Tag Archives: HIV/AIDS

Scientists at the University of Southern California say they succeeded in creating immune cells that ward off HIV in mice. The researchers tinkered with human stem cells and then inserted them into mice where they multiplied into immune system cells that provided protection against infection with HIV, according to a study released online July 2 in Nature Biotechnology. The results …

GLAAD is demanding that View host Sherri Shepherd and guest moderator D.L. Hughley retract their comments that black men on the down-low are responsible for the majority of HIV infections in black women. While discussing the FDA’s ban that prevents gay and bisexual men from donating blood, Shepherd and Hughley communicated misinformation about the causes of increased HIV rates among …

PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, the taking of a medication in advance of a possible exposure to a disease. Commonly used for decades in travelers to exotic locales, multiple PrEP trials are currently underway to examine to effectiveness of taking an HIV medication prior to exposure. Putting aside the worrisome aspect of long-term side effects, the prospect of a daily …

Last night’s 20th annual installment of Broadway Bares was nonstop gay gay gay insanity. Performers included Euan Morton, Kevin Chamerlin, Charles Busch, Lucy Lui, Cheyenne Jackson, Kristen Chenoweth, Katie Finneran, Alan Cumming, Bruce Vilanch, Vanessa Williams and about two hundred mostly-naked chorus boys (and gals). I never thought I’d see the Roseland Ballroom even more packed than during a Black …

The whole “gay boys lip-dub pop songs” meme is getting a little common, but this one is just too sweet to resist.

According to a Washington Blade piece just posted by Lou Chibarro, some longtime supporters of ADAP in Congress are reluctant to approve supplemental funding this year for fear of angering the Tea Party. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program keeps tens of thousands of people alive by providing them with free or low cost HIV medications. William Arnold, executive director of …

Generations HIV – A Video Story Telling Booth & New Media AIDS Quilt for the 21st Century will launch in San Francisco on June 16th at Under One Roof. Facebook event page here. The booth will be open until June 30th to share and record your life with HIV.

Washington DC-based safer sex advocates DCFUK!T have created an instructional film that spoofs 1950’s sex education films. The below edited version is possibly office-safe. (Depending on where you work!) The unedited and very NSFW version is here. The clip features porn stars Matthew Rush and Brent Corrigan, the latter of which has recently taken part in several safer sex campaigns …

The International Mr. Leather convention has followed through on their vow to ban the selling of barebacking porn at their vendor mart. Via Chicagoist: “For many years, our organization has always preached the importance of safe- sex,” explains [IML coordinator RJ] Chaffin. “It has been on the lips of many people, [the fact that] we speak out on safe-sex, but …

The cast of Sex And The City 2 sat down with Towleroad’s Josh Helmin to talk gay marriage. In the first interview with Sarah Jessica Parker, she gets rather pensive remembering her first gay friend’s death from AIDS and worries that today’s young gays don’t take proper precautions.

Here is the complete documentary from HBO about the miraculous effect of HAART therapy on Africans suffering from HIV. Clip description: Executive produced by Spike Jonze, this (RED), HBO & Anonymous Content 30-minute documentary follows the story of HIV positive people in Africa who were at death’s door and in as little as 40 days undergo a remarkable transformation to …

Bilerico reports that the Indiana Stonewall Democrats walked out of a fundraiser dinner after Sen. Even Bayh made the below AIDS joke. So I’m walking through the airport and people were kinda being nice and making eye contact and a couple come up and say hello. This one person runs up all excited and I’m prepared to say “Hello,” and …

Andres Duque at Blabbeando directs us to the below safe sex campaign from Spain which has just won a coveted Summit International Award for advertising. Andres translates the opening of the clip: “To you, who has fucked us during so many years, who CRUSH us all, young people, older people, women, men, heterosexuals and homosexuals. To you, ABOMINABLE being… we …

Over 40 groups will protest tomorrow at the office of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg over massive cuts to the city’s HIV/AIDS budget. Via press release: What: Protest against Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed FY 2010-2011 budget cuts, followed by a press conference on City Hall stepsWho: 200 protestors from 40 diverse groups, including Housing Works, the People’s Budget Coalition, the New York …

NYC-based Gay Men’s Health Crisis is under fire over the search for a new home to replace their longtime headquarters on West 24th Street, which they must vacate by the end of this year after losing their lease. According to cofounder Larry Kramer, the new building being considered is unacceptable. Somehow a building was eventually located that GMHC’s leadership felt …

“People think I’m the one who demanded that gay men stop fucking altogether, but you have to realize that in 1981 or 82, one had to be something of an alarmist. People would say you’re going to scare us to death and I’d say that’s what I want. Somewhere in your unconscious brain the specter of AIDS lurks, no matter …

“The approach to prevention and treatment of HIV in the U.S. has undergone a radical and dangerous shift over the past few months. The new concept, called ‘Test and Treat’ (TNT) or ‘Testing with Linkage to Care’ (TLC) will dramatically increase HIV testing, identify more people with HIV and “link” them to care. Those are worthy objectives. “The danger is …

Similar to a recent move by the United States, China has lifted their ban on visitors with HIV. Days before travelers worldwide are to begin arriving for Shanghai’s world exposition, China has lifted a two-decade ban on travel to the country by people who carry the virus that causes AIDS or who have other sexually transmitted diseases. The action also …

On the 20th anniversary of Ryan White’s death from AIDS, Elton John has written Ryan a letter. From the Washington Post, an excerpt: Ryan, I wish you could know how much the world has changed since 1990, and how much you changed it. Young boys and girls with HIV attend school and take medicine that allows them to lead normal …

As I mentioned earlier this month, St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan’s West Village is set to close in bankruptcy very shortly. New York Magazine’s David France reflects on St. Vincent’s role in the early years of the AIDS pandemic. The obituary for St. Vincent’s, when it is finally written, will recall that the hospital’s greatest moment—and its darkest—came in the …