BACKGROUND Gay men and other men who have sex with men are disproportionately burdened by HIV infection. Laws that penalize same-sex intercourse contribute to a cycle of stigma, homonegativity and discrimination. In many African nations, laws criminalizing homosexuality may be fueling the epidemic, as they dissuade key populations from seeking treatment and health care providers from offering i...

Abstract Women environmental defenders face retaliation for mobilizing against extractive and polluting projects, which perpetrate violence Indigenous, minority, poor rural communities. The issue matters because it highlights the gendered nature of urgent need to address systemic patterns that affect women defenders, who are often overlooked underreported. Here we analyse in conflicts around wo...

Introduction In light of North America's persisting drug toxicity crisis, alternative policy approaches such as decriminalization, legalization, regulation, and safer supply have increasingly come to the forefront discourse. The views people who use drugs toward law reform in Canadian context are essential, yet largely missing from conversation. aim this study was capture opinions, ideas, attit...