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Study: Gay dads may pose less risk for HIV
SAN FRANCISCO — A new study conducted by San Francisco State University human sexuality researchers focusing on the lifestyle changes that gay male parents experience suggests that as gay male couples become fathers their risk for contracting HIV is reduced.
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FDA approves first over-the-counter home use HIV test kit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first over-the-counter, self-administered HIV test kit to detect the presence of HIV antibodies. HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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I am the man my father built
Ultimately, Dad raised exactly what he valued, a man who steps up and asks stupid questions and knows that to soar you must risk the occasional, spectacular crash. On my best days I live happily as the man my father built, writing and living as an HIV positive queer for all to see and never afraid to take a risk…
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Gay, HIV patient denied medication, visitors ‘for going against God’s will’
ELIZABETH, N.J. — A gay HIV-positive man says in court that a hospital denied him treatment and visitors, as the doctor remarked, “This is what he gets for going against God’s will.”
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Memories and Memorials — for the countless many, lost far too young
For me, Memorial Day is about honoring not only those who died fighting for our freedom, but also those closer, lost to far different battles, particularly AIDS. … And so, this Memorial Day, I’ll pause and honor the many of my own troops who have fallen in battle. They may not have had the uniform or the recognition of our armed forces, but the wars they fought were just as valiant, and I, for one, am richer for their many, varied gifts and sacrifices.
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San Francisco mayor to restore lost federal HIV/AIDS funding
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Ed Lee will restore all of the nearly $8 million in federal HIV/AIDS funds that the city expects to lose in the fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Pelosi attends debut of permanent AIDS quilt display in Castro
SAN FRANCISCO — An at times tearful Nancy Pelosi joined with local AIDS agency leaders and Castro business owners at the debut Wednesday of a new permanent display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in San Francisco’s LGBT district.
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True LGBT story: Tyrone Smith, ‘I’m from Kinston, N.C.’
Tyrone Smith, proudly proclaiming he’s 70 years old this year, remembers what it was like when AIDS struck Philadelphia. More specifically, he remembers his friendship with a young gay man who turned Tyrone into the activist and integral part of the Philly LGBT community he is today.
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AIDS. Remember me?
On the morning of my thirtieth birthday, I checked my then-partner, Shane Sawick, into the hospital. He would not come out. Shane died just two weeks later, suffering from Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML); one disease, among many, battled in his long war against AIDS. Once in the hospital, the illness quickly progressed, and in just a matter of days, he could no longer speak, blink, nor respond in any way. Through it all, though, his mind still raced, and processed, and thought…
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State of Tennessee cuts access to grants for HIV testing, prevention
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center was forced to suspend its HIV testing program Wednesday after a representative from Planned Parenthood informed the center that it does not have the funds necessary to provide the HIV testing for the foreseeable future.