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Category Archives: Health

Mindfulness In The Workplace

August 17, 2016by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

Making work feel less like work. By Elliot Owen Ui Culture According to the World Health Organization, stress-related costs for American companies reach over $300 billion per year. The stressed […]

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Features, Health, News

Conference looks at mental health grant-funded projects

April 14, 2016by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter  Grant-funded learning projects conducted within various segments of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and two-spirit community to help mental health providers were […]

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Education, Health, News, Queer Stories

Funding campaign under way for Oakland trans shelter

May 15, 2014by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot OwenBay Area Reporter Brianna “Breezy” Golden-Farr and Elizabeth Howard are spearheading an unprecedented project that addresses the absence of emergency shelter housing for transgender women in Oakland. Called […]

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Health, News, Politics, Queer Stories

National report shows high tobacco use by LGBTs

January 22, 2014by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter LGBTs have long been known to smoke more than their straight counterparts and a new national report issued by the U.S. surgeon general backs […]

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Education, Health, News, Politics, Queer Stories

New year can bring resolve to kick smoking habit

January 15, 2014by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter  It’s a new year and during January, many smokers will try kicking the habit that, according to the American Lung Association, causes more than […]

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Entrepreneurship, Health, News, Queer Stories

Oakland health center comes out as LGBTQ welcoming

November 6, 2013by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter Lolo Cooperative Health, a 10-year-old Oakland-based integrative health center, has come out. In honor of last month’s National Coming Out Day, Lolo announced its […]

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Entrepreneurship, Health, News, Queer Stories

SFSU study seeks same-sex couples

February 14, 2013by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter In today’s world belonging to a sexual minority population often means experiencing invisibility, marginalization, and discrimination, making day-to-day life challenging. Imagine taking on twice […]

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Education, Health, News

Agency on track with housing, starts focus groups

January 19, 2013by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter At a time when the size of the LGBT senior population is increasing with the rate of life expectancy, the question of how to […]

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Health, News

Gay dads may pose less risk for HIV

July 5, 2012by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter A new study conducted by San Francisco State University human sexuality researchers focusing on the lifestyle changes that gay male parents experience suggests that […]

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Education, Health, News

East Bay LGBT senior group merges with adult services agency

April 26, 2012by Elliot Owen Leave a comment

By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter Lavender Seniors of the East Bay, a local LGBT senior services and advocacy organization, has come under the new fiscal sponsorship of Bay Area […]

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Health, News

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Though no longer working in the journalism field, she maintains this website for archival purposes.

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