Life Ball Announces Guests and Speakers That Include Scissor Sisters and Gloria Estefan
May 07 2012 4:57 PM ET

Scissor Sisters, Gloria Estefan, Cheyenne Jackson, Clinton Expected at Life Ball 2012

Neal Broverman

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.

The Case for a Rapid Home HIV Test
May 05 2012 2:34 PM ET

Op-ed: The Case for a Rapid Home HIV Test

Tom Donohue

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 Conference Cancelled
May 04 2012 10:11 AM ET

Ex-Gay Group Cancels Conference

Editors

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
May 03 2012 7:32 PM ET

The UCLA Sex Squad is Here to Help

Neal Broverman

A group of young performers is changing the way teenagers think about sex, self-esteem, and HIV.

Moving Beyond Stigma
April 30 2012 4:03 PM ET

Moving Beyond Stigma

Andrew Harmon

In our roundtable discussion, experts urge a better understanding of the epidemic among African-Americans.

Combating Homophobia in Medicine
April 27 2012 3:50 PM ET

Combating Homophobia in Medicine

Advocate.com Editors

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?

Retraction of ExGay Study May Affect Prop 8 Trial
April 27 2012 3:41 PM ET

Scratch That: No Such Thing as Ex-Gay

Michelle Garcia

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.

Oped Digital Ways of Preventing HIV Are the Best Medicine
April 19 2012 4:00 AM ET

 Op-ed: Digital Ways of Preventing HIV

Advocate Contributors

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
April 19 2012 2:00 AM ET

 A Little Infection, or a Superbug?

Brett Edward Stout

Mutations in the most curable STI threaten to turn it into an impenetrable superbug.

Aging Gracefully
April 18 2012 2:00 AM ET

Aging Gracefully

Neal Broverman

Older LGBTs get their own center in New York.

Study Men Less Affected By the Closet Than Women
April 14 2012 11:08 AM ET

Study: Women More Affected By the Closet Than Men

Lucas Grindley

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
April 13 2012 7:50 PM ET

UCLA Develops Stem Cells That Kill HIV in Mice

Neal Broverman

A major development in the hunt for a cure.

Oped Conversion Therapy Found Me My First Boyfriend
April 13 2012 5:00 AM ET

Op-ed: Conversion Therapy Found Me My First Boyfriend 

Advocate Contributors

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.

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