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TEBELOPELE VISITS NATA VILLAGE
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Once again Tebelopele visits Nata Village to encourage people to come and fined out their HIV status. For the past week the staff members from Tebelopele, Francistown chapter have been doing community mobilization, informing everyone in the village to test for theHIV virus. Furthermore, counciling was available for everyone who tested. Couples were highly encourage to come and test with their partners. It was a successful event for everyone.
Source: The Nata village blog - March 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
kearns to la city council: city attorney as marvel comicbook supervillain (1146)Email this article to a colleague.
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[february 13, 2009]
good morning president garcetti,
distinguished council members. i have given
the clerk a copy of my prepared remarks.
my name is richard kearns. i am a
57-year-old gay AIDS activist &
long-term survivor, a medical cannabis
patient & advocate, a poet & journalist.
i am here this morning with three specific
suggestions to move along the medical
cannabis ordinance process. but first
i want to take us on a quick
metaphoric foray into pop culture
i don’t know if you’re aware of this, but
marvel comics put out a special
inauguration day edition of the amazing
spider-man with mr. obama on the c...
Source: aids-write.org - March 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism contains rks or Source Type: blogs
kearns to la city council: AIDS & glass pipes & building unstigmatized medical cannabis culture (tidied) (1145)Email this article to a colleague.
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[february 10, 2009]
good morning, president garcetti,
distinguished council members. i have given
the clerk a copy of my prepared remarks.
my name is richard kearns, long-term AIDS
survivor & activist, medical cannabis
patient & advocate. poet & journalist.
i am here this morning to urge you to
establish a permanent medical cannabis
community advisory board as a midwife of
sorts, to bring our comunity into being
it is a subtle, complicated process that
requires oversight with a sensitivity to
issues beyond zoning.
i have a quick culture shock picture for you
medical cannabis use today does not
necessarily emplo...
Source: aids-write.org - March 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu aids.org americans for safe access / la asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism contains rks original phot Source Type: blogs
The Dissidents' Views of HIV TestsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Momentum for the alternate HIV/AIDS explanation started in 1987 when Dr. Peter Duesberg, a professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley and initial demonstrator that the influenza virus has a segmented genome, published a paper claiming that HIV cannot be the cause of AIDS. Four years later, a number of scientists formed “The Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis” which later established itself as an official non-profit organization. Within another four years, 32 scientists with advanced medical degrees published a statement in Science asking for the rec...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - March 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs
The ACT UP Oral History ProjectsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Intergenerational Dialogues on HIV Prevention JusticeWednesday, March 4, 20096:30 - 8:30 PM LGBT Community Center208 West 13th Street (btwn 7th/8th aves.), NYCFree ~ Open to the public ~ Refreshments providedACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) pioneered AIDS activism in the 1980s. In the past five years, ACT UP Oral History Projects in New York and Philadelphia have catalogued hundreds of interviews from surviving members of these chapters to document, understand and share how their members introduced new and effective methods of grassroots community organizing. Change can be made, and sharing these stories helps ...
Source: VisualAIDS - March 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Storm aftermathEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's probably depression, mixed in with apprehension, but I still cannot find the words to write whenever I sit at the keyboard. The ideas flow freely when I'm up and about, but as soon as I begin to write, it's like, "what's the use, why bother."Another factor is that I'm one of the fully awake who see clearly that we are heading for a bottomless abyss, and not sure if I will survive what's to come. I wish I had the unshakable faith that I have seen in some Christians, and maybe I'm just kidding myself that I am a Christian as I don't dedicate every waking hour to worship, not can I recite from memory chapter and verse fr...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - March 3, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
March 3/09 Offence Intended - ReduxEmail this article to a colleague.
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Once again, multitasking, thus indulging my ADD-ness constant state of being. Hildy is on my lap, the SADS light is on (although I don’t need it today, it’s sunny out), my Kabbalah (not Madonna’s) lesson is on - that’s 1.5 hours there’s now way I can solely focus on that, and writing this post.
This week, I think I may have lost an association over something really stupid. On Facebook I started a group about getting people to sign up for me to meet Kathy Griffin, a goal not likely to be met, but I like the concept.
After coming back from NYC, I posted some transcript of her while at the WaMu Theatre @ M...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - March 3, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: A wee tale Acid Reflux Reality Show Kathy Griffin Travel most recent GLBT HIV New York Source Type: blogs
Bridge NY hosts REALCOREEmail this article to a colleague.
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Discussion to follow with Barbara DeGenevieve and Charles LumBridge Art Fair@ The Waterfront222 12th Ave, NYCSaturday, March 7 from 1:00-4:00 PMSergio
Messina claims that what he calls Realcore (sexual images made by
amateurs and freely posted online), is not only substantially different
from hardcore, but has innovative political, social, and sexual value,
value that can change forever the way we look at, and consider,
pornography. In the 1980s Joseph Beuys said "The revolution is Us." If
this is true, what has been theorized for a long time as a tool for
gender oppression and the barbarization of sexuality, could ...
Source: VisualAIDS - March 3, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
March 2/09 Breakfast in NYC with Barry.Email this article to a colleague.
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I’ve posted this pre-dated as I left a message with my friend in the video clip just to double check he is still cool being in it. This was the beginning of our tacky tourist day. I was just beginning to start to get more daring with filming and not being so shy about it. As you see I actually managed to get a guest appearance in our little morning time video.
Lord help us all when I really coming out of my skin in this medium. I know it won’t be pretty, but it’ll be fun.
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Source: acidrefluxweb.com - March 2, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Travel Video most recent GLBT New York Tacky Tourist Day Source Type: blogs
Depeche Mode's "Wrong"Email this article to a colleague.
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Yes, I'm still a big mark for Depeche Mode, and their new song, "Wrong", is oh-so-right. Here's the music video:
Sample lyrics: "I was born with the wrong sign... I was in the wrong place, at the wrong time.. the wrong mix, in the wrong genes..."
Love it.
Positively Yours,
Shawn
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - March 2, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: Depeche Mode Wrong Source Type: blogs
March 1/09 Pulling a post out of my ass on a Sunday morning.Email this article to a colleague.
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I can’t resist throwing in some puppy shots I took to send off to Hildy’s breeder in Quebec for an update on how she’s doing.
I was hoping to get up here the last piece I did for FAB, however they are a little behind on their, what I must say, is a horrible archiving system.
Last night upon exciting my AA meeting, I bumped into someone who, I would have thought to be the last person to read my stuff, complimented me on it. It seems to be not too often someone will take the time to express kind words as they are to complain, so I was very appreciative of her feedback.
I always feel a disconnect with what ...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - March 1, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: A wee tale Acid Reflux Reality Show Canine moments Ramblings most recent Source Type: blogs
Feb 27/09 Happy Nakid Friday VideoEmail this article to a colleague.
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Unfortunately I have to write something because Word F.FACE Press no matter how much they update never seem to be fully functional and I have to search for work around plug ins. The You Tube plug-in seems to force in the Recent Episodes summary area to only display code. I suppose that is because of it being so narrow.
In order to work around the work around, I have to not be completely lazy and actually write something.
I think I pretty much summed it up in my video. It’s nice to be able to just kick back and talk. Despite typos and other flaws, I still love to write. There are things I have to take time to work out t...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 27, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Acid Reflux Reality Show Video most recent Dentist GLTB NAKED Source Type: blogs
Shawn's Tool Academy Welcomes...Email this article to a colleague.
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I love VH1's reality show, Tool Academy, which began with a great swerve. A group of guys thought they were competing on a TV show to discover "America's Top Alpha Male- AKA- Mr. Awesome", but they'd really been nominated by their girlfriends for the Tool Academy.
Ouch.
Gwenn and I can't stop watching. The guys get little tool badges when they pass tests and make the inevitable cut at the inevitable "ceremony" at the end of each show. Formulaic? Sure, but it's must-see TV... speaking of tools, did you hear about the senator from Colorado, Dave Schultheis?
He voted against a bill that would require pregnant women to be ...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 27, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: AIDS dave schultheis HIV shawn tool academy utter tool Source Type: blogs
Feb 26/09 I’m a mess - the videoEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today I had my dental work done. More bloody stuff, no more root canals this time. I’ve moved on, root canals are decidedly so pre-recession.
To feel at one with those suffering through hard economic times, I thought I’d do my bit to feel at least little of the pain. So I bought a Chihuahua puppy who’s new job would be to cost me money far beyond the purchase price. That was in the early fall, I was thinking ahead, and preparing for Obama’s message.
In addition my dental was quoted to me at a cost of a maximum of 2350 dollars.
I got myself up early, and got the pooches out and made my way over.
The ...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 27, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Acid Reflux Reality Show Video most recent Dental surgery GLBT Recession Rihanna Source Type: blogs
AIDS Action applauds Jeffrey Crowley’s appointment as Director of National AIDS PolicyEmail this article to a colleague.
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AIDS Action congratulates Jeffrey Crowley, an openly gay man with significant knowledge and experience in health care and HIV/AIDS for his appointment as Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). He joins a well respected and dedicated team in the Executive Office of the President’s Domestic Policy Council (DPC) and reports to Director Melody Barnes who has a long standing commitment to HIV/AIDS.
“Jeff Crowley’s appointment is the beginning of delivery on a promise made by President Obama to people living with, affected by and at risk for HIV/AIDS – that their needs will be included in the heal...
Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog - February 26, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: admin Tags: admin advocacy agenda HIV prevention policy HIV Health HIV Testing media Source Type: blogs
15 Years of AIDS at the OscarsEmail this article to a colleague.
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There's a great article on Poz.com, written by the talented Mr. Bob Ickes. It examines AIDS impact at the Oscars. Check it out!
Also, in my post-Oscar wrap blog, I mentioned that Heath Ledger wasn't in this year's "Death Montage" segment. That's because he was there last year, since he passed in January of 2008.
Ooopsily Yours,
Shawn
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 26, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: AIDS bob ickes heath ledger oscars philadelphia tom hanks Source Type: blogs
Song from "Acoustic" ShowEmail this article to a colleague.
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YouTube finally accepted this video- it's a song I wrote about one of my favorite things: sleep. "Back to Sleep" is the title, this is me and my band mate Marshall performing it on Valentine's Day. Enjoy!
Below is a vid I stumbled upon after I posted/edited the above. This one was taken a year ago when we played in Richmond. I do a cool little "dance" move at the 2:20 mark. It's pretty sweet.
Positively Yours,
Shawn
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 26, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Feb 25/09 An NYC moment brought to you by iMovieEmail this article to a colleague.
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I wanted to thank the folks who were the subject of my last post for being such good sports. Shortly after I signed up to follow them on Twitter I heard back to them. In a joking manner I was called a “sacastic punk,” personally I would have said shit instead of punk.
Hopefully they realized that I make more fun of myself first and foremost. When that happens nothing is sacred, especially if I’m including my sero status.
The Go Girl twitter person (not to be confused with this Go Girl)was very friendly and I appreciated them contacting. They really do have a brilliant product, as it makes for great conv...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 25, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show most recent Bunions GLBT Go Girl NYC The Jane Hotel Video Source Type: blogs
Supermarket Checkout RagsEmail this article to a colleague.
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While some people curse while waiting in supermarket checkout lines I amuse myself browsing the various scandal rags in the magazine rack "Bush now suicidal and back on the sauce", "Obama Gay scandal", "Two headed baby born in Russia tells date of end of the world then dies", etc. Ya just gotta love some of the ludicrous nonsense that passes for headlines, almost as good as reading the Onion online.I always wondered if Dubya really wanted to be prez or would he have been happier just tooling around on his ranch in his pickup truck, swilling beer and burning sagebrush with an Army surplus flame thrower, but he was fingered ...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - February 25, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Feb 24/09 Go Girl: Don’t take life sitting down.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 24, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show What the Fuck most recent GLBT Urinals WTF Source Type: blogs
British Report on Tainted Blood ScandalEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Associated Press ran a story yesterday about a report on the tainted blood scandal in Britain, which you can read here.
In Britain, 5,000 hemophiliacs were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, a third of whom have died as a result. The House of Lords (not a trip-hop band, unfortunately) member who headed the report stated that these infections are the worst treatment disaster in the country's health care system.
"Long after alarms had been founded about the risks of obtaining paid-for blood donations from communities with an increased incidence of relevant infections, such as prison inmates, this practice continued. It ...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 24, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: blood scandal hemophilia HIV Source Type: blogs
kearns gives LA city attorney rocky delgadillo an “F” for failure to come up with a facility-based medical cannabis ordinance draft (tidy’d) (1144)Email this article to a colleague.
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[february 3, 2009]
good morning (& happy birthday) president garcetti, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk a copy of my prepared remarks.
my name is richard kearns. i am an AIDS activist & long-term survivor, a medical cannabis advocate & patient, a poet & a journalist. i taught journalism at loyola marymount university for many years
i am here this morning to comment on — both the content & quality, actually — of the half-baked, hostile, disrespectful & arrogant poison pill the city attorney’s office is trying to pass off as a fair medical cannabis ordinance. it look...
Source: aids-write.org - February 24, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism contains rks original photogra Source Type: blogs
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FAIL.
The Hemo2Homo Connection couldn't have been more wrong in their predictions. Steve called it for Best Actor with Sean Penn, and the winner even gave the Connection a shout out from stage, saying "Homo" in his acceptance speech. Don't believe me? Check it out at the :50 mark:
OK, maybe he wasn't thinking about us in that moment.
If I'd been correct, I would have taken the high road and complimented my movie review partner for his spirited-yet-failed prediction. But Steve? Well, here's the title of his blog post today: "Homo Wins! Hemo Walks Away in Disgrace."
Steve also got the Best Supporting Actor award right wit...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 23, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: adrian brody ledger oscars sean penn snoop dogg steve schalchlin Source Type: blogs
Feb 22-09 JerkerEmail this article to a colleague.
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I have no shame in stealing the spotlight from some sick kid!
Today, after a long drought, I was brought back to a topic I know well: jerkers.
This almost psychic ability to know if there was a jerker in a public washroom when I worked for MAC Cosmetics, and in their various malls, in particular downtown.
At first this Newark airport jerker moment was a bit stealth for my detecting abilities.
See, this guy really blended in, and originally the way he was dressed I thought he might have been, and still may be an airport employee. His pants were formal pants, he wore a blue vest and descent shirt. His keys were hanging off...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 23, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: A wee tale Travel GLBT New York Newark Public Sex Source Type: blogs
Hemo2Homo... Oscar Special!Email this article to a colleague.
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Tonight is the Oscars. It's always a chance for me and Steve- The Hemo2Homo Connection- to match wits and predict winners. I'll post the results tomorrow and will try not to gloat too much when I win. Oh, and I forgot to wear my suit to this blog entry, so I'm going to turn this one over to my wiser movie-going counterpart...Steve, take it away!
STEVE SAYS: The Oscars! The gayest event of the entertainment season featuring five movies no one in America actually saw all competing to win a prize so that their DVD sales will escalate (since none of the films ever played in any actual theaters where "the public" -- that gr...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 22, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Feb 21-09 Tacky Tourist Day! More to be revealedEmail this article to a colleague.
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I didn't get it on video, but I got her to talk about crack.
What a day! Even if I was a d-list celebrity with luggage from Kenya, and facial filler from Australia, ripping off Kathy Griffin shtick (and I apologize not after she ripped Oprah off by naming a school after herself in Mexico with the wording and plaque exactly the same as hers), I do have very d-list limitations.
For starters, my feet are a mess and walking for miles and miles (48 hours here and I’m using imperial, how American) is difficult to do. Yesterday we decided to do a tacky tourist day today.
I’ve really never been a tourist. I’ve spent ...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 22, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: A wee tale Acid Reflux Reality Show D-List AIDS Celebrity Kathy Griffin Travel most recent drag queens GLBT Harlem Obama Family Source Type: blogs
Breakfast and FellowshipEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's quiet here before the next storm, which thank goodness isn't supposed to amount to much in the Boston/Cambridge area. I dragged myself out of bed to attened the men's breakfast, discussion and prayer group at the church I'm attending. It's refreshing to be among Christians who are real people, no pretense, self righteousness, etc, but who show a real love for God and their fellow man.The topic today seemed dominated by the economy and how we are all feeling the negative effects. Tonight I'll just catch up on some reading and maybe watch one of the longer documentaries that I recently downloaded, then tomorrow church a...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - February 21, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
AIDS and Harlem: Which will Survive?Email this article to a colleague.
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The Purpose Lounge @ Chashama Harlem Studios GallerySaturday, February 21st 2009, 7PMJoin the mix... Work on a fix...screening of: How Do I Look - director Wolfgang BuschHIV Animation - directors Shawn Atkins & Luna KhanSombras/Shadow and Leadership Roundtable on AIDS - director Julio FernandezBlack, from the HIV collection - director Charles Lum; special thanks to Visual AIDS
Source: VisualAIDS - February 21, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Feb 20/09 Finally I found my address.Email this article to a colleague.
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Some photos from today. I didn’t take a lot. I fooled around with video more. But that”s for later.
Today was the day of the signs.
Finally they've named something after me!
a closer look
I haven't been laid in a while, so I was attracted to this.
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 20, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Travel most recent AIDS Plaza GLBT New York Source Type: blogs
Friday Linkfest and benedictionEmail this article to a colleague.
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This'll be mostly a link posting as I still have been having writer's block, too much happening all at once. I haven't been turning on the TV for anything during the past few weeks other than to use it as a big computer monitor or to watch a DVD. It's come to the point that I can't stand staring at the box even for the couple of shows I like to watch, the ads and propaganda give me a headache and raise my blood pressure 50 points after 10 minutes or less of viewing but I have been raeding a lot more both on and offline, plus watching YouTube and Goodle videos more, plus downloadinf a ton of interesting and thought provokin...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - February 20, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Feb 20/09 I was so close to Kathy Griffin I could sniff here!Email this article to a colleague.
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Why can't Kathy salute me and Hildy?
My flist time ever having front row seats!
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My first pilgrimage so see Kathy Griffin felt so glamorous. My choices of venue where either to fly over to Vancouver and attend in some small venue out be the airport in BC, or come see her at the fabulously named WaMu Theatre, part of the Madison Square Gardens.
From our fabulous, but newly discovered noisy hotel, we set off to see my comedic hero. We paid a lot of money for these tickets, and they delivered: front row, pretty much centre. Let’s, just sa...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 20, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Kathy Griffin Travel most recent Source Type: blogs
Feb 20/09 I was so close to Kathy Griffin I could sniff her!Email this article to a colleague.
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Why can't Kathy salute me and Hildy?
My flist time ever having front row seats!
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My first pilgrimage so see Kathy Griffin felt so glamorous. My choices of venue where either to fly over to Vancouver and attend in some small venue out be the airport in BC, or come see her at the fabulously named WaMu Theatre, part of the Madison Square Gardens.
From our fabulous, but newly discovered noisy hotel, we set off to see my comedic hero. We paid a lot of money for these tickets, and they delivered: front row, pretty much centre. Let’s, just sa...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 20, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Kathy Griffin Travel most recent GLBT New York Source Type: blogs
Fun at Porno Bingo!Email this article to a colleague.
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Thanks to everyone who came out for Porno Bingo!
A special thank you to Dan Manjovi for his musical performance, Nomi DiMilio for her special brand of entertainment and to Duke Rivers for being our star guest and donating his artwork (and other goods) to be auctioned off that night! And, of course, a huge load of gratitude to the wonderful Will Clark.
Source: VisualAIDS - February 20, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Feb 19/09 Arrived in New York, and The Remember whens begin.Email this article to a colleague.
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Being in New Yor is like one long “remember when” as we call them in twelve step programs. When I was here last my life was so different. I was a hooker the last time I was in New York. But I do have to say it’s one way to get in and see some fabulous interiours.
At dinner, some not great Mexican restaurant chain in the village my friend said, “You weren’t messy like me.” We we referring to our crazy days of partying etc.
Instantly, as if to say oh ya, I dived in to a short story of being high on GHB and crystal at St. Marc’s baths and passing out. As I came too, while I was walkin...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: A wee tale Acid Reflux Reality Show Travel GLBT New York Remember When Source Type: blogs
kearns to LA city council: call to participate in drafting & implementing national AIDS strategy (1143)Email this article to a colleague.
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[january 30, 2009] good morning
president garcetti, distinguished council
members. i have given the clerk
copies of my prepared remarks.
my name is richard kearns, poet advocate
i am a 57-year-old gay AIDS activist &
long-term survivor. i am a member of
SCHAC, the southern california HIV
advocacy coalition. i am an APLA client.
i am a member of being alive los angeles,
i am poet secretary of PAN, the patient
advocacy network, a public benefit
educational organization for medical
cannabis. i have been a participant &
presenter at life group LA & Shanti
seminars for the last 15-20 years. i publish
http://aids-wri...
Source: aids-write.org - February 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aging and HIV/AIDS ahf aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu aids.org americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids awo call to action beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journ Source Type: blogs
Off to New York, No time to write.Email this article to a colleague.
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I’ve gotta run or I’ll be late, I’ll update later.
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Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Travel most recent GLBT New York Source Type: blogs
KENEWANG RANCHOLO NEW TECHNICAL ADVISOR FOR NATA TRUSTEmail this article to a colleague.
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Kenewang Rancholo was born and grew up in Nata Village in the mid sixties. Miss rancholo lived in Didibakwe Cattle Post,15k's from Nata village along the Nata Francistown road. Miss Rancholo attended nata Primary School from 1965 to 1971. After finishing Primary School she moved to Maun Secondary School from 1972 to 1974. Succesfully completing Seconday she accomplished her Senior year at Seepapitso Secondry School in Kanye from 1975 to 1976. Immediatly, after high school Miss Rancholo started working for Debswana Diamond Company in Orapa as an administration Trainee. Miss Rancholo worked f...
Source: The Nata village blog - February 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
My Column in New Issue of PozEmail this article to a colleague.
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I have a new column in the latest issue of Poz Magazine, you can read it here: "Week On, Week Off". It's about the ups and one big down of my last seven years on my Structured Treatment Interruption.
Hope you enjoy reading it- I am especially proud of all of the Karate Kid references and am honored to be included in an issue that focuses on what we as positoids can do to improve our health.
Positively Yours,
Shawn
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: cobra kai karate kid poz structured treatment interruption Source Type: blogs
HIV/AIDS Orphans in Sub-Saharan AfricaEmail this article to a colleague.
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More than twenty-five million people have died from AIDS since it was first recognized in 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in history. It is undeniable however, that sub-Saharan Africa is the hardest hit and most affected area in the world. Of the global 2.9 million AIDS related deaths in 2007, 72% occurred in this area. AIDS has devastated the social and economic framework of societies in sub-Saharan Africa by mostly infecting people in the age group of 15-49, while 63% of the 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS today live in Sub-Saharan Africa. What is also startling is that, of the 2.9 million pe...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - February 19, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs
kearns: five views of a new red lily on la brea (1142)Email this article to a colleague.
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west side of the street, between santa monica & fountain, on the way to the grocery store.
namaste
—rk
Source: aids-write.org - February 18, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aging and HIV/AIDS citizen journalism community blogger contains rks original photography, graphic art cultural activism los angeles city los angeles public art poetry shamanism social justice social marketing Source Type: blogs
Bugs in the BedroomEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tomorrow Gwenn and I are heading out again, only this time we are going to be doing an HIV education program called "Bugs in the Bedroom".
It differs from "A Boy, A Girl, A Virus" in that it also focuses on general STIs and involves a lot of props and role playing with students. The program is livelier, but it also has a chaos element that is both exhilarating and terrifying. Telling our personal story is easy- trying to fit a condom onto a 12-inch fake penis, called "The Czar", is not.
You should see airport security's face when we go through screening: someone always nudges a co-worker, as if to say, "Get a look at thi...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 18, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: 12 inch penis college speaker hiv education shawn decker Source Type: blogs
The Search for an HIV Vaccine ContinuesEmail this article to a colleague.
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by Jim Maynard
The HIV Vaccine research community was excited to learn of Dr. Bruce Walker’s recent grant of 100 million dollars from Cambridge high tech software developer Philip Ragon and his wife Susan to fund the Ragon Institute. Such a generous and committed donation – 10 million dollars per year for 10 years– will allow Dr. Walker and his collaborators at MGH, MIT, and Harvard to do the basic research needed to advance the knowledge needed for the development of a safe and effective vaccine against HIV infection. This initiative and similar collaborations around the world are answering basic immunological...
Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog - February 18, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: AIDS Action Tags: HIV prevention Source Type: blogs
Feb 18/09 One More Sleep!Email this article to a colleague.
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One day until I get to New York, I can’t wait. Now I’m telling you this string of character building bad luck better f.ing end, because I’m telling you right now I don’t want any wet luggage, or emergency landings in Buffalo!
The last time I was there, I went just off the heals of a six-week working trip (my hooker with a passport days) in Europe. I was bagged. I think going to the leather party in North Amsterdam and doing copious amounts of drugs kind of did me in.
My relationship wasn’t doing too well (no kidding, whose would within that context).
When I came home I saw that the traditional welcoming was not t...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 18, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Ramblings Travel Ex's with Serial Killer Names GLBT New York Source Type: blogs
Feb 17/09 New Hildy Cam & 2 days until NYCEmail this article to a colleague.
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This arrived in my email mailbox yesterday. I thought it was a bit funny.
Dear Brian Finch,
Good news! Hilda’s claim for [add in autotomic robot voice filling in the form letter blank] Vomiting [end voice] has been approved for $73.49 and your cheque is on its way, including a detailed summary of your claim approval.
So now I know that a 140 dollar claim is going to give me 73 of it back. Better than nothing I suppose, and I do have to make a claim after the weekend, and another for her dental that will be done during spaying.
It’s 40 dollars a month, and for some reason, I feel as if I’m going to need it...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 17, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show Canine moments Travel most recent Source Type: blogs
More Show PhotosEmail this article to a colleague.
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I gotta mention that I got something wrong in a previous blog. It was Troy, Michigan that banned the mall condom display, not Troy, New York.
It has been corrected, my apologies to Troy, New York!
Hope everyone is having a great President's Day. I still find myself smiling goofily in regard to Saturday night's show. If you want to see more, check out Chad Van Pelt's Flickr page. He always beats TMZ to the punch.
OK, it's off to find an Abraham Lincoln costume to spice things up here on President's Day. Wish me luck.
Positively Yours,
Shawn
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - February 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Feb 16/09 Acid Reflux’s Next challenge.Email this article to a colleague.
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In this week’s episode of My Life on the AIDS-Celebrity D-list, or for short simply put, The Acid Reflux Reality Show, I have a definite doozy of a challenge to take on this week.
The test: Heading out to New York City to watch Kathy Griffin, with an infection that requires root canal surgery, while still maintaining my consistent ability to pull off HIV effortlessly and glamorously.
Our newly created “Family Day,” our governments pandering to the middle-class Christian families of Ontario, has meant trying to move forward on the surgery will be all but next to do before I head out. I might be able to get to my doc...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show most recent d-list GLBT Kathy Griffin New York Very Funny & Glamorous Source Type: blogs
Eye candy and food for thoughtEmail this article to a colleague.
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I haven't been doing much other than reading more, plus watching to a lot more lectures and sermons online. As I was saying to a Christian pen pal last night over the phone, "we should enjoy and be thankful for the Internet while we still have it", which for an "Amen" from her end.The only other thing Ive been up to other than implementing my personal austerity program is becoming more active in the little Evangelical church I've been attending. True Christianity has gotten a bum rap from the glaring excesses and snake oil put forth by the big televangelists. I have been fortunate to have met groups of "real" Christians, w...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - February 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Feb 15/09 Karma is being a bitch this week.Email this article to a colleague.
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Today while doing the dishes, I looked over at the bottle of lube laying on my counter top stuck in the corner between the wall and the fridge. The only thing I could think was “God is this is a sad state of affairs, there is my bottle lube, jammed into this corner, all but forgotten about…….this is what my sex life has been reduced to ¬¬– a three second glance to remind me that once I had one as I wash up my dirty dishes.”
Over the last couple of days my mood has kind of sucked. The amount of money I was having to spend just kept adding up. While I was yet again trying to work out what ever this computer...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - February 15, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Acid Reflux Reality Show most recent GLBT Hildy Karma New York Source Type: blogs
kearns to LA city council: AIDS activist martin delaney dies (1141)Email this article to a colleague.
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[january 27, 2009]
richard kearns. poet activist.
it is my sad duty this morning to inform you of
the passing of AIDS activist martin delaney,
founder and longtime director of the HIV
advocacy/education organization project
inform. he died peacefully friday surrounded
by friends and family in san francisco.
he wrote a thing last march called the
delaney declaration. i have included his
entire text with a copy of my prepared
remarks to the clerk, but wanted to read this
small excerpt to you.
The entire human population benefited from
the way AIDS first struck the gay community.
Many people wanted to blame the spread of
AIDS...
Source: aids-write.org - February 15, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism contains rks original photogra Source Type: blogs
