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Category: HEALTH


Israel’s First Out Transgender Officer Gets Personal at Congregation Kol Ami

June 27, 2016

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BY KAREN OCAMB  |   America left behind transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military when Congress repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t...

URGENT: Meningitis outbreak in LA County and Orange County turns deadly

June 25, 2016

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BY TROY MASTERS |  Two months after one gay man was diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease, 8 new cases have emerged in Los...

Writing About HIV/AIDS? Free NLGJA Workshops Today to Learn More

June 23, 2016

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BY KAREN OCAMB  |  Here’s an interesting “what if” scenario. If you were an LGBT or HIV/AIDS reporter, how would...

Happy Birthday to Ivy Bottini, 90

June 9, 2016

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BY TROY MASTERS  |  Ivy Bottini is 90 years old today. Ivy was born on August 15, 1926 and at...

Pioneer: Larry Kramer

June 8, 2016

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BY MAER ROSHAN  |  Few people in the past five decades have played as pivotal and public a role in...

Pioneer: Connie Norman

June 8, 2016

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BY KAREN OCAMB  |  “That’s Big Red over there. The tall one with the red hair,” one of a gaggle...

Pioneer: Phill Wilson

June 8, 2016

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BY KAREN OCAMB  |  “Our house is on fire,” Black AIDS Institute founder Phill Wilson proclaims at every opportunity.  He’s...

Pioneer: Michael Weinstein

June 8, 2016

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BY KAREN OCAMB  |  Michael Weinstein is an AIDS activist. Full stop. He exercises his activist muscle as the co-founder...

We love these pictures of the AIDS/LifeCycle

June 8, 2016

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AIDS/LifeCycle Ride to End AIDS,  the 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that raises money to help in...