Rebecca Hargett Ranson, 1943-2017
The following is an obituary written by the family of Rebecca Ranson. Rebecca Hargett Ranson, playwright, activist and arts leader, passed on to the next life on Sept. 4, 2017, at the age of 73, following a ...
Annual Atlanta bike ride pedals AIDS vaccine research forward
It’s time to get on your bikes and ride. This weekend, more than 100 cyclists take to the streets for a 200-mile bike ride benefitting HIV and AIDS research in Atlanta. “We’re 30-plus years into this HIV/...
Georgia LGBT students honored at Lavender Graduations
Each year, thousands of Georgia college students don caps and gowns, preparing to enter the hallowed life phase of “adult.” Many of these students are honored through their individual schools, athletic departme...
Emory enrolling subjects in historic study on HIV-positive organ donation
In March of this year, Johns Hopkins Hospital became the first hospital in the United States to transplant the organs of an HIV-positive donor into HIV-positive recipients. The liver and kidney transplants save...
Church trial possibly imminent for lesbian Rev. Cynthia Meyer
There is an update to the story of Rev. Cynthia Meyer, the former Assistant Dean of Students for the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and current leader of the Edgerton United Methodist Church in ...