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HIV/AIDS activist David Mixner dies at 77: Longtime LGBTQ+ activist David Mixner, who was a leader in the fight for social change and equality, has died ...
cnn.com/2024/03/12/us/lgbtq-activist-david-mixner-dies-reaj/
Gay, bisexual men in monogamous relationships can donate blood under new FDA policy
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/11/fda-lifts-ban-blood-donation/70208683007/
Quick Glance: FDA Eases Blood Donation for Men Who Have Sex with Men
- FDA has relaxed decades-old restrictions to protect the blood supply from HIV.
- The updated guidelines remove the requirement of three months abstinence before donating blood for men who have sex with men.
- Donors reporting anal sex with new partners in the last three months will be deferred.
- Gay rights groups have criticized blanket restrictions on blood donation as discriminatory.
Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws ...
reuters.com/world/africa/ugandas-museveni-approves-anti-gay-law-parliament-speaker-says-2023-05-29/
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Actor Jim Parsons turns 51 today. abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/jim-parsons-plays-gay-activist-aids-crisis-normal-23711908
How the '90s X-Men Cartoon Saved a Generation of Queer Kids: Opinion essay about the importance of the '90s X Men cartoon and the revival 'X-Men ...
indiewire.com/features/commentary/how-x-men-cartoon-saved-a-generation-queer-kids-97-1234965416/
Justine Peña, a cast member of the 2024 Philippine restaging of 'Rent,' believes that the 'timeless' Broadway musical is an excellent platform to initiate ... Show more #ANCHeadstart
Belvoir St Theatre brings Holding the Man back to the stage, almost 20 years since it premiered
abc.net.au/news/2024-03-26/holding-the-man-belvoir-2024-eamon-flack-tom-conroy/103594296
Overground line named after hospital where Diana shook hands of HIV patients: The Mildmay line will be the new blue line of the Overground
mylondon.news/news/transport/overground-line-mildmay-princess-diana-28642142
Remembering Keith Haring: The artist died on this day in 1990 at the age of 31 due to AIDS-related complications. Influenced by New York City's graffiti ... Show more
Joey Terrill chronicles queer Chicano life at Marc Selwyn gallery: L.A. artist Joey Terrill's vibrant canvases, on view at Marc Selwyn Fine Art ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-02-14/joey-terrill-painter-queer-chicano-life-marc-selwyn
More gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood after the American Red Cross announced it would follow recent guidelines from the U.S ... Show more trib.al/5FTefmO
Dr. Jesse Peel, who helped lead state AIDS response, dies from a fall: Dr. Jesse Peel, a long-term AIDS survivor, went on to become instrumental in shaping ...
ajc.com/news/obituaries/dr-jesse-peel-who-helped-lead-state-aids-response-dies-from-a-fall/2EJVPPQZJRCQ7KMZWUPJSJRXNQ/
Bending the curve: What a decade-long roll-out of the anti-HIV pill can teach the world
mg.co.za/health/2023-12-01-bending-the-curve-what-a-decade-long-roll-out-of-the-anti-hiv-pill-can-teach-the-world/
The HIV/AIDS treatment center in Kampala is almost empty, days after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on Earth ... Show more reut.rs/3oR8peC
Q&A: Rosette Royale reflects on World AIDS Day 35 years later: Rosette Royale, a Seattle-based journalist and storyteller, shares her hopes for ending ...
seattletimes.com/life/qa-rosette-royale-reflects-on-world-aids-day-35-years-later/
An LA group pulled its float out of the 2024 Rose Parade. Mickey Mouse is partly to blame
pasadenastarnews.com/2023/12/08/an-la-group-pulled-its-float-out-of-the-2024-rose-parade-mickey-mouse-is-partly-to-blame/
AIDS response 'under threat' amid human rights backlash - UN: The global response to AIDS is "under threat" because of an unprecedented backlash against human ...
reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/aids-response-under-threat-amid-human-rights-backlash-un-2023-11-28/
U.S. HIV Rates Are Dropping. But the Progress Is Not Equal: The CDC documents an encouraging drop in HIV among young people, but disparities in accessing ...
time.com/6282076/hiv-rates-declining-us-cdc-report/
➡Same-sex marriage was celebrated for the first time in Nepal, France distributed free menstrual cups and the four-day week was successfully tested in South ... Show more www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/good-news-aus-aller-welt-vier-nachrichten-die-uns-diese-woche-glucklich-gemacht-haben-10901131.html
’Watched him die’: Star’s tragic loss: Madonna broke down in tears on stage this week as she paused her show to address the audience.
news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/madonna-breaks-down-in-tears-onstage-as-she-mourns-loss/news-story/a78f60a88c1357f5df5d6517acb41504
Over the last decade, the Philippines has witnessed an alarming surge in HIV cases, with the majority affecting the younger population ... Show more www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/growing-old-gay-bridging-gap-hiv-treatment-elderly-care/
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are impeding elimination of Aids, UN says: In countries that criminalise gay sex, HIV infection rates are higher and access to lifesaving drugs ...
theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/01/anti-lgbtq-laws-are-impeding-elimination-of-aids-un-says
Columbus AIDS activist Steve Shellabarger still fighting 43 years after epidemic began
dispatch.com/story/news/healthcare/2023/11/28/columbus-aids-activist-still-fights-for-change-43-years-into-epidemic/70364515007/
From her early days in San Francisco to her time in Congress, Sen. Dianne Feinstein was a pioneering advocate for the LGBTQ community who played a key role in ... Show more
Quick Glance: Dianne Feinstein, California Senator and Pioneer of Liberal Priorities, Dies at 90
- California Senator Dianne Feinstein, a moderate Democrat and advocate for liberal causes, has passed away at the age of 90.
- Feinstein was a trailblazer and champion in local and national politics.
- President Joe Biden described her as a pioneering American and a cherished friend.
- Feinstein's bipartisan efforts led to legislative wins throughout her career.
Amber Hollibaugh, leader in S.F. Gay Liberation Movement, dies at 77: Amber Hollibaugh, a celebrated LGBTQ activist who was a leader in the Gay Liberation ...
sfchronicle.com/sf/article/amber-hollibaugh-obituary-lgbtq-activist-18478099.php
Russell Tovey: why I'm championing the queer artist David Robilliard, 35 years after his death from AIDS
standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/russell-tovey-david-robilliard-documentary-life-is-excellent-b1121954.html
Transgender streetwalker jailed for not telling 3 men he has HIV before sex: SINGAPORE — A transgender streetwalker who had been infected with the human ...
asiaone.com/singapore/transgender-streetwalker-jailed-not-telling-3-men-he-has-hiv-sex
‘I expected to be killed off by AIDS at an early age’: The very long story of The Magnetic Fields and their masterpiece
english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-18/i-expected-to-be-killed-off-by-aids-at-an-early-age-the-very-long-story-of-the-magnetic-fields-and-their-masterpiece.html
The ‘Fellow Travelers’ Hot Gay Sex Scenes Are So Important. We Swear!: The creative minds behind the ambitious new series tell us how they balanced a sweeping ...
thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-fellow-travelers-hot-gay-sex-scenes-are-so-important-we-swear
Ronnie Grace, longtime Milwaukee AIDS/HIV and LGBTQ advocate dies after battle with cancer
jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/11/10/ronnie-grace-lgbtq-hiv-aids-advocate-stigma-cancer/71531661007/
Sylvester, queer disco trailblazer, finally gets his due: A new anthology of his music showcases a fearless and electrifying artist who, in his own words ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-06-16/sylvester-mighty-real-disco-queer
Fears over Uganda's anti-gay law threaten HIV progress: The legislation adopted in May contains provisions making "aggravated homosexuality" a capital ...
monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/fears-over-uganda-s-anti-gay-law-threaten-hiv-progress-4395526
Gareth Thomas has spoken out on Phillip Schofield and claims the backlash would be very different if one fact was changed rb.gy/5lxdq
Hoxworth set to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood as soon as December: Hoxworth Blood Center expects by December to lift the ban on gay and bisexual men ...
cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2023/10/15/hoxworth-ban-on-gaybisexual-men-donations-to-end/71117702007/
Sheryl Lee Ralph Was Told Her Career Would Suffer Because Of Her AIDS Advocacy: The "Abbot Elementary" star remembered the AIDS crisis as an "ugly time in ...
huffpost.com/entry/sheryl-lee-ralph-career-aids-advocacy_n_6511fd37e4b06340f75fea61
FDA drops blood donation restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men: The agency will move towards an "individual risk-based" approach.
abcnews.go.com/Health/fda-drops-blood-donation-restrictions-specific-gay-bisexual/story
A transition in S.F.’s AIDS fight — and for a legal nonprofit: Head of S.F. AIDS legal aid organization steps down, replaced by longtime LGBTQ rights leader
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/aids-legal-aid-18381529.php
With new FDA rule, WA blood banks make it easier for gay men to donate: Dating back to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, federal policy largely banned gay men from ...
spokesman.com/stories/2023/oct/03/being-gay-shouldnt-keep-you-from-donating-blood-lo/
‘Rather devastating’: how the New York Times came to terms with Aids: A new book says the paper long failed to recognise the epidemic that defined the 1980s – in ...
theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/new-york-times-aids-gay-rights
'I was bullied for being black & gay but found a loving community in London': Joshua faced discrimination from a young age and often felt like and ...
mylondon.news/news/health/ive-been-bullied-being-black-27730301
The 25 best LGBTQ+ thrillers: LGBTQ+-centered films tend to highlight a few key experiences, usually revolving around coming out, finding romance ...
yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_25_best_lgbtq_thrillers/s1__39270150
Peter Hujar: new exhibition celebrates his unflinching photos of gay life: At a new exhibition, the photographer’s work within the queer community of 70s and 80s ...
theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/14/peter-hujar-new-exhibition-photos-gay-life-new-york
Seattle medical and ballroom communities mourn loss of Stephaun E. Wallace: Family and friends remember the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center scientist and LGBTQ+ ...
seattletimes.com/life/seattle-medical-and-ballroom-community-mourns-loss-of-stephaun-e-wallace/
‘I had a panic the night my mum came to see it’: Jonathan Harvey on writing Beautiful Thing
theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/04/beautiful-thing-jonathan-harvey-aids
US Red Cross ends blood-donation restrictions on gay people: US Red Cross announces new rules ending blood-donation restrictions that specifically targeted gay ...
brusselstimes.com/news/635800/us-red-cross-ends-blood-donation-restrictions-on-gay-people
Barbados scraps laws banning same-sex acts: The nation becomes the third in the Caribbean to scrap colonial-era laws that criminalise gay sex.
bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63970659
Mark King’s new book, coming Friday, recounts his nearly 40 years with HIV: The longtime Atlantan’s second memoir, ‘My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay ...
ajc.com/things-to-do/mark-kings-new-book-coming-friday-recounts-his-nearly-40-years-with-hiv/JPHRDWTZJ5B45GKPHEVH5V5TOU/
LGBTQ community honors tireless Milwaukee AIDS/HIV activist in battle for his life
jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-causey/2023/08/29/milwaukee-lgbtq-community-honors-aids-activist-ronnie-grace/70653018007/
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Long Beach Pride parade, festival returns as the LGBTQ nonprofit turns 40: The nonprofit Long Beach Pride, which organizes the annual parade and festival in the ...
presstelegram.com/2023/07/31/long-beach-pride-parade-festival-returns-as-the-lgbtq-nonprofit-turns-40/
Long Beach Pride parade, festival returns as the LGBTQ nonprofit turns 40: The nonprofit Long Beach Pride, which organizes the annual parade and festival in the ...
presstelegram.com/2023/07/31/long-beach-pride-parade-festival-returns-as-the-lgbtq-nonprofit-turns-40/
More gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood under finalized FDA rules
npr.org/2023/05/11/1175622785/fda-blood-donations-gay-bisexual-men
In Botswana, condom shortage adds to trans people's health woes: "The male nurse refused to give me condoms and said, 'just abstain ...
timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2023-08-17-in-botswana-condom-shortage-adds-to-trans-peoples-health-woes/
Botswana: In Botswana, Condom Shortage Adds to Trans People's Health Woes: LGBTQ+ people are still struggling to access medical care four years since the ...
allafrica.com/stories/202308170011.html
Alegra Wolter, Indonesia’s first openly trans doctor, is deeply concerned about the discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ individuals in society ... Show more #DWLGBTQAsia #transgender #HIV #healthcare #Indonesia
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023) Movie Review - A Good Movie to Watch: This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of ...
agoodmovietowatch.com/rock-hudson-all-that-heaven-allowed-2023/
‘Gay life is better now. Absolutely’: five generations on coming out and what came next
theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/gay-life-is-better-now-absolutely-five-generations-on-coming-out-and-what-came-next
A conversation with Patric McCoy, who photographed Black gay men enjoying themselves in 1980s Chicago
chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-patric-mccoy-take-my-picture-exhibit-0707-20230710-me3io7ns3zbnfbkbdp42sdql5q-story.html
Both obesity and thinness are strict noes in the gay dating world. Fat is thought to feminise male features and signifies a lack of self-control .. ... Show more t.co/AXjV9VcP9f
Black women make up majority of new HIV cases among women. But they aren't getting care.
usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/11/21/hiv-cases-black-women-treatment-prevention/8303299001/
Anti-gay anger is neither Christian nor African: Just like people living with HIV/Aids, suspected homosexuals suffer needless pain of exclusion because of our ...
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/commentary/anti-gay-anger-is-neither-christian-nor-african-4294776
FDA proposes allowing gay and bisexual monogamous men to donate blood: Other nations have also have dropped bans or eased restrictions on donation.
abcnews.go.com/Health/fda-proposes-allowing-gay-bisexual-monogamous-men-donate/story
'I was burying friends at 23': The real lives that inspired It's a Sin : Journalist, author and activist Paul Burston talks to the M.E.N about conquering fear ...
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/i-burying-friends-23-real-27155436
New blood donation rules leave room for LGBTQ stigma: The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) updated blood donation guidelines were issued last month with the ...
thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4076120-new-blood-donation-rules-leave-room-for-lgbtq-stigma/
Transgender woman with HIV put in solitary confinement for 6 years in Missouri: Lawsuit
kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article276804821.html
S’gor Mufti Dept: Giving anti-HIV drug to LGBT is colluding in sin: Others say withholding life-saving drug is like refusing a diabetic insulin.
malaysiakini.com/news/652300
Paid articlePaid Days after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on Earth, the usual daily influx of patients has all but dried up at this HIV/AIDS facility ... Show more reut.rs/3P7QuLD
Saying monkeypox is tearing through communities of queer men isn’t stigmatising – being afraid to say it is
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/26/monkeypox-gay-communities-vaccines-health-messages
The Colombian Paramilitary's Other Dirty War — Against LGBTQ+ People: In several parts of Colombia over the past decades, right-wing paramilitaries and their ...
worldcrunch.com/culture-society/colombia-violence-lgbtq
Transgender HIV/AIDS patients to be treated indiscriminately: Sindh High Court: KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has ordered the administration of the Civil ...
thenews.com.pk/latest/1077946-transgender-hivaids-patients-to-be-treated-indiscriminately-sindh-high-court
The Sindh High Court on issued summons for the MS of Civil Hospital #Karachi and Provincial Health Secretary for denying services to HIV-positive transgender ... Show more voicepk.net/2023/06/hiv-positive-transgenders-seek-right-to-basic-medical-facilities-in-sindh/ #HIV #Transgenders #Sindh
During the AIDS crisis, I turned to alcohol and drugs to cope with the pain: I passed out on the dancefloor and woke up the next day in hospital where a nurse ...
metro.co.uk/2023/06/01/during-the-aids-crisis-i-turned-to-alcohol-and-drugs-to-cope-with-the-pain-18878305/
Utah AIDS Foundation to become state’s first full-service LGBTQ health clinic: The Utah AIDS Foundation is rebranding and expanding into a full-service ...
sltrib.com/news/2023/05/31/utah-aids-foundation-become-full/
Utah AIDS Foundation to become state’s first full-service LGBTQ health clinic: The Utah AIDS Foundation is rebranding and expanding into a full-service ...
sltrib.com/news/2023/05/31/utah-aids-foundation-become-full/
Medics say no to UN, US claims on gay Aids: Medical authorities have rejected claims by the UN and US that Uganda, through its newly enacted anti-gay law ...
monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/medics-say-no-to-un-us-claims-on-gay-aids-4251486
Paid articlePaid New HIV Infections Are Dropping Significantly, CDC Data Shows: The decline was driven by a decrease in cases among 13- to 24-year-olds, particularly gay and ...
thedailybeast.com/new-hiv-infections-are-dropping-significantly-cdc-data-shows
Photos: Runway looks dazzle at the North Bay Fashion Ball in Petaluma: The focus was on ‘vintage, recycled materials, queer representation and diversity ...
pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/2nd-annual-north-bay-fashion-ball-benefit-for-face-to-face-sonoma-county/
Paid articlePaid Anti-gay Bill: US govt not promoting homosexuality: Currently, close to 70 percent of all funding being used to purchase HIV drugs in the country is provided by ...
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/commentary/anti-gay-bill-us-govt-not-promoting-homosexuality-4237740
Our children are gay and proudly African: a mother’s plea to a president : Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni led the fight against Aids. To finish the job ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/15/our-children-gay-proudly-african-mothers-plea-uganda-president-museveni
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