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weho news: 20,000 angelinos register to vote 10-20 (1040)
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20,000 Register To Vote In One Day Event
Thursday, October 30, 2008 –West Hollywood
West Hollywood, California (Thursday, October 30, 2008) - Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan announced that his office received nearly 20,000 voter registration transactions on Monday, October 20th – the final registration date for the November 4, 2008 Presidential General Election.
The registration forms were collected in conjunction with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s (RR/CC) Close of Registration event.
“Partnering with the community and the League of Women Voters, we staffed 14 registration sites [includi...
Source: aids-write.org - October 31, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aging and HIV/AIDS aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu aids.org americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism comm Source Type: blogs
Happy HalloweenEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's Halloween! One of my favorite times of the year! That's why I'm turning off my brain, and turning the blog over- for the very first time-, to a special guest: Frankenstein...
But, before I do so, I want to post a couple of funny videos. Here are some not-so-scary outtakes from the Dark Shadows TV series, which, upon first glance, should have been called "The Fly".
Alright, have fun tonight and eat lots of candy. I am off to scare children in my Frankenstein costume- that's how I get my free candy.
Positively Yours,
ArRRrrrRRGGGGGAHGH!
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - October 31, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: dark shadows frankenstein halloween Source Type: blogs
Days of the DeadEmail this article to a colleague.
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This weekend exists out of time and space for me. Whatever I am going through, Halloween is a great opportunity to step outside of myself and be someone else. In pagan ritual, this was meant to confuse the dead.
Sometimes I think I do this for the same reasons, today.
Just finished carving my Jack O'Lantern out of a pumpkin Adam brought from the zoo. Adam and i were going to hang out tonight, while I finished my Captain Kirk costume (need to cut the boots and dye the strings on the sweats). But he was tired, and bummed. I was sorta hoping to be a cheerleader of sorts tonight, give him some distraction (food and TV) that ...
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Happily Ever AfterEmail this article to a colleague.
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Somebody recently asked me what I was looking for in a lover. “Wow!” I thought to myself. I never really considered forming a list whether in my mind or on paper, but it has made me think about it a lot the past few days. What DO I want in a lover?
Other than the obvious – he must be sexually compatible to me first of all.
Then temper that sexuality with romance, passion and desire. Monogamy is a must because I would only hope we complete each other and we would only need each other. I know that may sound so provincial to some, but all those damned romantic books and movies end with a “Happily ever after” and I...
Source: Ron's HIV Blog - October 31, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
NYU Queer Arts Festival to benefit Visual AIDSEmail this article to a colleague.
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Pride Month at NYU presentsINQUIRY: Queer Arts Festival Join NYU and Visual AIDS for an evening celebrating, challenging, and re-imagining queer culture through visual art, film, drama, music, and collective creation! All proceeds from donations, raffles, zine sales, and silent auction
will benefit Visual AIDS.Thursday October 30, 2008 from 5PM-12AMKimmel Center, Room 91460 Washington Square South Visual Frenzy - 5:00 PM Visualize your inquiries through interactive arts workshops featuring comic books, zines, and a collective mural kicked off with a live art performance by Carlo Quispe!Arts & Activism - 6:30 PM Am...
Source: VisualAIDS - October 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
HIV/AIDS & aging: a view from the inside at aids-write (1039)Email this article to a colleague.
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when i first started publishing aids-write.org 3+ years ago, as a person with AIDS (PWA) over 50, i represented 10% of the national HIV-infected population. today i represent a quarter to a third of that population. in 5 years i will represent 60% of HIVers in the united states.
i live in an assisted care institution, as will many of my brothers and sisters in chronic infection, who are poised to enter the assisted healthcare system over the next 5 years. in its current state, that system is not a healthcare resource to any community, but rather, little better than a meat locker empire, charging average reside...
Source: aids-write.org - October 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aging and HIV/AIDS ahf 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 ph Source Type: blogs
kevin drum, mother jones special ca edition: the propositions (1038)Email this article to a colleague.
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CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS….This is a special post for California readers. The rest of you may safely go about your Sunday business normally.
This year we have 12 initiatives on the California ballot. As longtime readers know, my default position is to very strongly oppose all initiatives. My reasons are here, but the nickel version is that (a) most initiatives these days are funded by corporate interests, not the grassroots, and corporate interests don’t really need yet another avenue to work their will on the public, (b) generally speaking, laws should be laws, not constitutional amendments or initiative statute...
Source: aids-write.org - October 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections 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 community blogger cultural Source Type: blogs
nick bauman, mother jones: obama on the reservation (1037)Email this article to a colleague.
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looking around mojo after the special kevin drum california post, i noticed this and the links below.
am entertained by the photo. it says tons, laughing & weeping.
namasté
—rk
Obama’s Play for Indian Country
By Nick Baumann
October 27, 2008
Barack Obama has vowed to expand the electoral map for the Dems. Turning out the politically neglected Native American vote may be the key to doing so.
Washington Dispatch: Barack Obama has vowed to expand the electoral map for the Dems. Turning out the politically neglected Native American vote may be the key to doing so.
If Barack Obama wins New Mexico ...
Source: aids-write.org - October 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aids aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism community blogger cultural activism faith-based activism Source Type: blogs
rebecca ford, annenberg radio: links to videos of navajos on election ’08 (1036)Email this article to a colleague.
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linked with the mojo article, this is on the annenberg radio site. five videos of navajo opinion. take a look.
namaste
—rk
Voices of Navajo Nation
Rebecca M. Ford
Navajos express their viewpoints on the upcoming presidential election, and their hopes for the future of the reservation.
Rebecca M. Ford
Rebecca M. Ford was born in the sunny city of Santa Monica, but moved up to the San Francisco area at the age of six. She was an avid ice skater through high school. She attended UC Santa Barbara, and received a B.A. in visual communication from Hawaii Pacific University in 2006. She re...
Source: aids-write.org - October 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aids aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism community blogger cultural activism faith-based activism Source Type: blogs
Most Important Election?Email this article to a colleague.
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Disclaimer: Another entry about politics...
It's one week until our next president is elected. All the polls indicate that Obama is in the lead, and that Virginia is going to be a key state. They say if Virginia is called early, Obama likely has won. If it trails off into the night, I say that Joe the Positoid will be Joe Six Pack times two.
Or no, wait, if I vote for Obama I'm not a "real Virginian". And I probably would be considered Joe Chardonnay, not Joe Six-Pack. Either way, if Obama tanks, I'm getting tanked. If I have to resort to huffing to get through the night, then so be it.
This is widely considered to be th...
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I Am Not Joe the PlumberEmail this article to a colleague.
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Joe the Plumber has officially endorsed John McCain!
I really can't stand that guy, Joe. A political operative, and now a rallying call for the McCain camp, who namedrop him as some kind of proof that they have a white-collared friend. "How 'bout that Joe? He sure did tell Obama, didn't he?"
No, Joe stood there like a douche with his arms crossed, pretending to listen to Obama answer his manufactured question. Joe delivered his lines as stiffly as the poor actors in this ad who are pretending to admire Joe.
t's suspicious how often McCain is mentioning Joe the Plumber. It's making me think that, should McCain pull off...
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The Culture WarriorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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DiscussionThursday, November 6, 2008, 6:30-9:30 p.m. / FREE@ Dance Theater Workshop219 W. 19th St [btwn Seventh & Eighth Aves, in Chelsea] Panelists:Patricia Cruz [Harlem Stage]Robert Elmes [Galapagos]Arana J. Hankin [Office of NYS Governor David A. Paterson]Ruby Lerner [Creative Capital]Amy Sadao [Visual AIDS]Moderator: Karen Brooks Hopkins [BAM] This free event will begin with a screening of The Port Huron Project, a series of reenactments of protest speeches from the New Left movements of the 1960s and '70s, by director Mark Tribe.
Source: VisualAIDS - October 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs
Medical update: the news is great!Email this article to a colleague.
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My CD-4 count (an indicator of immune system health) has doubled to 520 and my viral load (which detects the level of HIV in my cells) has dropped precipitously from 125,000 to just 271. Notwithstanding the ultimate goal is “undetectable” this is a major leap towards that. My diabetes, too, is under control and I [...]
Source: My journey with AIDS - October 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: 002 HIV/AIDS 005 Craig Chaplin CD-4 autobiography bipolar health-care medical update mental health personal journal recovery type-II diabetes viral load Source Type: blogs
joe vogel, huffington post: a mormon’s lament — church on wrong side of history again with ca prop 8 (1035)Email this article to a colleague.
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A Mormon’s Lament: Church Is On the Wrong Side of History Again With Proposition 8
joe vogel, huffington post
posted October 27, 2008
In late 2002, as President George W. Bush began building his case for preemptive war in Iraq, a remarkable thing happened. In contrast to the general timidity of American churches in response to the conflict in Vietnam, leaders of faith were speaking out. Observed the Reverend Jim Wallis at the time:
Opposition to war with Iraq has come from a wide spectrum of the churches - Roman Catholic, Protestant denominations, Evangelical, Pentecostal, black churches, Orthodox. All of the stateme...
Source: aids-write.org - October 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections 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 community blogger cultural Source Type: blogs
jim sanders, sacbee: gov schwarzenegger calls special ca legislative session (1034)Email this article to a colleague.
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Special session set on $10 billion state budget shortfall
By Jim Sanders
jsanders@sacbee.com
Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today that he will call a special legislative session Nov. 5 to wrestle with a projected shortfall that is “much worse” than the $3 billion previously projected.
Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata later said the budget gap has stretched to $10 billion.
Schwarzenegger disclosed plans for next month’s special session after an hourlong meeting with legislative leaders, who stood beside him as he made the announcement.
The session will cover numerous topics,...
Source: aids-write.org - October 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aids aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu aids.org americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism cultural activism Source Type: blogs
aurelio rojas, sacbee: maria shriver says “i’m voting NO on prop 8” (1033)Email this article to a colleague.
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Maria Shriver opposes Proposition 8
By Aurelio Rojas
arojas@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
California First Lady, Maria Shriver at the State of the State Address in January
California’s First Lady Maria Shriver said she will vote against a ballot measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that would end same-sex marriage in the state.
“I’m voting NO on Prop 8,” Shriver said in an interview broadcast Sunday on Los Angeles television station KNBC’s “Channel 4 News Conference,” a public service program. “I believe in a people’s right to choose a partner that they love....
Source: aids-write.org - October 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aids aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu aids.org americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism cultural activism Source Type: blogs
hiv/aids unawareness in china: imprisoning hu jia to hide the truth (1032)Email this article to a colleague.
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this is an article about the state of AIDS in China, where activist hu jia has been imprisoned. in response to the EU’s awarding him a humanitarian prize, the chinese government has angrily responded by saying that hu jia is a “criminal.”
HIV/AIDS Awareness Remains Low In China
October 26, 2008
Knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS and its transmission remain low in China, and considerable stigma surrounding the disease still exists in the country, according to a survey released on Friday by Beijing’s Renmin University, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.
For the study, Renmin researchers, sup...
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john aravosis, AMERICAblog: Huff Post = Politico + Drudge (1031)Email this article to a colleague.
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AMERICAblog.com — where gay writers take on gay issues as part of the political mix at the national level — is one of the new voices in the progressive political blogosphere, which, in turn, has influenced the tone and direction of this presidential election. there is also an intersect between the progressive blogosphere and the HIV/AIDS advocacy blogosphere, when it comes to matters of national AIDS policy. for instance, obama supports the call for a national AIDS strategy, a largely internet-driven presence in both the progressive and AIDS blogospheres.
so there has been a ...
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October 27/08 The joys of 1.3 pounds of puppyhoodEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’ve been so tired I’ve hardly felt like writing. The adventure began last Friday when a friend and I went to get my little Niña somewhere outside of Montreal. I say somewhere because once we hit the highway leading in Montreal we were in a perpetual state of being lost.
Now I’m spatially and directionally inept, and my friend is only moderately better, so it suffices to say most of the time we were driving to get my little puppy we were in a constant state of re-enacting the initial moments of the movie Blindness.
Somewhere outside of Montreal around Autoroute 20 and something we had to pull over and the breeder ...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - October 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: canine moments travel newtag Source Type: blogs
AIDS Treatment: How Soon is Now?Email this article to a colleague.
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A recent study suggests that the newly diagnosed will now be pressured to immediately start on HIV drugs. Here's the story, afternoon glory.
In the study, they found that people who started on HIV drugs with higher t-cell counts had a better survival rate. My worry is that I foresee doctors shoving pills at newly diagnosed people who have healthy immune systems.
I can't overstate the role that HIV drugs have played in my health since I started in 1999. I also can't overstate the importance of not starting on AZT in 1990 when it was suggested I do so- I wouldn't have adherred to the treatment in the early days of my diagn...
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kearns to read poem, urge la city council to reconvene medical cannabis ordinance working group (10-28) (1030)Email this article to a colleague.
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tomorrow, i will be reading a poem to the los angeles city council and asking them to reconvene the working group so we can assist shepherding the will of the people of california into a complete ordinance. i think it’s the smartest way to get the process unstalled. let’s see if we can move this along a bit.
please join me — the more the merrier
namaste
—rk
310-488-1328
10:00am (sign-in 9:30)
John Ferraro Council Chamber,
Room 340, City Hall at
200 N. Spring Street,
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phone, cm rosendahl’s office (213)-473-7011
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Source: aids-write.org - October 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections aids aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu 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 journalism contains Source Type: blogs
jeffrey birnbaum, washington times: kennedy turns 2009 nat’l health care plan into final “cause of his life” (1029)Email this article to a colleague.
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Kennedy secretly crafts health care plan
Turns ’cause of his life’ into ‘09 bipartisan bill
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Friday, October 24, 2008
EXCLUSIVE:
From his sickbed, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has secretly been orchestrating meetings with lobbyists and lawmakers from both parties to craft legislation that would greet the new president with a plan to provide affordable medical coverage to all Americans, a measure he has called “the cause of my life.”
Mr. Kennedy has been sidelined for months with a dangerous form of brain cancer. But despite his disheartening medical prognosis - or maybe because ...
Source: aids-write.org - October 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections ahf aids aids & bubonic plague & 1918 flu aids.org americans for safe access / la apla asian-pacific hiv/aids beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids champ citizen journalism cultural act Source Type: blogs
chris johnson, washington blade: AIDS activists carl schmid & sean strub prefer obama, but worry about lack of detail, lack of activists on campaign staff (1028)Email this article to a colleague.
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Two prominent national AIDS activists praised Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s plans to combat HIV/AIDS. (Photo by Alex Brandon/AP)
Activists favor Obama over McCain on HIV/AIDS issues
Candidates’ national strategies so far short on details, experts claim
by Chris Johnson
Friday, October 24, 2008
Some AIDS activists are rallying behind Democratic nominee Barack Obama as the best presidential candidate to address the growing number of HIV infections nationwide.
Obama and Republican presidential nominee John McCain have each proposed implementing a national AIDS strategy to confront the epidemic, but two p...
Source: aids-write.org - October 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections 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 cultural activism faith-bas Source Type: blogs
weho mayor jeff prang: friday’s halloween costume carnival info (1027)Email this article to a colleague.
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West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval
Events - Street Closures - Parking Locations
Friday, October 31st
Santa Monica Boulevard from Doheny Drive to La Cienega Boulevard
One of the world’s largest Halloween celebrations, Carnaval will be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. For more event information, please visit here.
PLEASE DO NOT BRING DOGS OR SMALL CHILDREN TO THIS EVENT!!
Street Closures
Santa Monica Boulevard between La Cienega Boulevard and Doheny Drive 1 p.m. Friday, October 31 through 6 a.m., Saturday, November 1, 2008.
Robertson Boulevard between Melrose Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard from 1 p.m., Friday, Oct...
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kaiser report: racial / ethnic disparities in health care — coverage, access & quality of care (1026)Email this article to a colleague.
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Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: What are the Options?
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Racial and ethnic disparities in health care – whether in insurance coverage, access, or quality of care – are one of many factors producing inequalities in health status in the United States.1 Eliminating these disparities is politically sensitive and challenging in part because their causes are intertwined with a contentious history of race relations in America. Nonetheless, assuring greater equity and accountability of the health care system is important to a growing constituency base, including health plan purchasers, payers, ...
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HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Past, Present, and FutureEmail this article to a colleague.
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Welcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I’m Kara Earle.Since the diagnosis of the first case of HIV in 1982, infection rates in South Africa have skyrocketed. It is currently estimated that one in five South Africans, or approximately 5.7 million people, are living with HIV. In addition, there are nearly 1,000 AIDS-related deaths occurring daily. Many AIDS experts around the world blame the South African government for their lack of appropriate response to this nationwide epidemic. Until 2003, South Africans using the publ...
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vonnegut’s blues for america at rense.com (1025)Email this article to a colleague.
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Vonnegut’s Blues For America
By Kurt Vonnegut
2-6-6
No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC
Now, during our catastrophically idiotic war in Vietnam, the music kept getting better and better and better. We lost that war, by the way. Order couldn’t be restored in Indochina until the people kicked us out.
That war only made billionaires out of millionaires. ...
Source: aids-write.org - October 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections 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 cultural activism faith-bas Source Type: blogs
aids-write backgrounder on chinese AIDS activists hu jia & wan yanhai (1024)Email this article to a colleague.
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here is some background information about AIDS activists Hu Jia, Wan Yanhai, as well as links to earlier aids-write posts about the chinese government’s treatment of AIDS activists. it is very important to keep internet and traditional media coverage about chinese activists high profile, because it keeps presure on the chinese government to treat them more reasonably, and above all, not execute them.
please note that hu jia was made an honorary citizen of france on april 21, 2008, the same day as to the 14th dali lama. also, please note from the wikipedia article below that hu jia is a tibetian buddhist....
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Lock-Up: Condom EditionEmail this article to a colleague.
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A story that is getting national headlines right now involves a high school in St. Louis, where up to 50 students are being tested for HIV , after being exposed to the virus.
The details are fuzzy- someone tested positive and informed authorities that quite a few people were in danger of also being positive. The article skirts around how these people were exposed- it mentions all the risk factors, including sexual contact, unsafe piercing and tattoo'ing- but I'm guessing it was probably unsafe sex.
A recent story that isn't getting headlines happened to a couple of my friends.
After hitting the grocery store, the couple...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - October 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
table of contents for aids-write.org on friday, october 24, los angeles & west hollywood, caEmail this article to a colleague.
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what a mess. time for a t of c.
big stories in progress:
• HIV/AIDS, aging and assisted care — insider’s view;
• hu jia, chinese dissident receives eu award;
• mormons, money and prop 8;
• kearns to speak at la city hall tues on medical cannibis ordinance;
• criminalization of HIV/AIDS; and
• effect of progressive internet on election
• ode to my google angel
pretty much in that order, though i tend to jump back and forth (hu jia is fast-breaking). ask me how c.darwin did it on the beagle sometime (aside from no tv).
will be attending schac retreat saturday. will probably come back tired ...
Source: aids-write.org - October 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: 08 elections 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 community blogger contains Source Type: blogs
kearns to weho city council: same-sex marriage saves lives (long play) (reprint) (1023)Email this article to a colleague.
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richard kearns, poet activist
[monday, august 18, 2008]
i stand before you this evening as a member of SCHAC, the southern california HIV advocacy coalition. SCHAC’s mission is
• to expand access to quality health care and treatment for all people living with HIV/AIDS;
• to advocate for appropriate funding for HIV/AIDS programs within the state of California; and
• to lobby for legislation and public policies that promote the health, welfare and civil rights of all Californians affected by HIV/AIDS.
it is my joy to unofficially inform you that SCHAC has come out in opposition to prop 8; we have vowed to say no ...
Source: aids-write.org - October 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: hiv/aids Source Type: blogs
October 24/08 AIDS Anonymous - Off now on my Chihuahua Roadtrip leading me to Boucherville, QC.Email this article to a colleague.
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Last night I was at an Award night for the organization that gets my prize for the longest name and acronym in the HIV world, CWGHER (pronounced CWIGER), the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation.
God that wears me out even typing it. The evening for the first night where they gave out their award for excellence, and the recipient was Greg Robinson, someone who’s been working hard for a long time as an advocate, researcher and doctor.
“Damn” I said to myself many a time when I was there, “Why didn’t I bring my camera???”
I did pose for one shot with Suhana Meharchand, a journalist from CBC who was ho...
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Call for release of Hu Jia as he receives European Parliament Sakharov prize
24 oktober 2008 The awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is a significant acknowledgement of the work of Hu Jia, said Amnesty International as the prize was announced today by the European Parliament.
The organization, which has worked with Hu Jia and his family in campaigning for human rights in in China, repeated its call on the Chinese authorities to release him from prison immediately and stop the harassment of his wife Zeng Jinyan and the couple’s 11 month old daughter.
The award highlights the work of all activists in Chi...
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Nata Prtimary School has no problem accommodating students in their facility. Because of the growing population in Nata, more young children are registering for Primary School. Teachers make sure that no child is left behind by creating classes outside the classrooms. Education is very important to all the children of Nata.
Source: The Nata village blog - October 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
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Nata Primary School has a unique boys and girls volleyball team. This weekend they will compete with nineteen other schools from around the district. Nata Primary School took first place last year in their division. The sixteen person team has been practicing very hard every day after school. Nata is the team to beat on this tournament. Also, the team is looking for a sponsor to help them with new uniforms.
Source: The Nata village blog - October 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs
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chers—
if i embedded these all on the same post, they’d all go off at the same time, doing a video impression of the leaning tower of babel. and that would be the last time i ate lunch in this town.
i like eating lunch in this town.
so here is a suite of 8 video posts supporting “no on 8” that you can share with your friends and acquaintances, and jump back and forth between. if you open everything on separate tabs on your browser, you’ll get the babel thing.
but then maybe you like the babel thing.
be an activist. vote.
namasté—rk
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eight on “no on 8” — master page (1013)
eight on “no on 8” — Ellen: Vote No On Prop 8 (1014)
eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015)
eight on “no on 8” — Who’s Behind Prop 8? (1016)
eight on “no on 8” — Margaret Cho & Selene Luna: Vote No on Prop 8 (1017)
eight on “no on 8” — CA, Prop 8, No – Unfair, unnecessary & wrong 30-sec ad (1018)
eight on “no on 8” — Hello, I’m No On Prop 8 . . . (1019)
eight on “no on 8” — . . . And She&...
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eight on “no on 8” — master page (1013)
eight on “no on 8” — Ellen: Vote No On Prop 8 (1014)
eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015)
eight on “no on 8” — Who’s Behind Prop 8? (1016)
eight on “no on 8” — Margaret Cho & Selene Luna: Vote No on Prop 8 (1017)
eight on “no on 8” — CA, Prop 8, No – Unfair, unnecessary & wrong 30-sec ad (1018)
eight on “no on 8” — Hello, I’m No On Prop 8 . . . (1019)
eight on “no on 8” — . . . And She&...
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eight on “no on 8” — master page (1013)
eight on “no on 8” — Ellen: Vote No On Prop 8 (1014)
eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015)
eight on “no on 8” — Who’s Behind Prop 8? (1016)
eight on “no on 8” — Margaret Cho & Selene Luna: Vote No on Prop 8 (1017)
eight on “no on 8” — CA, Prop 8, No – Unfair, unnecessary & wrong 30-sec ad (1018)
eight on “no on 8” — Hello, I’m No On Prop 8 . . . (1019)
eight on “no on 8” — . . . And She&...
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eight on “no on 8” — master page (1013)
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eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015)
eight on “no on 8” — Who’s Behind Prop 8? (1016)
eight on “no on 8” — Margaret Cho & Selene Luna: Vote No on Prop 8 (1017)
eight on “no on 8” — CA, Prop 8, No – Unfair, unnecessary & wrong 30-sec ad (1018)
eight on “no on 8” — Hello, I’m No On Prop 8 . . . (1019)
eight on “no on 8” — . . . And She...
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eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015)
eight on “no on 8” — Who’s Behind Prop 8? (1016)
eight on “no on 8” — Margaret Cho & Selene Luna: Vote No on Prop 8 (1017)
eight on “no on 8” — CA, Prop 8, No – Unfair, unnecessary & wrong 30-sec ad (1018)
eight on “no on 8” — Hello, I’m No On Prop 8 . . . (1019)
eight on “no on 8” — . . . And She&...
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eight on “no on 8” — master page (1013)
eight on “no on 8” — Ellen: Vote No On Prop 8 (1014)
eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015)
eight on “no on 8” — Who’s Behind Prop 8? (1016)
eight on “no on 8” — Margaret Cho & Selene Luna: Vote No on Prop 8 (1017)
eight on “no on 8” — CA, Prop 8, No – Unfair, unnecessary & wrong 30-sec ad (1018)
eight on “no on 8” — Hello, I’m No On Prop 8 . . . (1019)
eight on “no on 8” — . . . And She&...
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eight on “no on 8” — master page (1013)
eight on “no on 8” — Ellen: Vote No On Prop 8 (1014)
eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015)
eight on “no on 8” — Who’s Behind Prop 8? (1016)
eight on “no on 8” — Margaret Cho & Selene Luna: Vote No on Prop 8 (1017)
eight on “no on 8” — CA, Prop 8, No – Unfair, unnecessary & wrong 30-sec ad (1018)
eight on “no on 8” — Hello, I’m No On Prop 8 . . . (1019)
eight on “no on 8” — . . . And She&...
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eight on “no on 8” — “Did We Vote On YOUR Marriage?” - Vote NO On Prop 8 (1015)
eight on “no on 8” — Who’s Behind Prop 8? (1016)
eight on “no on 8” — Margaret Cho & Selene Luna: Vote No on Prop 8 (1017)
eight on “no on 8” — CA, Prop 8, No – Unfair, unnecessary & wrong 30-sec ad (1018)
eight on “no on 8” — Hello, I’m No On Prop 8 . . . (1019)
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October 21, 2008
Dear Neighbors:
Halloween is nearly upon us and we must all make our preparations to vote in the incredibly important election this November 4th. Absentee Ballots will be sent to you if you are a PAV (Permanent Absentee Voter) or if you submitt an application prior to October 28th. The ballot must be received by the LA County election office by November 4th at 5 pm. Applications for an Absentee Ballots can be found here.
Recent polls show that if the election were held today, Proposition 8 would pass by a 6-point margin, despite being down in the polls just weeks ago. This dramatic swing is credited to a b...
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Erin Weed arrived, and she didn't kick my butt. In fact, we had a great time catching up, and realized it's been over a year since we hung out in person.
I didn't even have to pull out my fake letter from my hematologist. Or the fake emails from readers concerned for my well-being, hoping against hope that I wasn't going to be beaten to a pulp... so I could live to blog again. So what saved me?
A wedding anniversary. Today is Gwenn and I's four year wedding anniversary.
Positively for using anniversaries to your advantage, Positively Against Prop 8.
Shawn
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - October 23, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
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I'm not doing well medically at all, and prefer not to say much. Still in a state of total overload. I have been tossed back and forth between specialists, the last hope meeting with a neurosurgeon who basically said, "you have been a total mystery to us and we think it's a neurological problem that we can't locate, sorry but that's all I have for you.They have tossed around all sorts of equally unpleasant theories, HIV wasting, latent activated polio, MS, ALS, muscular dystrophy, even mad cow disease was considered, but brain MRI and EEG came back clean. but for almost 15 years my leg muscles have been wasting to the poin...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - October 22, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
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Two nights ago, while flipping around the channels, I came across an old (Season 3) episode of Seinfeld in which Kramer gives George some free, promotional condoms he was given. George uses them and has a scare with a new girlfriend because her period is late and they think she might be pregnant (she wasn't). I remembered seeing the show when it first aired and being amazed that in 1992, on prime time cable, on a hit TV show, people were talking openly about condoms. And it made me wonder: Where are the condoms on TV today? Has anyone seen one brandished recently?
Not only are we missing educational and prevention opport...
Source: Regan's HIV Blog - October 22, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
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The Republic of T.
Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal.
bob barr backs gay marriage
. . . One size [marriage] does fit all for heterosexuals. Full faith and credit assures that they’re just as married in Massachusetts as they are in Mississippi.
Just let one state, any state, try and refuse to recognized a heterosexual marriage legally entered into in another state and see what happens. I guarantee that heterosexual couples would not have to put up with losing their legal rights, losing custody of their children, and losing their health benefits just by moving to another state. Trust me.
Lawsuits would be f...
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Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for October 20th through October 21st:
• Progressive Voter Guide to Media and Technology | Media and Technology | AlterNet - This election, voters have a clear choice from the two major presidential candidates on whether the Internet should remain free and available to all, whether huge corporations should be allowed to own even greater concentrations of outlets, the extent to which you have a right to privacy online, and whether government will use technologi...
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