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New map finds HIV rates are highest in the South

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:33:31 +0000

(Atlanta) A new Internet data map offers a first-of-its-kind, county-level look at HIV cases in the U.S. and finds the infection rates tend to be highest in the South.

The highest numbers of(...)

Daigle: Accidental Activists

codydaigle — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:49:53 +0000

Today’s my birthday. I turn 33.

I’m not bemoaning the fact. I’m sort of excited about it, actually. This past year has been quite a ride (with a rather phenomenal ending) and even though I’m(...)

Daigle: Crisis of Conscience

codydaigle — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:36:34 +0000

On Tuesday, the Louisiana House of Representatives will consider HB517, a bill designed to protect health care providers across the state from “liability, discrimination or employment action(...)

Daigle: Blue Jeans and Blue Eyeshadow

codydaigle — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:39:27 +0000

When you grow up gay in a small town, you inevitably face this choice: get the hell out of that small town the second you’re able or stay where you are and see what you can make of it.

I chose(...)

Daigle: Can’t Fight Faith

codydaigle — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:11:02 +0000

About a two weeks ago, I attended a meeting of our local PFLAG chapter for a special presentation by their national executive director, Jody Huckaby (who’s from south Louisiana, incidentally. A(...)

Daigle: Looking for Trouble

codydaigle — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:05:41 +0000

Over the last few days, I’ve been telling my friends about my new blogging opportunity here, and when I talk about it, I always point out that the thing I’m most excited about is the chance to(...)

Daigle: Blogging the South

codydaigle — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:54:03 +0000

I’m here because of Twitter hubris.

I’m a regular reader of 365Gay.com, and after joining Twitter a few months ago, I became one of its followers. At first, I just a follower, but TweetDeck(...)

Withers: John Hope Franklin: 1915-2009

James Withers — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:59:46 +0000

If you are of a certain age, black, and wanted to be your lawyer your role models were Barbara Jordan and Thurgood Marshall. If you dreamed of writing, James Baldwin and Langston Hughes(...)

Cathcart: We are everywhere

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:29:50 +0000

LGBT people and people with HIV are everywhere, as are Lambda Legal’s attorneys, often making the case for equality in states where laws and public opinion are stacked against us.

More than 10(...)

Video/ Randall Piston reports on the AIDS battle in the South

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:03:41 +0000

New York may be the epicenter of AIDS in America, but the South has been hit hard as well and the church is doing a battle like never before. Randall Pinkston reports.