HIV/AIDS
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A man who deliberately infected others with HIV just got a life sentence
Wednesday, April 18, 2018He told one of the victims, "I ripped the condom. You’re so stupid, you didn’t even know." -
Student sentenced to 10 years for ‘reckless’ HIV exposure gets paroled after 6 years
Tuesday, April 10, 2018All the jurors were straight, and 11 of the 12 were white. Anyone who said something positive about LGBT people was not allowed to serve. -
Grindr agrees to stop sharing your HIV status with other companies
Tuesday, April 3, 2018Grindr said it was "unfair" to criticize them for sharing users' HIV status with third parties. -
6 years ago Wisconsin passed an abstinence-only law. Now it has an HIV outbreak.
Monday, March 12, 2018Milwaukee Public Schools teaches teens that they probably won't use condoms correctly, so they should remain abstinent. Now there's an outbreak. -
Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran is retiring. Here’s why we won’t miss him.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018He earned the nickname "Gentleman Thad" for his Southern ways, but he was less than honorable to the LGBT community. -
How Jesse Jackson helped bring gay rights to the Democratic mainstream
Wednesday, February 28, 2018In 1984, the Reverend Jesse Jackson brought gays and lesbians into the Democratic Party as part of the "Rainbow Coalition." -
Trump is sending an HIV+ gay man to his death
Monday, February 5, 2018Ricardo Querales will be sent back to Venezuela where access to medication is almost nonexistent and people with AIDS "disappear." -
San Francisco to clear thousands of marijuana convictions dating back to 1975
Thursday, February 1, 2018The announcement comes shortly after the death of San Francisco's gay "Father of Medical Marijuana." -
Publix grocery chain refuses to protect employees from HIV
Wednesday, January 31, 2018"I'm not sure it's legally actionable, but that doesn't mean it's not reprehensible." -
Trump’s lackluster response to the Opioid crisis is putting LGBTQ people at risk
Monday, January 29, 2018Trump appointed pollster Kellyanne Conway as opioids czar in November before firing the entire Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS in December.
