Trials and tribulations of our writers / contributors lives
The theater company involved in the original research of the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, and in the interviews of the townspeople of Laramie, Wyoming, which resulted in “The Laramie Project”, are conducting new interviews to examine what has changed in the last decade. Read the story by clicking on the following link: Laramie Killing […]
It is with a heavy heart that I post this. I only had the chance to meet this wonderful woman once but I was able to learn so much about her. She was a great friend of the community. Many knew her from the lesbian social group she created called, “Wildflowers”. We met at one of
It all started with a pretty cool morning as apposed to the last several years we have celebrated pride in June. The atmosphere was light and airy. I had parked between the Post Office and the Dollar Tree to insure that my car would be in the shade by the time the entire event was
This is the first in a series of health articles by Dr. Maninderjit Singh M.D. What is AIDS? AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which kills or impairs cells of the immune system and progressively destroys the body’s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. HIV is most commonly spread
Ellen Degeneres discussed the recent hate crime murder of 15 year old Lawrence King on her daytime talk show this week. “I would like you to start paying attention to how often being gay is a punch line of a monologue, or how often gay jokes are in a movie. That kind of message, laughing
The Fresno County Department Of Community Health – HIV/AIDS Program provides assistance and counseling for those seeking help in revealing their HIV status to a partner, as well as individual HIV counseling. Click on the READ MORE link below to access the informational brochure and contact information.
I want you to ask yourself this question, when was the last time you’ve seen a HIV prevention commercial and for that matter, when have you seen an advertisement for any HIV medications on television? As far as the HIV prevention commercial, I’m sure you would say a long time ago if not at all.
With Christmas and the end of the year fast approaching, there’s no better time to donate cash or goods to any number of nonprofit organizations. Christmas in America has become crass and excessive, with a constant barrage of advertising targeted to empty our pockets on yet another material possession we probably don’t need. While people
Back in October of 2006, the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center launched an advertisement campaign targeting MSM's (Men Who Have Sex With Men) which had a message that "HIV is a gay disease". Now I knew back then that this sort of campaign was going to stir up some type of controversy.
