And so it was done: The highly controversial awarding of the compass pin to the news magazine DER SPIEGEL. What was the mood like? What did the award winners and laudator have to say about the months-long discussion surrounding this event? A report by Christian Scheuss.
In Berlin, too, there have been 5 cases of meningitis among gay men in the last six months. There is no reason to panic about an epidemic. A vaccination can still make sense.
To mark International Day against Homophobia, our author Philip Eicker takes a look at Russia, where the situation for homosexuals has worsened following drastic tightening of the law.
HIV home tests from the Internet: A seemingly convenient alternative to counselling centres that you have to go to. But above all a bloody one, as a self-experiment shows.