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LifeWhen it comes to NYC’s dueling Pride parades… “The Fight Continues”
While law enforcement’s involvement in Pride is one issue, it is far from what has caused the schism between the two groups dueling to put on the city’s top march.
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Health and WellnessACT UP is giving away joints to anyone that shows their vaccination card
It’s joints for jabs!
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LifeCynthia Nixon says Black Lives Matter movement reminds her of HIV activism from the 90s
Both HIV/AIDS and Black Lives Matter activists worked “to seize the world’s attention and demand an enormous change,” the actress and once-political hopeful said.
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News (USA)Here’s how to support the fight for Black lives even if you can’t protest in person
Activists continue to fight against inequality and injustice in the face of unprecedented opposition. Here’s how you can help them.
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Health and WellnessTrump promises to end AIDS in 10 years. Experts say his policies are thwarting that goal.
He would need to increase funding for PrEP, protect LGBTQ rights, and increase access to affordable health care.
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News (USA)Employee fired for publishing man’s name & HIV status in misleading report
CBS published (then deleted) an article that made it seem that HIV could be spread through saliva. Even worse – the police officers that supplied the info are still promoting that as fact.
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Life
Frank Ocean’s ‘homage’ party to ’80s club scene doesn’t sit well with LGBTQ community
Being one of the world’s most successful LGBTQ entertainers didn’t make the singer immune to heavy criticism from his own community.
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Health and WellnessShould ‘Pose’ rewrite ACT UP’s diversity issues to include more people of color?
Is Pose guilty of “activism appropriation?”
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LGBTQ PrideOur editor shaped history & his life is now part of the Smithsonian’s LGBTQ collection
Browning and his husband, Jerame Davis, donated several items that tell the story of LGBTQ history beyond Stonewall.
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CommentaryStonewall sparked much more than the gay rights movement & you probably had no idea
From the Affordable Care Act to marriage equality, the fight for justice that sprang out of Stonewall is wide ranging and interconnected.
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News (USA)Mike Pence’s new chief of staff wrote a ridiculously homophobic column about HIV
He denounced “homosexuals’ repugnant practices of frequent anal intercourse” and “the perverted lifestyles homosexuals pursue.”
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CommentaryOn the day of his funeral, let’s remember the queers who fought back against George H.W. Bush
Bush was an elite monster. He killed my friends, so many and so fast that I can’t even remember who they were. May his memory be a curse.
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LGBTQ History30 years ago, they stormed the FDA & seized control. So where are they now?
They were scared and fighting for their lives. They had nothing left to lose.
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News (USA)The New York Times’ belated obituary for Marsha P. Johnson is really problematic
Why does being “a central figure” in the LGBTQ rights movement get mentioned after the sex work she did to survive?
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CommentaryWhat can the movement to defeat AIDS teach us about fighting for gun safety laws?
The parallels with organizing around HIV/AIDS could not be more striking.
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CommentaryWhat would happen if all the LGBTQ healthcare workers called in sick?
The reality is that we are holding up this culture. We take care of our own – and everyone else too.
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Health and WellnessThe impact of lesbians on AIDS activism went far beyond being nursemaids to gay men
Lesbians and feminists brought real strategy to the table and you probably have no idea how much that shaped our current movement for LGBT equality.
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CommentaryHow Tipper Gore made me a better LGBT activist
It isn’t enough to have a fire in your belly for social justice. You have to know what the hell you’re doing too.
