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Vancouver seeks to stem rising tide of syphilis among gay men

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VANCOUVER,  - In response to syphilis rates among Vancouver's homosexual/bisexual men having reached epidemic proportions, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has launch a new campaign aimed at stopping the spread of the highly contagious disease by distributing more condoms. In what the  Canadian Press  describes as a "cheeky internet and poster campaign," Vancouver Coastal Health's " Health Initiative for Men " focuses on " What's trending in Vancouver?" The VCH campaign answers its own question, "how do I protect myself?" by responding, the "regular use of condoms." In June, Vancouver Coastal Health and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)  issued a warning  that syphilis infections in homosexual and bisexual men have soared to their highest levels in more than 30 years in the Vancouver area. According to the warning, 2012 saw 371 new cases of syphilis reported in British Columbia. Eighty

Syphilis rates at ‘epidemic proportions’ among Vancouver gay/bisexual men

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VANCOUVER, June 10, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) have  issued a warning  that syphilis infections in homosexual and bisexual men have soared to their highest levels in more than 30 years in the Vancouver area.  According to the warning, 2012 saw 371 new cases of syphilis reported in British Columbia. Eighty percent of those cases were diagnosed in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, which stretches from Metro Vancouver northward along the coast to Bella Coola , and were confined almost entirely to the male homosexual community. According to VCH's syphilis infection records, the disease was almost non-existent in the early 1990s, with only 3 infections, mostly associated with female prostitutes, reported in 1993. By 1997 the number of cases rose to 22, and then exploded as the disease shifted to the male homosexual community in the early 2000s. According to the  Public Health A

BC School Board trustee-candidate conducts ‘homophobia’ presentations without parental notification

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Image via Wikipedia A homosexual activist running for Trustee on the Vancouver School Board has drawn the attention of parents with children in British Columbia ’s public school system for conducting “homophobia” presentations in their children’s classrooms, without parental notification. A former Salmon Arm , BC student, 24-year-old Ryan Clayton is a homosexual activist who has been hired by various school boards in the Vancouver area to make presentations to Grade 8 and 10 students addressing “homophobia.” He has been making these presentations with the school boards’ approval since 2008, yet without any type of parental notification. “This year was the first time they sent a notice home to parents to inform them of it,” Yolanda Jontz, a mother of students in the North Okanagan Shuswap District said. Canada’s Gay and Lesbian Newspaper, Xtra,  described  Ryan as an “openly gay education activist.”  In a recent interview to mark the launch of his run for School Board Trustee, Ry