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    Sex workers face high HIV prevalence in Suriname

    JULY 20, 2012 5:12PM

    By Alexandra Stravroginska McAnarney


    Topics: suriname, south america, caribbean, sex, sex workers, hiv, aids, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1739 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage

    MAY 20, 2012 4:53PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, family, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, william saletan, same-sex marriage, proposition 8, prop 8, president barack obama, politics, ohio, obama, national association for the advancement of colored people, naacp, marriage, lgbt, lesbians, jesse jackson, human rights, hope, homophobia, hiv, george w. bush, gays, gay rights, gay community, fourteenth amendment, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, civil rights, change, california, black homophobia, black homophobes, black community, bigots, bigotry, benjamin todd jealous, barack obama, al sharpton, aids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1408 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    A DRIVING ISSUE

    MARCH 8, 2012 6:18PM

    By Shawn O'Shea


    Topics: disabilities, dating, love, sex, writing, recovery, relapse, booze, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, aids, hiv, choices, drinks, nightlife, bars, crystal, meth, crystal meth, drunk, 12-steps, recovery, crystal meth, crystal methamphetamine, meth, drugs, alcohol, booze, addiction, fear, panhandlers, homeless, hate, kindness, chocolate, project open hand, hiv, aids, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, family, belief/religion, military, navy, discharge, don't ask don't tell, school, college, gi bill, crimes, belief/religion, family, food/drink, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, project open hand, chocolate, kindness, hate, homeless, panhandlers, fear, addiction, booze, alcohol, drugs, meth, crystal methamphetamine, crystal meth, recovery, 12-steps, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, recovery, drugs, alcohol, booze, life, new start, begining, san francisco, arvs, philadelphia, mom, mother, loss, family, death, support, recovery, relapse, self-will, procrastination, 911, help, anger, driving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1843 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    America's AIDS legacy: drop dead faggots!

    JUNE 2, 2011 11:07AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: belief/religion, family, gay/lesbian, news, politics, health, science, aids, aids anniversary, june 6, 1981, anita bryant, ronald reagan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1128 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    "Philadelphia" in Nine Languages and Going East to "Go West"

    MAY 11, 2011 5:17PM

    By Cleo C


    Topics: saved by pop culture., saved by pop culture, aids, philadelphia, pet shop boys

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    • 15 Ratings
    • 1517 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Unsaid (in an Irish family sort of way)

    APRIL 26, 2011 5:06AM

    By Aengus Carroll


    Topics: gay/lesbian, family, lgbt, glbt, aids, ireland, human rights, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 944 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    MY LEGS

    APRIL 5, 2011 11:08PM

    By Shawn O'Shea


    Topics: recovery, support, death, family, loss, mother, mom, philadelphia, arvs, san francisco, begining, new start, life, booze, alcohol, drugs, recovery, hiv, aids, health, gay/lesbian

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 954 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Going North To Schenectady, 1995-1997

    MARCH 31, 2011 8:10PM

    By Rosycheeks


    Topics: general electric, aids, vale cemetary, union college, albany, the stockade, mohawk river

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 1702 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    The Two Times Elizabeth Taylor Smiled at Me

    MARCH 23, 2011 10:38AM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: larry fortensky, eddie fisher, carrie fisher, mike todd, movies, time, aids, elizabeth taylor, true story adapted from a previous post

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1218 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    86'd - AGAIN

    FEBRUARY 10, 2011 5:42AM

    By Shawn O'Shea


    Topics: gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, recovery, drugs, alcohol, booze, life, new start, begining, san francisco, arvs, philadelphia, cmv, retina

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 854 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    World AIDS Day: raising hell in their names

    DECEMBER 1, 2010 11:03AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: belief/religion, health, news, politics, gay/lesbian, world aids day, aids, gay liberation front, glf

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 1388 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    AIDS & me & them

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 2:32PM

    By mypsyche


    Topics: aids, 1980's, life-changing experiences, still wishing i knew then what i know now, homosexuality, love, gay/lesbian, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 46 Ratings
    • 1684 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    AIDS & Me

    SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 4:11PM

    By mypsyche


    Topics: i wish i had known more than, san francisco, homosexuals, living with aids, memoir, hiv+, aids, oprah

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2494 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    German pop star on trial for spreading HIV

    AUGUST 17, 2010 10:08AM

    By bluestocking babe


    Topics: std, consensual sex, nadja benaissa, hiv, aids, germany

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 1572 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Saving the World One Moment at a Time

    JUNE 22, 2010 11:08AM

    By kitd


    Topics: activism, racism, sexism, hiv, aids, gay rights, gay marriage

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 2467 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Crack, HIV and Letting go of a Friend

    NOVEMBER 11, 2009 10:02AM

    By TheHideousTruth


    Topics: health, friend, rape, aids, hiv, addiction, drug abuse, crack, drugs, true story

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 717 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Stoopman - Some Parts Of Old New York Just Won't Die

    NOVEMBER 14, 2008 12:44AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: addictions, bourgeois bohemians, shooting buddies, overdose, od, orthodox jews, east seventh street, junkie, heroin, wall street, aids, hiv, old new york, alex zola, the zola system

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 406 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Investing In Girls

    AUGUST 14, 2008 4:52PM

    By Tamsin Smith


    Topics: africa, aids, red, hiv

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