HIV Aids
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Fighting Science Disinformation Campaigns Including the Movie ‘Plandemic’
At the beginning of May, a 26-minute trailer for the movie Plandemic was posted to social media. The release of…
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Coming of Age in the Early Days of the HIV Pandemic Is ‘Like a Love Story’
There are helicopters overhead as I make my way up to Abdi Nazemian’s Hollywood Hills home for our interview. His…
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‘America’s Got Talent’ Alum Branden James Opens Up About Family, Music, and HIV
It was 2013. The theater was packed all the way up to the balcony. Television cameras swirled around, and the…
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5 Reasons Herpes Isn’t on a Standard STI Panel
When we think of herpes, we often think immediately of the scary photos our health teachers showed us in sex…
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Sex in the Time of Coronavirus: Cumming Out of Lockdown
At a sex-positive LGBTQ organization I worked at many years ago, we established guidelines that supported people’s desires in the…
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New Film Documents an Activist’s Rise in the Trump Era
Debuting June 27 on Amazon Prime Video, the documentary My Friend, the Mayor: Small-Town Democracy in the Age of Trump,…
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With COVID-19, Much Like HIV, Stigma Kills Prevention Efforts
The lies we tell ourselves are the hardest for us to see. Take, for instance, the comforting lie that we…
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Nationwide, LGBTQ Pride Groups Scramble to Determine How to Link With #BlackLivesMatter
It’s been a season of pivots for Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC), the New York City grassroots LGBTQ group that arose…
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The Pink Triangle Shines On for San Francisco Pride
For the past 25 years, the Pink Triangle art installation adorning the top of Twin Peaks in San Francisco has…
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Why Masturbation Should Be Taught in Sex Ed
When it comes to masturbation, people are extremely squeamish. It’s just not something that we talk about, and it’s certainly…
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