A Presidential Promise
President Barack Obama has just finished his speech following his second inaugural (interesting, he had to take the oath Sunday in order to meet the Constitutional requirement) and folks I know are...
View ArticleThe Crime of Being HIV-Positive
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at The American Independent in this format. The Advocate also ran the articles as separate pieces, which can be seen here and here; as well as a third...
View ArticleGay Blood Drive is a poorly thought out protest
Look, the ban on men who have sex with men donating blood is ridiculous on its face and needs to be addressed. I want that out there before I lay out why the move by Ryan James Yezak and his Second...
View ArticleYezak too busy to answer simple questions
I wrote about the ill-conceived gay blood drive protest earlier, and I noted that Ryan Yezak had not responded to a phone call or an email. Well, now, after it has been published, he has responded....
View ArticleMich. Health Dept. Puts HIV Criminal Law Review ‘On Hold’
Move Comes As Abuses In Prosecution Discovered; Evidence Law Has No Deterrent Effect Mount EDITORIAL NOTE: This piece was originally published by Between the Lines, Pridesource.com here. LANSING – A...
View ArticleNew documentary explores negative impacts of HIV criminal prosecutions
The HIV Justice Network, run by my friend Edwin J. Bernard, has issued a fantastic new video interviewing the researchers who have created the body of research showing the negative impacts of HIV...
View ArticleIs it time to retire the adjective ‘unprotected’ to describe condomless sex?
So there is a war raging in the gay men’s community. The war is about how we have sex. Some, like Jack Merridew in the video above, think sex can only happen with a condom on. This is the group that...
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