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This Is How AIDS Killed “America’s Favorite Dad,” Actor Robert Reed

Actor Robert Reed shocked the nation when he died suddenly on May 12, 1992 from AIDS-related colon cancer at the age of 59. He lived his entire life in the closet, although those...

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This is Why Gays Blame Ronald Reagan for AIDS

Think you know history? Believe Donald Trump has been bad for LGBTQ Americans? Or that George W. Bush used the “threat” of same-sex marriage as a scare tactic to win...

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This is How Straight Women Became Heroes of the AIDS Crisis

In her new book, Victoria Noe chronicles the stories of people whose contributions to addressing the AIDS epidemic have often gone unheralded: straight women.  They are the...

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What Happened to Halston? A New CNN Doc Explores the Legend

The Halston name blazed across the 1970s like a comet on a cloudless night. After designing Jackie Kennedy’s signature pillbox hat for JFK’s inaugural, his innovative...

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Heroes Join Forces

This Is What It’s Like When Heroic Organizations Join Forces

It was a meeting of the minds and missions when Housing Works and Bailey House, two of New York City’s most respected organizations in the HIV/AIDS healthcare arena, began to...

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This Is How to Never Forget to Take Your Meds Again

Effective HIV therapy depends on medication adherence. That means taking your medication at the same time each day. Strict adherence to one’s HIV regimen will reduce the risk of...

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Red Dress AIDS Benefit Ride

This is How You Can End AIDS — and Look Fabulous in a Red Dress

If you’re looking to make a difference in the fight against AIDS, take some advice from the late David Bowie: Put on your red dress, then spin your blues away. You’ll...

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Original designers of the Rainbow Flag

This is the Mystery Girl Who Helped Create the Rainbow Flag

Not many know how a straight woman helped make the rainbow flag an LGBT reality. Now Lynn Segerblom is finally getting some long-deserved recognition for her part in bringing the...

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You Need to Know the Truth about These 7 PrEP Myths

As an important advisory panel votes to recommend the first new drug option that could be used for preventing HIV with PrEP, we double check the facts about taking the medication....

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Kalvin Leveille

Here’s How Oprah Inspired One Man’s HIV Message to the World

The words of Oprah Winfrey fuel Kalvin Leveille’s passion and purpose every day, motivating him to share his most personal trials to create positive change in the lives of...

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This is Gay History 101: “50 Years After Stonewall”

In the heart of the meatpacking district, Fort Gansevoort presents “A Look Back: 50 Years After Stonewall.” Through a variety of mediums, Visitors are treated to a...

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Pride Continues with These Local Stonewall 50 Exhibits

The Big Apple clearly values the impact its vibrant gay community has had on the ever-changing face of New York. And as the world looked this year to NYC for WorldPride and the...

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