Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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Hi, just found out about this so I’m throwing together a quick diary. Starting at noon, donations under $100 will be matched until the $10,000 match is used up. So if you can donate only a small amount, today is the day. Donate to my HCRA page here....
by anotherdemocrat
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on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 10:01 AM PST
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When I heard some Pee Wee Herman-looking moron, Raymond Arroyo, was on FOX News gushing about how Trump’s gawd awful gold-painted sneakers were going to win TFG the Black Vote, all I could do was blink-blink. Lawd, I wish I was joking. A Fox News...
by sepiasiren
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 03:40 PM PST
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Back in the late 1980s, as HIV spread throughout the United States and the LGBTQ community mobiliized to raise awareness about how the disease was spread and how to avoid being infected, Republican members of Congress became obsessed with homosexuality...
by WeHoFeminist
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on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 02:15 PM PST
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My birthday is Thursday, it’s a round number, it’s very weird to be approaching official old-ness. I’ve done the AIDS Ride every year it has existed — never done every mile, but I do what I can; and the important part is the fundraising. So here I am,...
by anotherdemocrat
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on Mon Jan 08, 2024 at 05:30 AM PST
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Today is the kick off party for the 2024 Hill Country Ride for AIDS. I’ve done all 25 years — I don’t think I’ve ever done every inch of the Ride, but I’ve participated every year. I thought I’d ask about something to unite people. I’m raising money...
by anotherdemocrat
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on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 05:42 PM PST
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Time certainly flies these days. I don’t know if that’s true for everyone though any number of friends and acquaintances have asked me recently “Doesn’t it seem as though 2023 has gone by really fast?” so it’s not just me. For myself I attribute it...
by sfbob
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on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 07:21 AM PST
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The graves at the edge of the orphanage tell a story of despair. The rough planks in the cracked earth are painted with the names of children, most of them dead in the 1990s. That was before the HIV drugs arrived. Today, the orphanage in Kenya’s...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Sep 09, 2023 at 07:48 AM PDT
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A lot of the stories provided by my fellow WOW participants this week were about sheroes: women who’ve done amazing things. Coincidentally, my� Top Comments diary this week dealt with two books ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Aug 05, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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A couple of weeks ago, @sfbob posted a diary about the AIDS/LifeCycle . This caught my attention because I was preparing to ride my first AIDS/LifeCycle. Subsequently, we connected via kosmail. I’m happy to report that we met at lunch on the first day...
by notthatdonald
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on Mon Jun 12, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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I officially joined Daily Kos in July of 2006. Ever since then I’ve posted at least one story per year about my participation in AIDS/LifeCycle, a charity bike ride that raises money for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT...
by sfbob
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on Fri May 26, 2023 at 07:05 AM PDT
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The $10K in matching funds has been met — and thanks to my generous donors! But, I’m $700 from my $2,000 goal. Can we raise $700 this afternoon? Today, starting at noon central time, there is a $10,000 match for donations to the AIDS Ride. So, if you...
by anotherdemocrat
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on Thu Apr 06, 2023 at 09:45 AM PDT
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There is no single “best” way to respond to Republican hate. We can mobilize voters, yes. We can raise awareness. We can recommend books, movies, TV shows, and music that help reach across the metaphorical aisle. We can—and do—share impassioned stories...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Mon Jan 23, 2023 at 11:58 AM PST
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If you look at my diary history, the vast majority are about the HCRA or the AIDS Walk. (I have been asking for help for myself lately — and if anyone knows a good resume service or has advice on writing one when I haven’t for 24 years, that would also...
by anotherdemocrat
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on Wed Jan 11, 2023 at 05:00 AM PST
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(Author’s note: Some elements of the following article use citations taken from my book, Don’t Tell Me To Wait: How the fight for gay rights changed America and transformed Obama’s presidency.) As House Democrats prepared to put their final stamp of...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Thu Dec 08, 2022 at 01:30 PM PST
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While man wins HIV lawsuit against U.S. military, outdated and discriminatory ban remains for others A college student who was deemed unfit for military service after being diagnosed with HIV has won his legal case, advocates announced this week. Eddie Diaz, a student at Vermont’s Norwich University, challenged the discriminatory action after testing...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Thu Sep 29, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
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On Monday, Aug. 22, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who heralded the COVID-19 response for the United States amid the ongoing global pandemic, announced he will retire by the end of the year. In a statement, Fauci clarified he is...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Mon Aug 22, 2022 at 08:37 AM PDT
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A young man leaves his affluent Indianapolis home in the 1980s, lands in New York City and seeks well, not fame and fortune, but some of the lustier glories of the big city. And since he is a young ...
by bookgirl
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on Tue Aug 16, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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by Umme Hoque
This article was originally published at Prism
People across the country are melting in the summer heat as they wait for access to a vaccine for monkeypox, the nation’s latest ...
by Prism Guest Writer
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on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 08:15 AM PDT
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In 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, as well as 2021, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” published profiles of Art Robinson, the former Chairman of the Republican Party of Oregon who going into 2016, had challenged Democratic Rep....
by republicinsanity
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on Sat Jul 16, 2022 at 02:42 PM PDT
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It is our duty to come out. Not because we're proud that we're gay: rather, itz because we aren't ashamed of it. And we arent buying the bullsh*t of the people who say that we should be. We, who are old enough to know, remember the days when a teacher...
by ultrageek
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on Tue Jun 07, 2022 at 11:11 PM PDT
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