This Week in HIV/AIDS September 9, 2015
Last week, results of a 32 month long real world study were released which show that PrEP is effective in stopping the spread of HIV.
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Labor Day and the LGBTQ Movement
Labor unions (and many who are a part of what we might refer to as labor et al, are extremely supportive of rights for LGBTQ persons, and one of the things gay, lesbian, bi, trans and queer persons.
Do Kim Davis’s Multiple Marriages Matter?
Kim Davis wasn’t elected to be judge over others. She can personally believe same-sex couples are sinning and headed for Hell, but she has no right to use her personal opinions to take away other peoples’ rights. She is an elected public servant, not public moral judge.
Why is Kim Davis fighting the US Supreme Court?
The liability Davis faces is serious. Fines, possible jail time and even being removed from her elected position. There are two other ideas that I haven’t seen anyone really mention yet.
Fundraiser Effort to Remember Andre Gray Needs Your Help
Andre Gray, a bisexual Lawrenceville man of color who was murdered last October. Our deadline is Monday. Can you please share?
The pro-love sleight-of-hand to hide discrimination.
Klein paints the problem as a lack of communication, rather than her unwillingness to serve the public without discrimination.
The Moral of the Immoral Josh Duggar Story
Josh Duggar is a shining example of how a rigid, unrealistic, and hurtful fringe fundamentalist mindset harms those under its control.
All in the Family: How Homophobia is Learned
Homophobia is taught and learned within the family, which s one reason why anti-LGBTQ zealots fight so hard against the legal acknowledgement of same-sex relationships and the evolving definition of “family.”
One Perspective of the Stonewall movie controversy.
Mark Segal, the publisher of Philadelphia Gay News has written a valuable op-ed for The Advocate that I encourage everyone to read. Mark makes a number of great points which I’ll summarize below, but in my opinion, he misses something crucial about the recent controversy, and I’ll speak to that towards the end of my post. Those speaking for and against the boycott so far weren’t there. Mark adds valuable first-person information as someone who[Read More…]
Calling my husband, “husband.”
For me, one of the smallest results of the recent Supreme Court marriage equality decision, is that I’ve started to refer to my husband in conversations, as “husband.” We had been together for 15 years prior to getting married, and married for about a year when the decision came down earlier this summer. Previously, even after getting married, I was more likely to use the word “partner.” My rationale was that we had been together[Read More…]