MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'homosexuality'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:00:56 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953268&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F19%2Fnot-pictured%2F View Full Album I am mindful, on this Father’s Day, that I do not have many photographs of Thomas Arnold (“Arnie”) Chaplin.  (The additional ones I do have are wedding party shots with people who might not wish to be published.)  However my memory informs me of many more, in safe-keeping with Mom, from the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953268 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:51:16 +0100 4953268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4847942&cid=t_106479_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAyfgsRw6vA0%2F By David BoazThe Gallup Poll reports today, “For the first time in Gallup’s tracking of the issue, a majority of Americans (53%) believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages.” Here’s the history of Gallup’s polling on the issue: Gallup notes that the shift results from a substantial increase in support among Democrats and independents in the past year, but support among Republicans didn’t budge from 28 percent. The most striking number, though, is that support among young people 18-34 soared from 54 to 70 percent, mostly reflecting a shift among men, who are now almost as supportive as women. The new poll comes just two days after Cato’s forum, “The Case for Marriage Equali... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4847942 Fri, 20 May 2011 18:51:38 +0100 4847942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4780453&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F05%2F03%2Fjune-18-proclaimed-as-pride-day-in-the-town-of-perth-ontario%2F Imagine my delight, and yes pride, to learn that LGBT Lanark County had won its bid for a Pride Day proclamation in Perth for June 18. (This was also the first I’d heard of LGBT Lanark County. Their web site is pretty impressive!) The Perth Courier, and an advertiser-householder known locally as the EMC, both [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4780453 Tue, 03 May 2011 14:59:43 +0100 4780453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4767980&cid=t_106479_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRt76HdcQEvo%2F By David BoazDale Carpenter of the University of Minnesota Law School, who wrote a Cato Policy Analysis on the Federal Marriage Amendment, has an op-ed today in the New York Times about changing attitudes among lawyers and judges about sexual orientation: The prestigious law firm King & Spalding has not fully explained its decision this week to stop assisting Congress in defending the law that forbids federal recognition of same-sex marriage. But its reversal suggests the extent to which gay men and lesbians have persuaded much of the legal profession to accept the basic proposition that sexual orientation is irrelevant to a person’s worth and that the law should reflect this judgment. And speaking of sexual orientation and the legal profession, don’t miss our upcoming Policy ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4767980 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:49:28 +0100 4767980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445972&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F07%2Funpacking-more-personal-baggage%2F Pardon me for the humourless dissecting of my neuroses Have I mentioned before having used, for many years, the esteem-busting mantra “If anyone deserves AIDS, I do!”  (Looking at it now I feel like each word should be italicized for emphasis, rather than just one or two.) What a message: If anyone deserves AIDS, I [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445972 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:21:00 +0100 4445972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4442091&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F05%2F30-years-out%2F If ever I’ve had a “But for the grace of God, there go I” occasion (even though I have problems with that expression) it would have to have been February 5, 1981 – thirty years ago today. At 11 p.m. that night, more than 150 police carried out simultaneous raids on four of Toronto’s most [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4442091 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:39:02 +0100 4442091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4438991&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F05%2F30-years-out%2F If ever I’ve had a “But for the grace of God, there go I” occasion (even though I have problems with that expression) it would have to have been February 5, 1981 – thirty years ago today. At 11 p.m. that night, more than 150 police carried out simultaneous raids on four of Toronto’s most [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4438991 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:39:02 +0100 4438991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338092&cid=t_106479_117_f&fid=38856&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timemastermd.com%2F%3Fp%3D1626 FINGER MATTERS Big fingers = big penis?  Scientists say finger length may help a girl know a guy’s penis length when he is not erect, but not when he is excited.  Most of the time, erect size is much larger- but not always, so don’t “judge a finger by it’s cover.” The longest finger should be 7/8th of the length of the palm of the hand.  Any shorter – you might be sporting a small penis, but also have an increased risk of cancer in the prostate, poor sports skills, small bank account, and increased odds of homosexuality!  Wow, that is a lot a pressure for an simple finger! Why do men with the longest fingers seem to want to become protologists and urologists, and women with the smallest fingers become gynecologists?  Seems like it should be reverse... Timemaster MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338092 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:39:45 +0100 4338092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298764&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F29%2Fit-gets-better-tops-2010-list%2F Dan Savage and husband Terry Miller started something in 2010 that Mark Kelley and the CBC Connect crew put at the top of Connect 10: A  Countdown of the most popular stories online in 2010. Responding to highly-publicized cases of bullying and suicides of gays and lesbians, the “It Gets Better” project was launched with [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298764 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:09:31 +0100 4298764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245477&cid=t_106479_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2Fn5pcIDYnUG0%2F In clips from tonight’s upcoming interview with Barbara Walters, Oprah speaks out about rumors that she and Gayle King have a lesbian relationship, telling Barbara Walters: “I’m not lesbian. I’m not even kind of lesbian.” She explains that what hurts her about the rumors is their implication that she’s been lying about their relationship, and that a lesbian lifestyle is “bad” and worth covering up. “That’s not how I run my life,” she said. She later broke down into tears when asked about the nature of her and King’s relationship, saying that she’s the mother she never had and best friend everyone would wish to have. As Barbara Walters pointed out, not every woman has a friendship quite as close as Gayle and Opra... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245477 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:14:52 +0100 4245477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214404&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Fworld-aids-day-2010-stories-2-this-friend-living-with-aids-who-gave-me-so-much-by-dominique-gauvreau-google-translation-edited-by-kc%2F Each author in this series has generously given me permission to post their work. The views and experiences shared are their own. Where applicable, links will also be provided at the end of the piece. This is the World AIDS Day, 2010 entry in Dominique Gauvreau’s blog Rencontre sous le Chêne de Mamré (Meeting under [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214404 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:49:35 +0100 4214404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119517&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F29%2Fclint-i-like-it-when-gays-die-mccance-speaks-to-cnns-anderson-cooper-brain-farts-maybe%2F I’m keeping this post open to add more developments.  Suffice to say, to begin, that Clint McCance’s so-called apology on AC 360 is not going over very well.  (As I wrote at the time it seemed like Anderson had to pull out the nature of his wrongs.  They weren’t forthcoming from McCance himself.) Tonight I’m [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119517 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:02:00 +0100 4119517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119520&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F28%2Fclint-mccance-a-man-who-should-be-run-out-of-arkansas%2F This idiot’s 15 minutes (I don’t expect he’d know what that means) will, hopefully, soon be over but surely not before he loses his elected job on the Midland, Arkansas school board. Anderson Cooper set the story up this way last evening and then had a couple of great guests, including the whistle-blower: A screen-shot of [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119520 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:04:02 +0100 4119520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098330&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F20%2Fsticks-and-stones%25e2%2580%25a6%2F I’d imagine it must be painful for a parent to have to impart to their children those familiar words, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.” I was certainly skeptical. Long before summoning the courage to come out to my parents at age 21, I had known that I [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098330 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:15:54 +0100 4098330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4023087&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F30%2Fperhaps-my-most-difficult-topic-yet-for-tyler-clementi%2F Let’s talk about suicide! The single-most read entry of this blog – ever – is seeing an up-tick in hits as the one year anniversary of this local tragedy looms large. Today, with the recovery of his body, social media are decrying the suicide, and circumstances behind it, of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi, a [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4023087 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:45:05 +0100 4023087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4003057&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F27%2Funholy-hubris%2F Crooks & Liars blogger karoli got it so right when she wrote, “If you have had the misfortune of being one of those kids who was sexually victimized by an adult, the one thing you know is the script. You know it by heart, and even after years of therapy and recovery and acceptance that [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4003057 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:45:00 +0100 4003057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3935793&cid=t_106479_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fshakespeares-othello-updated-video-of-the-day%2F We know William Shakespeare’s works are classics, so why do we choose Eat, Pray, Love over Othello? In Shakespeare’s day, even though dudes rocked the tights, you just didn’t see a lot of sassy gay friends sticking up for female leads, which resulted in more than a few unnecessary deaths and suicides. Finally, here it is: An alternate ending to Othello, reinvented for a modern audience. Post from: BlissTree Shakespeare's Othello, With Sassy Gay Friend: Video of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3935793 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:00:08 +0100 3935793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899348&cid=t_106479_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fmy-gay-husband-is-better-than-your-straight-husband%2F photo: Thinkstock My husband isn’t technically gay. And by that I mean he doesn’t have sex with men. He does, however, possess many of the positive, attractive (and yes, stereotypical) attributes of a gay man. Some might call him a metrosexual, others may label him eccentric, while a lot of people just think he’s European. Which is why, in addition to the many reasons listed below, my not-technically-gay husband is way better than your boring straight husband. He may not have sex with men, but here’s what my gay husband does have (that your straight husband probably doesn’t): – A collection of more than 300 cookbooks – A keen eye for mid-century modern interior design – More shoes than I have – Excellent knife skills that rival a professional chef –... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899348 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:03:25 +0100 3899348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3891802&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F22%2Fa-streetcar-stop-reunion-brings-back-memories%2F The other night, my arms heavy with groceries, I heard my name being called at the corner of Yonge and Carlton. That’s a very busy corner so this is definitely a ‘small world’ story. He told me, as I didn’t immediately recognize him, that he was Pete Bailey from The Standard (in St. Catharines) and [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3891802 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:37:10 +0100 3891802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610471&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F28%2Fas-seen-on-facebook-from-others-who-like-me-remember-1981%2F Open Letter to Pride Toronto from founders of Pride in 1981 As founding members of the Toronto Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Committee, and people involved in organizing the first Pride event in Toronto at the end of June in 1981, we stand totally opposed to the decision of the current Toronto Pride Committee to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610471 Sat, 29 May 2010 01:00:23 +0100 3610471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3590462&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F23%2Fbeaten-senseless-windsor-man-adds-his-story-to-the-archives-of-insane-gay-bashings%2F I’m angry, I’m sad, angry, sad, angry, sad…   The Windsor Star’s account includes a video of the young victim, who clearly understands the value of personal story-telling, holding a press conference to describe the beating he endured and some of the deeper meanings, however ironic. I heard about this yesterday but only started to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3590462 Sun, 23 May 2010 11:58:35 +0100 3590462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573892&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F17%2Fon-this-international-day-against-homophobia-and-trans-phobia%2F To Head Teacher/Principal wannabe Carl Glenn, who rarely missed an opportunity to taunt me, terrify me, pit me against his son and my other classmates; To the kids who teased me for the friends I chose; To those who often made the forty minute bus ride to and from high school each day so frightening; [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573892 Mon, 17 May 2010 13:58:15 +0100 3573892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3570024&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F17%2Fon-this-international-day-against-homophobia-and-trans-phobia%2F To Head Teacher/Principal wannabe Carl Glenn, who rarely missed an opportunity to taunt me, terrify me, pit me against his son and my other classmates; To the kids who teased me for the friends I chose; To those who made the forty minute bus ride to and from high school each day so frightening; To [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3570024 Mon, 17 May 2010 13:58:15 +0100 3570024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3569784&cid=t_106479_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Flast-weeks-10-best-posts-from-crushable%2F Image from "Tiny Furniture" trailer on Vimeo Our sister site, Crushable, published some kick-ass posts last week. Here are our top ten faves: 1. Sarah Jessica Parker: “Sex and the City 2″ Cast Grew Closer While Filming in the Middle East 2. Video: Laura Bush Is All for Gays and Abortions Now 3. New Fake Trend: “Gender Disappointment” In Your Baby 4. The Death of “Law and Order” 5. Lines That Won’t Get You Laid: “I Totally Relate to Don Draper” 6. Stars on the Spot: Do You Have an Emergency Escape Plan? 7. Cutegreggator: 23 Adorable Baby Dolphins 8. Would You Post Your Prom Dress Online? 9. Crushable Questionnaire: Elizabeth Spiers 10. Anonymous Celebrity: Lena Dunham Hits Big With “Tiny Furniture” Post from: BlissT... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3569784 Sun, 16 May 2010 18:00:33 +0100 3569784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3457979&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F10%2Fself-forgiveness-even-when-it-seems-so-unnecessary%2F While I would acknowledge there are probably exceptional circumstances I am generally of the restorative justice point of view, as described by Correctional Service of Canada. The holiday weekend news that Graham James – variously described as “hockey predator Graham James”, “convicted pedophile Graham James”, etc. – had been pardoned for his repulsive crimes took a [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3457979 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:35:28 +0100 3457979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420714&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F29%2Fan-easter-i-wish-i-could-do-over%2F In my second year at college I hitchhiked from Niagara to Burlington, as I would do occasionally, just a few weeks before Easter. A cousin, her husband and their young family were happy to pamper me with good food and fun. On this particular weekend they also shared their enthusiasm with me about [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420714 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:57:49 +0100 3420714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416245&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F28%2Fthe-infuriating-sins-of-the-fathers%2F As I walked up to the subway this morning I passed a Tamil-Canadian family crossing the street from St. James Town to attend Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church – so a confession is in order. I have received Communion from Jesuits there which, as a Protestant, I am not permitted to do. [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416245 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:42:53 +0100 3416245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374333&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2Funearthing-one-of-my-early-newspaper-appearances%2F   After the cathartic experience here this morning of again recalling Craig’s struggles, in the early days of his ministry, I was remembering some of what was going on in my life 700 km away from Craig.  In the raucous days of an Ontario Human Rights Code amendment debate, giving gays and lesbians protection in the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374333 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:02:00 +0100 3374333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370620&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2Falyson-huntly-will-receive-this-years-craig-chaplin-memorial-award%2F    Google Alyson Huntly’s name, as I did even before I knew with absolute certainty that I’d be writing this, and you’ll see what an accomplished author, educator, Diaconal Minister, grandmother (and on and on) she is!  Add Doctor, too, Alyson having received her Ph.D. in Education (Curriculum) from Queen’s University last fall. So for [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370620 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:49:00 +0100 3370620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306823&cid=t_106479_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNfUV9ISPLBU%2F By David RittgersContrary to the claims of some conservatives, gays can and do serve in the military. This video highlights the story of a combat medic at Fort Hood, Texas, one of the major troop installations in the United States. Warning: long video (13 minutes). Sergeant Darren Manzella served as a combat medic, and his chain of command investigated the claim that he was gay. Manzella provided pictures and video of him with his boyfriend, but found “no evidence of homosexuality.” The story makes clear that Manzella gave them plenty evidence of homosexuality, but it didn’t make any sense to get rid of a good soldier in a critical field when he wanted to continue serving and there was a war going on. The British and Israeli armed forces allow gays to serve openly and st... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306823 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:46:32 +0100 3306823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3247039&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F06%2F3026%2F What a shock to learn last evening of the death in a snowy afternoon traffic accident in Indiana of 21-year old Brendan Burke and his 18-year old companion Mark Reedy. The son of Leafs GM Brian Burke was a hockey player and coach himself on his way to law school. As you’ll see in this interview with [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3247039 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:27:12 +0100 3247039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3182168&cid=t_106479_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fo6ibokNmAS0%2F By David BoazConservatives and even libertarians often view history through the prism of “the road to serfdom,” believing that there was some golden age of liberty in the past that is progressively being eroded. Two recent articles remind us of some of the problems with that thesis. An obituary in today’s Washington Post told of what happened to American-born May Asaki and her family after the outbreak of war between the United States and her parents’ home country of Japan: On May 8, 1942 — May Asaki’s 23rd birthday — she and her family were loaded into the back of an Army truck and sent to a detention center. They were allotted one suitcase each. May, who was the second oldest of 11 children, spoke only rudimentary Japanese and had known no home ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3182168 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:46:34 +0100 3182168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2734219&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F26%2Ffacebook-has-distracted-me-away-from-blogging%2F Ted Kennedy Tribute: 2008 DNC Convention in Denver Over the din of commentators, warming their robotic hands against the barely dead Ted Kennedy, and please read this report on his pioneering political fights against AIDS, I have been trying to remember the 1980s with a little more precision than is usually called for. See thanks to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2734219 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:10:08 +0100 2734219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2674329&cid=t_106479_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FsB_FT9jxi80%2F Homosexuals have battled long and hard against misconceptions and fear; one of those misconceptions being that they can be “fixed” through therapy or psychological interventions. Sadly, there are still people who believe that being gay is a mental illness that can be cured - or has to be cured. This week, the American Psychological Association has published its position on sexual orientation in relation to psychotherapy. According to their APA press release , The American Psychological Association adopted a resolution Wednesday stating that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients that they can change their sexual orientation through therapy or other treatments. After reviewing studies from the 1960s to now, researchers found that most of the studies didn’... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2674329 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:58:12 +0100 2674329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2621999&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F20%2F2419%2F (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2621999 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:24:44 +0100 2621999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598443&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F13%2Fjohn-marks-reminds-me-of-my-struggles-with-faith-and-that-we-dont-have-to-be-right%2F Here’s a recent video of author John Marks being interviewed on The Bully Pulpit. It’s a great way (if you’ll take the 45 minutes or so to watch) to get a sense of where he’s coming from in his book and why I was so fascinated by it. The Bully! Pulpit Show: John Marks from [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598443 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:55:00 +0100 2598443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2550219&cid=t_106479_93_f&fid=36982&url=http%3A%2F%2Fprep4md.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fis-homosexuality-illness-mental.html Homosexuality refers to sexual attraction or sexual behavior between people of the same sex, or to a sexual orientation. As an orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions primarily to" people of the same sex; "it also refers to an individual’s sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, behaviors expressing them, and membership in a community of others who share them."Homosexuality is one of the three main categories of sexual orientation, along with bisexuality and heterosexuality, within the heterosexual-homosexual continuum. The number of people who identify as homosexual — and the proportion of people who have same-sex sexual experiences — are difficult for researchers... My M.D. Journey! blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2550219 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:22:00 +0100 2550219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512724&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F24%2F2292%2F An interesting look back at the Stonewall Riots in New York 40 years ago – what would become known as the start of the gay liberation movement. And, having come out of the closet myself in a highly-politicized time in Toronto, I enjoyed this look back at the year after Stonewall – courtesy of [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512724 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:02:23 +0100 2512724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512728&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F22%2Fnot-the-niagara-of-my-youth-and-that%25e2%2580%2599s-a-relief%2F l have been waxing somewhat less than nostalgic as I’ve learned how much progress has been made in the LGBTTQQ2S community in Niagara, where I went to college and worked through the 1980s. It began as I read the profile of a remarkable young guy, Matthew Cutler, being honoured by Pride Toronto for “excellence in youth [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512728 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:07:06 +0100 2512728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469863&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F09%2F2177%2F What a disappointment. An otherwise principled guy (so many of us thought) sides with the ball-scratchers and Prop 8-backers who voted for him. Will it take multiple trips to any number of combinations of Supreme Court Justices of the future to wrest equality from the government, as it did here in Canada? I hope not. [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469863 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:09:47 +0100 2469863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469864&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F09%2F2171%2F CNN’s Jeanne Moos finds out that Pat Robertson was not talking about gay marriage in his reference to ducks a while ago. He was talking against the Mathew Shepard hate crimes bill that extended that legislation to include crimes of violence involving sexual orientation. Gee thanks, Pat, that makes it much better! [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469864 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:37:42 +0100 2469864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464359&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fpride%2F CP24 asks “What does Pride mean to you?” Pride this year celebrates the 40th anniversary of what most consider to be the biggest spark to the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Riots in New York. I was too young for that to have meant anything to me at the time but I well remember Toronto’s [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464359 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:31:17 +0100 2464359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458423&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fpride%2F CP24 asks “What does Pride mean to you?” Pride this year celebrates the 40th anniversary of what most consider to be the biggest spark to the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Riots in New York. I was too young for that to have meant anything to me at the time but I well remember Toronto’s [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458423 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:31:17 +0100 2458423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2448065&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F31%2F2138%2F I hadn’t heard of Pat Robertson’s inane remarks until I saw this parody of them as the equal marriage debate continues in California.  Maybe if the arguments get silly enough equality will prevail. (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2448065 Sun, 31 May 2009 18:11:36 +0100 2448065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2399124&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F08%2Fa-walk-from-le-plateau-to-outremont-and-back-montreal%2F Mom and I arrived at Claude’s on Monday for the second annual presentation Wednesday of the Craig Chaplin Memorial Award to Darryl Macdonald. It was a wonderful convocation ceremony and service, and it was terrific to meet Darryl and his husband Chris. Now Craig’s dream has been realized twice, with many more such occasions to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2399124 Fri, 08 May 2009 18:02:42 +0100 2399124 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2381445&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F01%2Fjudy-shepard-rejects-rep-foxxs-apology%2F It would be easier for North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx to drive a school bus through a subway turnstile than to try and explain herself via an attempted apology. Appearing on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, the mother of Mathew Shepard, Judy, said the Congresswoman was apologizing for semantics, not the sentiments expressed. The bill ultimately approved [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2381445 Fri, 01 May 2009 07:09:11 +0100 2381445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2381059&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F30%2F2007%2F (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2381059 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:40:37 +0100 2381059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2381060&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F29%2Fin-gods-image%2F I know I’ve checked with Ron about this before - we apparently are not related - but I come from a Chaplin family rooted in Perth and Glen Tay. (I now reside in Toronto.) The story reads like it could have been written about either my late brother Craig or me. I [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2381060 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:46:55 +0100 2381060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2298745&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F21%2Fdarryl-macdonald-to-receive-the-second-craig-chaplin-memorial-award%2F The recently-installed (February) minister of Roxboro United Church in western Montréal, Rev. Darryl Macdonald, has been selected to be this year’s recipient of the prize named for my late brother, Craig, when the United Theological College holds its convocation in May. Rev. Macdonald was educated at the Presbyterian College adjacent to UTC. This is where the story gets [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2298745 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:57:41 +0100 2298745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2255633&cid=t_106479_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F11%2Fsexual-orientation-a-practical-guide-for-the-nhs%2F gives practical advice to enable NHS organisations to address their responsibilities relating to sexual orientation and employment or healthcare delivery Posted in Employment, Equity, Grey Literature, Homosexuality, Human Resources, NHS Tagged: Equal Opportunities, Equity, Grey Literature, Health Services, Human Resources, Sexuality (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2255633 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:29:29 +0100 2255633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182736&cid=t_106479_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fgained-in-translation.html Yermiyahu Ahron Taub is a multiple minority. He moved away from the ultra-Orthodox community in which he grew up; he is gay; he is a Jewish poet, and he writes in Yiddish, English and (occasionally) Hebrew. Nothing about him or his poetic persona can live in a single language — which is one reason, perhaps, that this poet (as a way station out of the ultra-Orthodox world) took a job as a painter’s model. Art can often work a transformation that can be difficult through language alone.More in the Forward. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182736 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:58:00 +0100 2182736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1802992&cid=t_106479_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F18%2Fschema-theory-and-lesbian-and-gay-identity-abstract%2F Todd Brower posted his paper, “Social Cognition ‘At Work:’ Schema Theory and Lesbian and Gay Identity in Title VII” on SSRN, where you can download it for free.  Here’s the abstract. * * * Lesbians and gay men are frequent subjects for modern news, politics, and court opinions. From marriage for same-sex couples to Congressional hearings on the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” regulation, decision-makers are setting policy based on their ideas about how gay people are and how they fit into society. But what are those perceptions and how do they interact with law? We ordinarily think of lesbians and gay men as predominantly childless, urban residents of cities like San Francisco, New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles or as inhabita... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1802992 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:01:26 +0100 1802992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786036&cid=t_106479_109_f&fid=38952&url=http%3A%2F%2Fschlockdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fchemical-love.html (Source: psychobabble) psychobabble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786036 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:46:00 +0100 2786036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1449406&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F16%2Fjim-loney-receives-chaplin-memorial-award-addresses-utc-convocation%2F Further to my description of some of the events at last week’s Convocation of McGill’s United Theological College, when Craig’s Memorial Award was presented for the first time, click here for the inspiring convocation address of the recipient - Jim Loney of Christian Peacemaker Teams. (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1449406 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:05:33 +0100 1449406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1380570&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F17%2Fjohn-marks-reminds-me-of-my-struggles-with-faith-and-that-we-dont-have-to-be-right%2F Reasons to Believe: One Man’s Journey Among the Evangelicals and the Faith He Left Behind Browse Inside this book Get this for your site A little while ago I bought this book, by John Marks, that I’d heard about while clicking around TV, the subject matter of which resonated strongly with me. (Here’s a fair review.) Marks, a former [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1380570 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:14:12 +0100 1380570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1322007&cid=t_106479_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Ffat-people-are-mad.html It has long been accepted that fat people are stupid. Further progress has been made in the investigation of obesity. It seems now that not only are fat people stupid - they are mad as well.Sandy Szwarc of the excellent Junkfood Science discusses the treatment of a mad fatty in the USA.An ‘obese’ man was surgically implanted with electrodes deep inside the hypothalamus of his brain, and for months he was given electrical stimulation at various frequencies, to try to get him to eat less and lose weight. Fifteen months after this experimental treatment, he weighed 1.5 kg more. The researchers blamed the patient for being noncompliant.That sums up so well the double bind in which the obese find themselves. Because they are fat, they are labelled as stupid and mad - and if they do not resp... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1322007 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:58:00 +0100 1322007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1192867&cid=t_106479_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fsmall-world-dib-dib-dib.html Silicon Valley in the Bay Area covers a lot of miles, but maybe not as many I think.It suddenly dawns on me that I know the child that she’s talking about. I suppress my startle reflex and continue to listen. He’s a welcome new member to the Den but 'so obviously autistic, not to just those in the know.' As a special needs mum herself, she is in the know. She is the ideal person to be the leader of the pack. With careful and diplomatic guidance,she smooths his path, anticipates hic-cups and ever ready to intervene if an when required.She describes his behaviour with funny anecdotes, much as I would myself. His impact on the Den can be bumpy, but he’s a delightful child and the troop is small and accommodating.I become uncomfortable as the easy jargon, our shorthand, slips out. So man... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1192867 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:40:00 +0100 1192867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1163180&cid=t_106479_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F20%2Finequalities-of-health-for-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-trans-people%2F Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people experience a number of health inequalities which are often unrecognised in health and social care settings. These briefings are intended to show that LGBT people can be younger, older, bisexual, lesbians, gay men, trans, from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities and disabled, and to dispel assumptions that they form a homogeneous group. The briefings provide easy-to-read guidance for health and social care commissioners, service planners and frontline staff. They aim to inform the delivery of appropriate services and to support health and social care professionals in their everyday work with LGBT people by providing fundamental awareness and evidence of LGBT needs in relation to health. Introduction Briefing 1: Working with lesbian, ga... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1163180 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:42:38 +0100 1163180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1156804&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F16%2Fhow-can-i-help%2F What can I say, what blog, web-site or previous post of my own, can I highlight to convince young gay men to stem what I am certain is not just a New York City problem? H.I.V. Rises Among Young Gay Men The New York Times editorial headline is stark. It reminds me that the NYT was among the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1156804 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:44:13 +0100 1156804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1047922&cid=t_106479_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F24%2Ftesting-times-hiv-and-other-sexually-transmitted-infections-in-the-united-kingdom-2007%2F The sexual health of young UK adults worsened in 2006 despite a concerted public health effort to turn it around, figures show. In 2006, a total of 376,508 new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were diagnosed - up 2.2% on 2005, the Health Protection Agency found in Testing Times - HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United Kingdom: 2007 Young people aged 16-24 made up the bulk of cases of some of the most common STIs, including chlamydia. The report also warns of a continuing HIV and STI epidemic in gay men. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1047922 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:23:57 +0100 1047922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982603&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F26%2Fonly-gay-in-the-village%2F My birthday ought to be an occasion to blog. While I await inspiration I shall turn the day’s post over to Little Britain’s Daffyd Thomas, “the only gay in the village”. Like Daffyd I am ’the ONLY gay in the village’…or in my building…on the 5th floor…okay in Unit 503!  And I’m 48 today… Thank you for the greetings [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982603 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:54:20 +0100 982603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=885427&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F19%2Ffor-crying-out-loud%2F There’s a note on my computer desktop: “BLOG GRIEF”. Actually it reads, “BLOG GRIEF…LAUNDRY”. As much as I hate doing it, the laundry seems like the easier project. I have had a difficult time talking about, let alone blogging about, the grief I feel following my older brother’s death last May. Craig, like me, was gay [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=885427 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:16:24 +0100 885427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=875254&cid=t_106479_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fgay-okay-apparently-uncontroversially.html Gay? Okay!Apparently uncontroversially. And uninterestingly.I love my shul but sometimes it drives me up the wall.For instance, a recent letter (signed by the Chair, the President, and the rabbi) informs us of some recent deliberations of our Ritual Committee, which discussed "how [the recent] decisions of the CJLS [regarding homosexuality] would affect our membership criteria; and second [. . .] whether or not we would recognize and celebrate gay and lesbian relationships." The conclusions, unsurprisingly, are that "two adult Jews who are members of the same household may enjoy a joint membership" and that "we should publicly acknowledge same sex relationships in the ways we currently acknowledge married couples. This change would mean that a gay or lesbian couple could hold a commitment ... Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=875254 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:50:00 +0100 875254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=832610&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F30%2Fanother-disgraced-republican-senator%2F Would it surprise you to know that the Senator Craig scandal and the Miss South Carolina Teen USA laugh-riot are getting the most hits this week on this otherwise mostly serious blog? If I seem to be taking pleasure in a hypocrite’s misfortunes, I can’t say I would disagree, but listening to this arresting interview is [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=832610 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:17:54 +0100 832610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828226&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F28%2Fanother-disgraced-republican-senator%2F Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho): “I am not gay.” Okay, Senator, if you aren’t gay (or bi) what was so interesting in that bathroom?  Why did you plead guilty to lewd behaviour disorderly conduct “to make it go away”?  Another tortured Republican conservative hypocrite!  See Ted Haggard I’m sorry Jon Stewart is off this week Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828226 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:11:48 +0100 828226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=765792&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F29%2F1085%2F Melissa Etheridge Live Earth Parts 1 and 2 http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/15/223826/026  ”The world is divided into two kinds of people - people who divide the world into two kinds of people, and people who don’t, and that’s (George W. Bush’s) problem.” –Gloria Steinem Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=765792 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:17:40 +0100 765792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=735563&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F15%2Fseeing-daylight-through-layers-of-secrecy%2F I am challenging myself to begin an exercise of trust, or at least vulnerability, by chipping through my secrecy.   So thick is my denial that I sometimes don’t even perceive myself as secretive.  This blog, where I have revealed more about myself than many would be comfortable doing, has surely been self-revealing.  However my secrecy is [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=735563 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:24:02 +0100 735563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721380&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F09%2Ftwo-months-sans-craig%2F It was two months ago today, on May 9, 2007, that my brother Craig breathed his last and physically left us. While it has been a difficult couple of months for me, as detailed throughout this blog, today I am just thinking of Craig, a mentor - and not just to me - in so many [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721380 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:06:04 +0100 721380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721510&cid=t_106479_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fdanger-in-genetics.html My great friend Adam Messenger just sent me an article which I can't believe I missed. Late June in the New York Magazine there was an article entitled "The Science of Gaydar"Has anyone read this article? After I did, I was very frustrated....From the article-"If sexual orientation is biological, are the traits that make people seem gay innate, too? The new research on everything from voice pitch to hair whorl" I do not remember a time when sexual orientation was classified as a disease.......However that is only because I am young. Ask a host of physicians and they will tell you that until 1973 the American Psychiatric Association viewed it as a mental illness along the lines with bipolar disorder."Back then, many psychiatrists treated homosexuality with shock therapy, detention, or a min... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721510 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:16:00 +0100 721510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=698162&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F26%2Fstraight-not-narrow%2F One of the most interesting groups to me, represented both with an information table and a contingent in the Pride Parade on Sunday, was Heterosexuals for Same-Sex Equality (HSSE) whose website straightnotnarrow.ca is here. While I had heard of Gay-Straight Alliances in schools and colleges or universities it was eye-opening to me to see this particular [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=698162 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:22:48 +0100 698162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683376&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F17%2Fnew-page-my-book%2F I’m responding to the challenge from Jamie to dare to dream that some of my most important blogging (now that’s definitely subjective) might one day be published in a more traditional book form. For now, you get a sneak preview as it is cobbled together at its most primitive stage. See it evolve, as I make the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683376 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:02:42 +0100 683376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676458&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F06%2Fa-gay-brothers-gay-brother%2F I’m feeling better having written this: It’s not too many LGBTQ-etc. people (the reclaimed “queer” is good shorthand) who can say they have a queer sibling although, that said, it has surprised me over the years just how often this does happen. Craig and I came out, four years or so apart, without knowing sufficient gaydar to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676458 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:49:38 +0100 676458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651265&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F01%2Fjune%2F My dear friend Jim used to nickname me June (as in Cleaver). So of course I dressed as her for a memorable Oscars party he threw (although not memorable enough that I can recall the year, the winners, etc.) I have an over-sized picture, part of a day-in-the-life photo essay done about me, [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651265 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:58:29 +0100 651265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620434&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F17%2Fforwarded-from-utcca%2F Donations to the Craig Chaplin Memorial Fund The Rev. Craig Chaplin, friend, pastor, teacher and graduate of the United Theological College died on Wednesday May 9th 2007. Over a decade ago Craig made the decision to make a bequest to the United Theological College that would support an award recognizing the remarkable contributions of ministry offered by [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620434 Thu, 17 May 2007 18:00:32 +0100 620434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620437&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F15%2Fune-message-a-pierre%2F kenngc@sympaticoPOINTca  Je t’ai repondu a “Faith in the Family”. Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620437 Tue, 15 May 2007 19:11:41 +0100 620437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620438&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F15%2Ftouching-stories-about-craig%2F Family members have come to Perth, ON from Montreal this afternoon, preparing for tonight’s burial rituals here. I have some lovely stories to tell from people who spoke to me, or other family members, following last evening’s beautiful ‘Celebration of Craig’s Life’ so, just to remind myself later, I’ll put down a few hints: former boyfriend, [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620438 Tue, 15 May 2007 18:57:08 +0100 620438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=522297&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F04%2Flgbt-community-leader-el-farouk-khaki-to-seek-ndp-nod-in-toronto-centre%2F His paperwork having been filed today, community leader extraordianaire El-Farouk Khaki will officially launch his campaign tomorrow for the nomination as NDP candidate in the federal riding of Toronto Centre. El-Farouk’s accomplishments are so many as to make it impossible to crowd them all into adjectives before his name!  The Star recently profiled him. Fortunately, having just [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=522297 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:35:46 +0100 522297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=517959&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F03%2Fmy-tact-runneth-thin%2F On March 9, I posted this about the death of gay actor John Inman whose character, Mr. Humphries, was a mainstay on the British TV comedy Are You Being Served? The post brought this comment: wilbur grant (16:00:57) :hi,i m a lil pissed off as the way as john was portrayed on your site as having [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=517959 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:32:26 +0100 517959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495595&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F10%2Fbartlemans-story-inspires-me-to-press-on%2F Before beginning this blog the autobiography I would like to write some day consisted of a few file folders in the My Documents section of my computer hard drive. The blog has, piecemeal I grant you, helped me see things from a slightly wider perspective. Whether my story ever becomes more than something [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495595 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:37:53 +0100 495595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495596&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F09%2F22-minutes-video-vault%2F I missed this week’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes broadcast so I’m extra appreciatve that they store so many hilarious segments in the video vault. There’s something for everyone and I know a friend who will appreciate the deadbeat dad segment this week, considering one of his ex-boyfriend’s past! Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495596 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:57:46 +0100 495596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495597&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F09%2Fgrace-brothers%25e2%2580%2599-mr-humphries-john-inman-%25e2%2580%2598free%25e2%2580%2599-from-life%25e2%2580%2599s-illnesses%2F I can’t remember when I first came across the British comedy series “Are You Being Served?” but it was definitely on Buffalo’s PBS television station WNED and well after the program first aired in Britain in the 1970s. One of the show’s most colourful figures, John Inman (aka Mr. Humphries) has died in London at the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495597 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:51:57 +0100 495597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495600&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F07%2Fbrock-u-newspaper-aids-comments-beget-comments%2F As I wrote about here a recent Brock Press opinion piece got me revved up and I sent in a lengthy follow-up comment today after deciding, with another commenter declaring himself as gay, to disclose my sexual orientation as well as my HIV status: I appreciate the dialogue this article has generated and, following up on [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495600 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:05:12 +0100 495600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495603&cid=t_106479_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F06%2Fin-memoriam-chris-bearchall-august-16-1953-february-18-2007%2F Chris Bearchell was among the first lgbt activists, and definitely one of the first lesbians, I met when I came out during the tumultuous days of February, 1981. I remember helping her, in a bit of a work-bee, as we made up protest signs for one of many marches which followed the police raids [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495603 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:35:05 +0100 495603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=505072&cid=t_106479_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fmy-favorite-gay-and-lesbian-teshuvah-it.html My favorite gay-and-lesbian teshuvahIt took me this long to read Rabbi Gordon Tucker's teshuvah? It's as if all the questions and problems I have been having, all the points I have been fumbling after (and wasting precious bandwidth on, inelegantly and ineloquently, in this blog) have been encapsulated and justified. Go read. Let's talk. Dov W., are you out there? Come challenge. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=505072 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:38:00 +0100 505072