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New HIV cases may be leveling off for the first time since 2000, reports Bloomberg news. Researchers in the HIV surveillance unit at Berlin's Robert Koch Institute say they expect about 3,000 new infections of HIV in Germany this year, which is on a par with last year's rates. Gay and bisexual men are expected to account for about 72% of those new cases.

The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund endorsed a record 11 LGBT candidates, and a majority of them won their races. "This was a watershed election," Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund, said in a press release on Wednesday.

U.S. senator Dianne Feinstein has filmed an ad urging voters to vote against California's Proposition 8, the proposed constitutional amendment that would overturn the state supreme court's May decision legalizing gay marriage by banning same-sex couples from getting married. No on 8 campaign staff announced the new ad during a conference call with reporters Tuesday, in which they also said their fund-raising totals had reached $32 million, giving them a narrow $1 million to $2 million lead over Prop. 8 supporters.