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News (USA)
Trump boasts he fumigated entire Mar-A-Lago resort after visit from person with AIDS
A book details Trump telling associates about having his resort cleaned following a visit from his ex-lawyer Roy Cohn, who was dying of AIDS at the time.
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Health and Wellness
California to consider bill that aims to lower rates of STD diagnoses
Out state Sen. Scott Wiener promises to introduce a bill creating “a master plan” on STD prevention and have California monitor HIV/AIDS numbers until 2030.
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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
How Dare Leo Herrera Pretend AIDS Never Existed?
An interview with the activist/filmmaker of risqué films focuses on the direction of his latest web series, FATHERS, which imagines a world without AIDS.
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News (USA)
Facebook under fire for refusing to remove ads that say PrEP is dangerous
PrEP is safe & effective for preventing HIV, and LGBTQ organizations say the ads at putting people’s lives at risk with misinformation.
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Bias Watch
Homophobe Alan Keyes is peddling ‘miracle’ cures for disabilities & STDs – with bleach in them
The one-time MSNBC host and Obama senatorial challenger barely gets 5 views on videos – now, he’s begun promoting drinking bleach here and in Uganda.
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Health and Wellness
An HIV vaccine could be available in 2021 as experts are “optimistic” about trials
Three HIV vaccines are being studied in clinical trials and, if successful, could be available soon.
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Politics
Today is World AIDS Day. The Trump Administration is erasing LGBTQ people – but we won’t
Despite the Administration’s effort to pretend they don’t, LGBTQ people with HIV and AIDS continue to fight for us and inspire us all.
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Health and Wellness
28% of young adults say they wouldn’t hug someone living with HIV
A new survey shows an alarming paucity of HIV-awareness among young adults.
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Bias Watch
Donald Trump Jr. insinuates HIV+ people offer nothing but death
The son of the President went out of his way to promote stigma around HIV-positive people which has long been false.
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Health and Wellness
HIV diagnoses drop drastically across New York City, undetectable designations increase
Transgender people, and men who have sex with men and use needles, are the only demographics that saw an increase in HIV cases.
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Health and Wellness
The first new strain of HIV in almost two decades was just discovered
Public health officials say there’s “no reason to panic.”
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Health and Wellness
Health experts push Uganda to legalize homosexuality to fight HIV
“Criminalizing LGBT people and other key populations is utterly incompatible with the mandates of an effective HIV response.”
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Health and Wellness
Instagram rejected an ad for HIV meds because the topic is ‘too political’
They’re owned by Facebook, the social media giant who allows politicians to lie in political ads. But telling gay and bi men about PrEP is too far?
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News (World)
16 arrested for homosexuality in gruesome raid of an Uganda HIV organization
The men were targeted by a homophobic mob so they called police. The police arrested them instead of the mob.
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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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News (World)
Trump administration denounces Uganda’s new ‘Kill the Gays’ bill
But they stopped short of promising sanctions if the bill becomes law.
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Health and Wellness
HHS Secretary Alex Azar is supposed to be fighting HIV but he’s befriending anti-LGBTQ hate groups
Trump pledged to eradicate HIV by 2030, but his Health Secretary’s political pals have different goals in mind.
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Health and Wellness
Soon you won’t need a prescription for PrEP in California
Next year, you’ll be able to go to a pharmacy and get PrEP without seeing a doctor first.
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LGBTQ History
Gay is the word: A history of LGBTQ bookstores around the world
LGBTQ bookstores were often the only places where queer people could meet, see themselves or learn about their world. Here’s how they came to be (and fell into decline).