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Thursday Watercooler: Leave Bert and Ernie alone

James Withers — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:36:15 +0000

Bert and Ernie are just friends. Let it go. There is a movement to get Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie married. Meh. A waste of time, like glitter bombs. The creators of the fuzzy duo have(...)

Thursday Watercooler: HIV rates increase for young black gay men

James Withers — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:32:49 +0000

HIV rates and young black men. This is the rare day when Larry Kramer and I are on the same page. The Center for Disease Control released data concerning HIV and AIDS rates. Infection rates(...)

HIV rates holding steady in the U.S.

logointern3 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:00:43 +0000

(New York) – The number of Americans infected with the AIDS virus each year has been holding steady at about 50,000, according to a government report released Wednesday.

For many years, U.S.(...)

Drug stops HIV among hetero couples, not just gays

logointern3 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:00:06 +0000

(Atlanta) – An AIDS drug already shown to help prevent spread of the virus in gay men also works for heterosexual men and women, two studies in Africa found. Experts called it a breakthrough for(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Stewart skewers Doc Bachmann

James Withers — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:58:08 +0000

Michael Irvin talks about his gay brother. The gay blogosphere has been buzzing for the past few days because of the Michael Irvin Out cover story. There is much about the article that is(...)

Video: India’s health minister blames US for gay “disease”

logointern1 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:00:24 +0000

During a HIV/AIDS conference in New Delhi on Monday, India’s health minister called gay sex “completely unnatural” and said it should “not exist.”

Ghulam Nabi Azad blamed countries(...)

WHO urges govts to drop sodomy laws

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:00:41 +0000

(Geneva) The World Health Organization urged governments Tuesday to eliminate laws criminalizing sexual activity between consenting men, as part of an effort to ensure they get equal access to(...)

Premature aging seen as issue for AIDS survivors

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:49 +0000

(San Francisco) Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then(...)

‘The Normal Heart’ wins Tony for best play revival

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:31:57 +0000

(New York) The AIDS drama “The Normal Heart” has won the Tony Award for best play revival.

Larry Kramer’s historic play about the beginning of an epidemic that has killed millions won the Tony(...)

30 years after first AIDS cases, hope for a cure

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:21:34 +0000

This month marks 30 years since the first AIDS cases were reported in the United States. And this anniversary brings fresh hope for something many had come to think was impossible: finding a(...)