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The Event - a movie by Thom Fitzgerald

In The Event, Canadian director Thom Fitzgerald invites us to a lavish party celebrating life in the midst of death. Through a series of flashbacks, the controversial movie tells the story of...

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"Just call me Ron B." - a candid interview with the entertainer, actor and...

Many may know Ron B. from her appearances in Law & Order and Angels in America, or Broadway plays like She Got Away. Others may have seen her perform as Tina Turner at Oxygen in the Village or for...

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Out of hiding: a woman's perspective

With all the recent media attention, we may think that we know all about life on the Down Low. The truth is that we barely heard half of the story. To hear the other half-the woman's...

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AIDS and meth - an interview with Duncan Osborne, author of "Suicide Tuesday"

It goes by Tina, Crizzy, or Tweak. No matter the name, crystal meth made the national headlines as the party drug of choice for gay and bisexual men. The party can start on a Thursday or Friday and...

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Above the thunder, by Renee Manfredi: a book review

Reincarnation, the Afterlife, loss and the power of love and hope... they are all topics that traverse Renee Manfredi's debut novel, Above the Thunder. The author interweaves the apparently settled...

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Aqua calda, by Keith McDermott: a book review

Do you believe in second chances? Well... if you don't, you will after reading Acqua Calda; if you do, you'll learn to appreciate life's offerings even more.The healing effects of Acqua Calda (Italian...

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The secret epidemic - the story of AIDS and Black America, by Jacob Levenson

Considered by some reviewers "the sequel of Randy Shilts''And the Band Played On,'" Jacob Levenson's "The Secret Epidemic" embarks readers on an expedition to the roots of the AIDS epidemic in "Black...

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Fade to Black, by Alex Finn: a book review

AIDS anxiety and stigma, prejudice, homophobia, harassment and hate crime, guilt and shame, pretense always clutter the truth. Unfortunately, they are all pieces of our reality and we find them in...

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Damaged goods, a documentary on AIDS and the heterosexual community, directed...

"Damaged Goods" is educative, as much as it's honest, raw and candid. Its sense of humor allows us to look at HIV and AIDS in a different way. Filmed over a period of two years...

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The invisible people, a book by Greg Behrman, on the U.S. and the global AIDS...

The Invisible People-How the U.S. Has Slept Through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Humanitarian Catastrophe of Our Time Written in an accessible, And the Band Played On way, the story of The...

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Rigths and obligations of doctors and patients: three questions to ask

What is my main problem?What do I need to do?Why is it important for me to do this?These three simple questions (otherwise known as "AskMe3") capture the core of a healthy doctor-patient relationship....

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U.S. national AIDS museum: why it was time for the U.S. to have an AIDS museum

Thailand has one and so does South Africa. Now the United States also has a National AIDS Museum. It originally opened with Eyes of Mercy gallery on November 11th, 2006, at Seton Hall University in...

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Ghosts of Hollandale, by Elvis Slaughter, Sr. - an AIDS book review

Every so often the media announces a recall of a certain product—toys, cars, medicine. But what happens when the product recalled is human blood and when the media fails to announce it? The face of...

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Our youth - HIV/AIDS and the youth

Nowadays AIDS has become “a disease of young people.” Although today’s youth may only know it as “manageable,” AIDS is still a complex, life-long disease, complicated by the related complacency and...

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Secret society, by Miasha - book review

Madonna, also Seal and Eminem... they are all artists known by one name only. And this trend extends to authors, too. What makes using one's first or last name only so intriguingly attractive?In...

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The 'H' man brings the heat: an interview with Ghettoheat founder

H is for Heat. H is for Harlem. H is for Hickson, a native of Harlem with an ear for the heated stories of the inner city and with a few tales of his own. “Harlem...

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AIDS in Latin America, by Timothy Frasca - a book review

The AIDS crisis is global, yet specific to each country it affects; therefore, the response to the AIDS crisis varies accordingly. On the other hand, AIDS numbers and casualties don’t have to follow...

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In Search of Wisdom: An Interview with Visual Artist and Activist Beth Achenbach

"When I was young, I used to say I would rather not be smart, I'd rather be wise [and] have all the answers," visual artist and activist Beth Achenbach comments, talking about her self-portrait. "In...

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The new SIV strain and its significance

AIDS turned twenty-eight this year! Sometimes it’s hard to believe that it all started with one genetic transformation from a monkey virus to a human one, with (possibly) a hunter in the jungles of...

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Lady Clover Honey on the importance of being an optimist

She is the first openly transgender correspondent to appear on a national TV show—Under the Pink Carpet, an LGBT news and entertainment show. She has performed on stage and on screen, in large and...

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