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The backers of the proposed AIDS memorial in Manhattan’s West Village have selected Infinite Forest as the winning design. The act of memorializing the AIDS epidemic with a physical gesture goes beyond remembering and honoring the dead. AIDS is not a war, nor a disease conquered. There are no definite dates or victims. In our design process, we emphasize the …

The controversial AIDS Healthcare Foundation has launched a publicity campaign in opposition to classifying Truvada as a daily preventive (PrEP) for HIV infection. Last week a large coalition of AIDS groups issued a call for the FDA to make the change. Via AHF press release: “It appears that Gilead is trying to ram expanded use of Truvada as an HIV …

As soon-to-be Cardinal Timothy Dolan leads fifty priests on a visit to the “Holy Land,” Catholic blogs, news sites, and even some mainstream media are speculating that he could become the first American pope. I can’t see how a Pope Dolan could possibly be more anti-gay that the former Hitler Youth now sitting on the Vatican’s throne. But we may …

Tennessee state Rep. Stacey Campfield is the author of the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill that would forbid any mention of homosexuality in public schools. Last week he appeared on the Michelangelo Signorile Show to claim that straight people don’t get AIDS. And now, apparently, he’s gotten a tiny slice of payback from one local business.

Former Rep. Alan Grayson is running for his old job. Hurray! Is this nutjob the best that the other side has? Hurray!

Recently launched OutServe Magazine tackles transgender military service in its latest issue. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: Jonathan Mills, a staff sergeant in the Air Force, serves as the executive editor of OutServe Magazine. He tells Metro Weekly that ”after the smoke cleared” from the repeal of ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which took place on Sept. 20, 2011, the …

Miss Piggy, FTW.

“Mr. Obama is a militant secularist. His aim is to purge religion from the public square, forcing it to retreat into the private sphere – making it nothing more than a personal lifestyle choice. He wants us to leave our faith at the door when engaging in civic life. Yet religion is natural to human beings. The only way radical …

Romney is up by more than 10 points in most polls.