

A Dose of Reality

After years of gathering dust on drugstore shelves, the female condom may finally be on its way to finding acceptance among gay men and Third World women.

Oral Arguments

After years of gathering dust on drugstore shelves, the female condom may finally be on its way to finding acceptance among gay men and Third World women.

MAP prepares for AIDS Action Day

After years of gathering dust on drugstore shelves, the female condom may finally be on its way to finding acceptance among gay men and Third World women.

Agency protest AIDS funding changes

After years of gathering dust on drugstore shelves, the female condom may finally be on its way to finding acceptance among gay men and Third World women.

The Pretenders

You'd think that Clinton's decision amounting to a death sentence for thousands of HIV-positive Americans might generate a public outcry. Instead, the chattering classes were obsessed with Dick Gephardt's speech at Harvard.

The Paternity Problem

Seeds of doubt plague a lesbian couple in their search for sperm.

Positive Environment

As workers with AIDS remain on the job or return, employers scramble to react.

Taken for a Ride

State records reveal that as little as 31 percent of proceeds of the Twin Cities AIDSRide directly benefit people with AIDS. Most riders didn't know that when they signed up.

Killer Cure

One ironic result of new anti-AIDS drugs, say service providers such as Agape House's Linda Ernst (above), is a funding and volunteer crunch for agencies that serve people with AIDS/HIV

QUEERING RENT

Sarah Schulman: Author, witness

AIDS and Old Age

Most of those involved are still struggling to grasp that older people not only get HIV, but get it the same way everyone else does.

Living Clean

The Minnesota AIDS Project tries to shoot a clean-syringes provision through the Legislature.

Facts of Life

The Minnesota AIDS Project tries to shoot a clean-syringes provision through the Legislature.

BACK TO LIFE

A new generation of AIDS drugs called protease inhibitors is having dramatic effects--perhaps even pointing to the day when AIDS will be a manageable chronic disease like diabetes. But for a lot of people who had readied themselves to die,

Sued for Sex

A new generation of AIDS drugs called protease inhibitors is having dramatic effects--perhaps even pointing to the day when AIDS will be a manageable chronic disease like diabetes. But for a lot of people who had readied themselves to die,

NORPLANT AND THE DAMAGE DONE

A new generation of AIDS drugs called protease inhibitors is having dramatic effects--perhaps even pointing to the day when AIDS will be a manageable chronic disease like diabetes. But for a lot of people who had readied themselves to die,

THE MATRON OF BEVERLY HILLS

Where do today's young adults learn about sex? Not from television, as you might expect. But rather from, well, television has-beens.

Gay '90s

Where do today's young adults learn about sex? Not from television, as you might expect. But rather from, well, television has-beens.

Bloody Fight

Where do today's young adults learn about sex? Not from television, as you might expect. But rather from, well, television has-beens.

AIDS/Hemophilia Suit Struck Down

Where do today's young adults learn about sex? Not from television, as you might expect. But rather from, well, television has-beens.