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For Dad: ‘I am the man my father built’
A Father’s Day smile for you: when camping under the stars with Dad horrified me, and how his wish that I “stand out from the crowd” produced a shameless activist. A simple story of love and gratitude.
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AIDS — the most destructive epidemic in recorded history — turns 30
On this day, June 5, in 1981, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta published a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. All of the men were described as “homosexuals” — two had died.
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Californians commemorate Harvey Milk’s legacy of hope, tolerance, and equality
Today is “Harvey Milk Day,” which is officially recognized by the State of California and celebrated worldwide.
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amfAR pays tribute to Elizabeth Taylor for years of fighting HIV/AIDS (Video)
Elizabeth Taylor lent her voice to the voiceless, her iconic image to those who had previously been invisible, and her compassion and determination to a cause many others had shunned: the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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Screen legend, HIV/AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79
Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, died today from congestive heart failure at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was surrounded by her four children.
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Bullied gay teen in Minnesota commits suicide
We’ve lost another beautiful life to bullying. Lance Lundsten, 18, an openly gay student at Jefferson High School, took his life over the weekend. Friends say that Lance suffered extreme bullying and harassment for years.
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Gay rights activist, PFLAG’s first national president Adele Starr dies at 90
Adele Starr, a Brentwood, Calif., mother of five who overcame dismay at her son’s homosexuality to become a leading voice for gay rights and marriage equality, and eventually the first national president of PFLAG, died Friday. She was 90.
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World AIDS Day: AIDS pandemic nears 30 years, has claimed 30 million lives
The AIDS pandemic is almost 30 years old, and in that time 60 million people have been infected with HIV, and more than 30 million people have lost their life to the most destructive epidemic in recorded history. Today is World AIDS Day.
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Communities honor victims on 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today marks the 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world, a day when the LGBTQ and allied community honor those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
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Brandon Bitner: Anti-gay bullying leads to another tragic teen suicide
Anti-gay bullying has reportedly claimed another teen life. Brandon Bitner, 14, of Mount Pleasant Mills, Penn., walked 13 miles from his home early Friday morning to a busy intersection and threw himself in front of an oncoming tractor-trailer after leaving a suicide note at his home.