All posts tagged "aids"
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To Remember and Renew
During the first three decades of HIV and AIDS, more than 575,000 Americans lost their lives. This week, as we mark the 30th anniversary of...
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Obama Issues Pride Proclamation for 2011 — With No Mention of Relationship Recognition
The White House today released President Barack Obama’s proclamation commemorating the 2011 Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, presenting his own pride in signing...
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Open Studio today and tomorrow at 52 O Street
The Ward 5 artist home and gallery 52 O Street, formerly a People’s Drug warehouse and Decca Records office, offers its annual Open Studios event...
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Making Things Better
These days when we think of the phrase ''it gets better,'' we think of recent efforts to give hope to LGBT youth that as they...
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All of Us
There are different ways to mark the anniversaries of Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc. Bishop Kwabena Rainey Cheeks formed the organization in 1985....
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World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil in Dupont Circle [video]
On Wednesday, Dec. 1, the Whitman-Walker Clinic, in conjunction with several other community groups, held a World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil in Dupont Circle. Among...
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Uplifting Lineage
Some important news last week brightened an otherwise frustrating season for gay rights: The Department of Health and Human Services issued rules requiring hospitals that...
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Family Care
It's unlikely you ever met the late Carl Vogel. If you've seen his playwright sister Paula Vogel's Obie-winning Baltimore Waltz, you may have at least...
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Outspoken, Ep 9: AIDS Walk and Lynda Carter [video]
On Saturday, Oct. 2, Ebone Bell and Aram Vartian spoke with people at the Whitman-Walker Clinic's annual AIDS Walk, and asked participants for their thoughts...
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Administration Seeking $4 Billion to Fight Global Disease, Including HIV/AIDS
A big announcement today from the U.S. Department of State on the administration’s efforts to fight global disease, including HIV/AIDS: As part of America’s leadership...
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Sebelius Speaks About HIV/AIDS Challenges, Funding
Earlier today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed the 2010 United States Conference on AIDS in Orlando, Florida. In her speech...
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“‘AIDS Lady’ Socialite Judith Peabody,” 80, Dies in NYC
Judith Peabody, a New York City socialite known well for her causes, as well as her fashion, died on Sunday, according to The New York...
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Animal Magnetism
Chip Wells presents a mild, polite demeanor. There's a Southern sensibility in the man that makes personal, yet common, questions – his age, for example...
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Sudden Departure
During a news conference on Tuesday, June 8, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced that Dr. Shannon Hader has resigned from her position as senior deputy...
