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GLAAD Hires DaShawn Usher as Program Officer for Communities of Color

LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD has hired DaShawn Usher as their Program Officer for Communities of Color to reduce the stigma around HIV/AIDS, especially in the South.Usher, an award-winning advoca...

Marianne Williamson Criticized for Views on Spiritually Healing AIDS

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson is under fire for her beliefs on the treatment of HIV/AIDS, according to Pink News.The spiritual self-help author garnered criticism over the Los Angele...

Trump Says End to HIV Epidemic Coming Soon

President Donald Trump vowed to bring an end to America’s HIV/AIDS epidemic during a campaign speech in Cincinnati, reported the Cincinnati Enquirer.During the speech given on Thursday night (August 1) at ...

Trump Admin Using HIV Status to Separate Families at Border

The Trump Administration is reportedly using HIV status as a reason to separate families at the southern border, according to Queerty.Brian Hastings, the chief of Customs and Border Patrol, was asked by Rep...

HIV Vaccine Moves On to Late-Stage Testing

A possible HIV vaccine is going into late-stage testing administered by pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson (J&J), according to Bloomberg.The vaccine has performed “measurably better in animal stud...

HIV Eliminated in Living Animal for First Time

Researchers have successfully eliminated HIV from a living animal for the first time, paving one more step towards a cure, reported Gay Star News.The research team infected 29 mice with HIV then used modifi...

Less than 40 Percent of Americans Have Been Tested for HIV in Their Lifetimes

New data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that less than 40 percent of the U.S. population have ever been tested for HIV.Furthermore, less than 30 percent of Americans who ar...

Walgreens Offering Free HIV Testing on June 27

As many know, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Atlanta and throughout Georgia rivals that of a third world country. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, 2,698 Georgians were diagnosed with HIV in 2017....

Democratic Presidential Candidates Call for End to Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood

Several of the Democratic presidential candidates have called for an end to the banishment of gay men donating blood.The current policy bans men who have had sex with other men in the last year from donatin...

Gay and Bi Men Think Attractive Men Are Less Likely to Be HIV Positive, Study Finds

A new study from the University of Maryland found that gay and bisexual men are more likely to believe men they find “physically attractive” are less likely to be HIV positive.The researchers surveyed 197 m...

“A” Rating Given to PrEP and HIV Testing, Hopefully Increasing Availability

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) has finalized its rating for PrEP and HIV testing, giving them both top ratings and potentially increasing access to both for millions of Americans.On Tues...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Trans and Non-Binary College Students at Higher Risk for Mental Health Problems

Jeffrey Epstein Forced Rape Victim into Fraudulent Lesbian Marriage, Lawsuit Claims

Judges Rules Trans Troops Can Proceed with Lawsuit Against Pentagon

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Transgender Writer and Director Lana Wachowski Makes History with The Matrix 4

Dress to Impress, Not Embarrass

Dragon Con Brings Fantasy to Life in the ATL

GLAAD Hires DaShawn Usher as Program Officer for Communities of Color

Marianne Williamson Criticized for Views on Spiritually Healing AIDS

Trump Says End to HIV Epidemic Coming Soon

Trump Admin Using HIV Status to Separate Families at Border

HIV Vaccine Moves On to Late-Stage Testing

HIV Eliminated in Living Animal for First Time

Less than 40 Percent of Americans Have Been Tested for HIV in Their Lifetimes

Walgreens Offering Free HIV Testing on June 27

Democratic Presidential Candidates Call for End to Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood

Gay and Bi Men Think Attractive Men Are Less Likely to Be HIV Positive, Study Finds

“A” Rating Given to PrEP and HIV Testing, Hopefully Increasing Availability

Trans and Non-Binary College Students at Higher Risk for Mental Health Problems

Transgender Writer and Director Lana Wachowski Makes History with The Matrix 4

Jeffrey Epstein Forced Rape Victim into Fraudulent Lesbian Marriage, Lawsuit Claims

Judges Rules Trans Troops Can Proceed with Lawsuit Against Pentagon

Former Log Cabin Head Leaves after Trump Endorsement

Serial Killer Who Targeted Gay Men in the 90s to be Executed

HRC Releases Healthcare Equality Index

Case Proceeds to Superior Court Against Man Accused of Murdering Trey Peters

Almost 200,000 Trans Americans Have Experienced Conversion Therapy

GLAAD Hires DaShawn Usher as Program Officer for Communities of Color

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