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Community
Salk, Sabin and my mother
By David Taffett Staff Writer Adult vaccination could save an additional 50,000 lives a year and there are particular health concerns in the LGBT community. An interesting note in the history of immunization is that the Hepatitis B vaccine was created from…
Community
Round-Up hosting 'Bras for the Cure' workshop
By David Taffet St’aff Writer Liz Mikel and Leann Berry will emcee as men and women walk down the pink runway modeling bras designed to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Dallas actor Cedric Neal will be among the bra models. The Design a Bra co…
Community
Citizens voice concerns over proposed cuts in AIDS funds
By David Taffet Staff Writer Mayor says city is pursuing grants that could make up for cuts Several citizens attended the Wednesday, Aug. 26 Dallas City Council meeting to voice concerns about plans to slash the entire $325,000 previously allocated in the c…
Arts + Entertainment
Activism is the new Black
By Lawrence Ferber Contributing Writer Dustin Lance Black brought tears to viewers of the Oscarcast. Now the dreamy ‘Milk’ laureate is raising a fist in defiance PHOTO BY TOM KELLER Dustin Lance Black hit the ground running both creatively and as a gay acti…
Community
AFSP gets grant for LGBT suicide reduction program
By David Taffet Staff Writer Studies show LGBT youth attempt suicide at a disproportionately high rate; suicide among LGBT elderly may also be a problem Ann Haas The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention recently received a $45,000 grant from the Johns…
Community
Lawmaker sues Schwarzenegger over extra cuts in AIDS funding
By Judy Lin Associated Press Spokesman says legislature’s failure to submit balanced budget prompted further cuts; Steinberg says governor overstepped his bounds California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made more cuts to the state Legislature’s revised spendin…
Arts + Entertainment
Prison camp
By By Arnold Wayne Jones Life+Style Editor Petropolitan’s Chris Watts goes to jail — but don’t feel too bad for him IN THE BIG (DOG) HOUSE: Christopher Watts, right, shares his lock-up with a four-legged client. If he doesn’t get bailed out before his deadl…
Community
Opponents of DP benefits may seek ballot measure in El Paso
By Staff Reports EL PASO — Opponents of the city’s plan to offer domestic partner benefits to municipal employees may seek a ballot measure to try to overturn the decision. On Thursday, July 30, the El Paso City Council voted 6-1 to offer health benefits to…
Community
Compassionate care at the end
By Renee Baker Contributing Writer Hospice offers options to let the terminally ill die with dignity, and to lift some of the burden their loved ones often shoulder John Steele, photo above left, was so impressed by the care his mother received in hospice t…
Community
Johnson announces HOPWA Funds
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernie Johnson announced this week that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded the city of Dallas a $721,000 grant in a three-year renewal of a Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The money i…
Community
Deaths • 07.24.09
Rouse Martin “Marty” Roy Rouse, 56, died of heart disease on May 17 at Medical City of Plano. A native of West Germany, Rouse had lived in the dallas area for the past 23 years. He attended Washington High School in Washington, Iowa. He later lived in Cedar…
Community
Deaths • 07.10.09
Edens The Rev. R. Maurice Edens of Georgetown, formerly of Dallas, died June 15, 2009. Born in San Antonio on July 2, 1923, his life path took him from Texas to North Carolina, California and New York, concluding in Georgetown, Texas. Edens was ordained as…
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