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Bob the Drag Queen & Monet X Change: How NYC drag queens helped revolutionize queer health care
During the AIDS epidemic, drag queens united the community and provided a model for health activism that endures to this day.
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DaBaby is dropped from Lollapalooza music festival for series of insensitive remarks
“Lollapalooza was founded on diversity, inclusivity, respect, and love. With that in mind, DaBaby will no longer be performing.”
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Virginia moves forward on bill to decriminalize HIV transmission
Virginia could be the first state in the South to decriminalize HIV transmission.
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Florida man charged with “criminal transmission of HIV” after he spit on a paramedic
HIV cannot be transmitted through saliva and the paramedic was wearing a mask. But Florida law on HIV still allows him to be prosecuted.
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Historic court victory against Trump could help fight HIV stigma everywhere
The federal court ruled that the military cannot discharge servicemembers just because they have HIV. The decision could help a lot of people outside the military too.
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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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An HIV+ man was refused service at a barbershop. He just won $75,000 in damages.
The owner said that he would lose his “celebrity clientele” if he cut an HIV+ man’s hair.
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He threatened to bomb an apartment building for people with HIV. He got a slap on the wrist.
He has to write the residents a letter of apology and do community service.
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A gay doctor used PrEP on the job but his insurer balked when he wanted it for safe sex
Insurance companies are routinely denying coverage to gay men who are protecting themselves.
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Jeff Sessions’ new Russiagate lawyer is just as horrible as you’d expect
Sessions hired a notoriously homophobic racist to be his lawyer.