Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
The Winston-Salem Journal, my lovely hometown newspaper, published a great column by John Railey. Interviewing an African-American minister, Railey's column delves into just some of the multitude of issues that make stopping HIV/AIDS difficult in black communities and in the black church:
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
The 30-year-old owner of Boy Butter Lubricants (haha) swam a solo marathon across the St. Lawrence River at Cape Vincent, NY to Wolf Island in Canada and back, a round-trip distance of almost 6 miles, in order to raise money for SAGE, or Seniors Active in a Gay Environment. SAGE ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
From The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.):
The abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina named a new executive director Monday.
Sean Kosofsky, a fellow with the Center for Progressive Leadership, succeeds Melissa Reed, who left the job in April.
Kosofsky served on the board of the Equality Federation, an advocacy group for ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
While most Americans, and even gay folks in the U.S., have no idea what it means to be transgender, Thailand has not only known its meaning, but for ages allowed gender reassignment surgeries and castrations for men of any age.
Bloomberg reports that will be changing. New rules from national health ...
Posted in Global, Health, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Sexuality | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 4th, 2008
The Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project has started AIDS2008.com, a blog showcasing the voices of the 2008 international AIDS conference.
HIV/AIDS activists are scrambling to get a hold of just what new infection figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mean for America.
Although first reporting only 40,000 new infections ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
The Family Equality Council (formerly Family Pride) is pushing against a campaign to ban LGBT people from adopting in the state of Arkansas.
The Family Council Action Committee recently launched a campaign to restrict prospective foster and adoptive parents to married, heterosexual couples, which comprise only 50% of all households in ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Health, LGBT, LGBT Families, Politics, Sexuality, United States | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen, the delegate of the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. House, will make an appearance in Myrtle Beach, S.C., just days before the scheduled Democratic primary in that state.
Christian-Christiansen, a member of the Health Brain-trust of the Congressional Black Caucus, will speak at ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Health, LGBT, Politics, South Carolina, United States | No Comments »
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
On Jan. 2, Brian posted about more news of the alarming rate of increase in HIV infections among young men who have sex with men.
He asked how we can start to change what may very well be a new, rising epidemic of HIV/AIDS infections -- possibly worse than what we ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
The New York Times is again reporting that HIV infections are rising among young gay men.
For years he had numbed his pain and fear with drugs, alcohol and anonymous sex. But in a flash of clarity one day, when the crystal meth was wearing off, Javier Arriola dragged himself to ...
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