Scissor Sisters, Gloria Estefan, Cheyenne Jackson, Clinton Expected at Life Ball 2012
Europe's largest HIV/AIDS fund-raiser, Vienna's Life Ball, just announced the star-studded lineup of performers and speakers for its 20th anniversary event this month. The May 19 extravaganza will feature performances by the Scissor Sisters, Gloria Estefan, and out actor Cheyenne Jackson. Bill Clinton and poet Maya Angelou will give speeches as well. A fashion show organized by Vogue Italia is also on the agenda.
Op-ed: The Case for a Rapid Home HIV Test
A rapid/oral HIV test for home use, currently under consideration by an FDA advisory committee, has the potential to reach a far greater number of individuals who want to know their HIV status on their own terms, writes Tom Donohue, founding director of the group Who's Positive.
Ex-Gay Group Cancels Conference
Organizers of Exodus International's Love Won Out conference cited low participant numbers in scrapping the event.
The UCLA Sex Squad is Here to Help
A group of young performers is changing the way teenagers think about sex, self-esteem, and HIV.
Moving Beyond Stigma
In our roundtable discussion, experts urge a better understanding of the epidemic among African-Americans.
Combating Homophobia in Medicine
Health care professionals are becoming increasingly attuned to the needs and concerns of LGBT patients. But The New York Times ponders: What about support for LGBT doctors and nurses?
Scratch That: No Such Thing as Ex-Gay
Robert Spitzer's recent retraction of his 2001 study suggesting so-called ex-gay therapy can be effective may be a gateway to striking down Proposition 8 in court.
Op-ed: Digital Ways of Preventing HIV
Why are we so fixated on finding a medical solution when, as social networks revolutionize sex in our community, gay men are successfully using new technology to combat HIV?
A Little Infection, or a Superbug?
Mutations in the most curable STI threaten to turn it into an impenetrable superbug.
Aging Gracefully
Older LGBTs get their own center in New York.
Study: Women More Affected By the Closet Than Men
Researchers at Boston University interviewed gay, lesbian and bisexual people about their lives and compared those who had come out to those who remained in the closet.
UCLA Develops Stem Cells That Kill HIV in Mice
A major development in the hunt for a cure.
Op-ed: Conversion Therapy Found Me My First Boyfriend
An attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center shares his own story of surviving conversion therapy and exposes its dangers during a series of community meetings.
Sign Up For Email Updates
Art Department
-
2013-05-22 11:55
-
2013-05-21 14:10
-
2013-05-20 15:40









