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Community
Financial crisis takes its toll on NY AIDS center
By Marcus Franklin Associated Press Crunch hits donors’ pocketbooks at the same time state must cut back budget NEW YORK — Last spring, when officials at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan began organizing a fundraiser for its Comprehensive HIV Center, it did…
Community
Gays still hardest hit by AIDS
By Steve LeBlanc Associated Press BOSTON — Gay and bisexual men in Massachusetts continue to be the hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic according to a new report by the state Department of Public Health, which recommends the state step up its fight against the…
Arts + Entertainment
Marathon men
By Daniel A. Kusner Life+Style Editor Niermann, MacGregor kick up gay visibility at the White Rock 26.2-mile run HAVE A DRINK: Niermann, left, and MacGregor warm up near the Katy Trail water fountain donated by the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas. DANIEL KU…
Community
Celebration Church opens new LGBT counseling center
By Praveen Sathianathan Staff Writer Barron House offers ‘win-win’ situation with sliding scale for clients, cost sharing to keep expenses low for therapists, church official says The Rev. Carol West, senior pastor at Celebration Community Church, said it w…
Community
Deaths • 11.21.08
Steve “Junior” Dodd, 52, has died. He was a longtime member of the Firedancers and spent countless hours raising money for various charities. His last individual effort was his Christmas show that raised $1,000 worth of food of the Resource Center of Dallas…
Community
German doctor says transplant eradicated virus in AIDS patient
By Patrick McGroarty – Associated Press Researchers warn that claims of a ‘cure’ are premature, but agree that results could be a starting point for finding new treatments National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci says the…
Community
Deaths • 11.14.08
Donald Jefferson, 56, died Nov. 6 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas following a lengthy illness. He was a native of Nairry, La., and had lived in the Dallas area for the past six-and-a-half years. He graduated from Buras High School, in Buras, La., and he gradua…
Community
Deaths • 11.07.08
Joey McNair Joey McNair, born Nov. 3, 1972 in Denver, Colo., died Oct. 30 at his home in Athens, Texas. McNair graduated from Athens High School in 1991 and then attended Southern Methodist University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science…
Community
Deaths • 05.03.08
Jo Terrill West Jo Terrill West of Dallas died Wednesday morning, May 28, at her home, surrounded by her children and family, after a courageous battle with cancer. West was born Oct. 3, 1938 in Wichita Falls to James and Mabel Terrill. She graduated high s…
Community
HIV advocates ask Congress to double prevention budget
By Bob Roehr – Contributing Writer Only 4 percent of total domestic spending on AIDS now goes to prevention efforts; increase would raise spending to $1.3 billion Tony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the Natio…
Community
25 percent of gay, lesbian Americans lack insurance
By Staff Reports Survey shows gay, lesbian respondents nearly twice as likely as heterosexuals not to have health insurance Nearly one-fourth of gay and lesbians American lack proper health insurance and gays and lesbians in general are twice as likely as h…
Community
AGs opinion clears way for charges against HIV activists
By Staff and Wire Reports Texas is only state that doesn’t allow needle-exchange programs; 3 San Antonio AIDS workers could face a year in prison if convicted A handful of used syringes gets dropped off into a bucket at the Pima County Health Department’s m…
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