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Category: HEALTH


AIDS @ 35: Dr. Michael Gottlieb and the Early Years of AIDS

June 6, 2016

June 6, 2016 771

BY KAREN OCAMB | On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control published an article entitled “Pneumocystis Pneumonia” written...

Gay and Sober is a matter of Pride

June 5, 2016

June 5, 2016 156

BY ALANA MILLER  |  On Friday, June 10, thousands of LGBT people and allies will flood the streets of West...

People With HIV Are Less Likely To Get Cancer Treatment

May 20, 2016

May 20, 2016 1

BY MICHELLE ANDREWS |  We’ve made great progress treating people who are infected with HIV, but if they get cancer they’re...

Meet Michaela Mendelsohn

May 14, 2016

May 14, 2016 5

  BY ROBERT WILLIAMS | Michaela Mendelsohn is a gal on the go, or more correctly, a gal on the...

Phill Wilson: Still answering the black AIDS call at 60

April 15, 2016

April 15, 2016 8

BY KAREN OCAMB   |  Well before the AIDS activist group ACT UP publicized the slogan “Silence=Death,” Black lesbian feminist poet Pat...

Hillary Clinton, in her own words…

March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016 763

Yesterday, when Hillary Clinton lauded Nancy Reagan for her “low-key advocacy”  in the fight against AIDS, LGBT and AIDS activists nearly broke...

Subway violated civil rights, LA transgender woman claims

February 24, 2016

February 24, 2016 841

BY REBEKAH KEARN (Court News Service)  |  A Subway restaurant employee harassed a transgender woman by calling her “sir” and falsely...

APLA Opens New Health Center in Long Beach

February 18, 2016

February 18, 2016 8

For many in Los Angeles County, finding LGBT-friendly health care services is a struggle, especially if they do not live...

Kaiser Permanente moves HIV drugs off Medicare specialty tier

February 17, 2016

February 17, 2016 705

BY SETH HEMMELGARN  |   Kaiser Permanente recently decided to remove HIV drugs from its potentially high priced “specialty tier” for...

Learning to love yourself and others is key to life with HIV

February 10, 2016

February 10, 2016 8

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS  |  Shortly after one of the most difficult events of my life, I had a most beautiful...