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First generation to discuss surviving AIDS crisis, healing the community

NEW YORK -- Hundreds of New Yorkers who lived during the worst devastation of the AIDS years, joined by leading educators and scientists, will come together in a free panel discussion and town-hall meeting to discuss the unique challenges they face as a group.

Titled "Is This My Beautiful Life? Perspectives From Survivors of the AIDS Generation," this first-ever community forum will take place on Thursday, May 9, from 7-9 pm, in Mason Hall at Baruch College, 17 Lexington Ave. (enter on 23rd Street). The space is wheelchair accessible.

Scientists on brink of HIV cure

(Editor's note: Since this article was published by The Telegraph, the Treatment Action Group has called the article "wildly irresponsible." To read the group's comments, click HERE.)

Danish scientists are expecting results that will show that “finding a mass-distributable and affordable cure to HIV is possible.”

NIH discontinues immunizations in HIV vaccine study

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, will stop administering injections in its HVTN 505 clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine regimen because an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) found during a scheduled interim review that the vaccine regimen did not prevent HIV infection nor reduce viral load (the amount of HIV in the blood) among vaccine recipients who became infected with HIV.

The funny and serious sides of Mondo Guerra: From "Project Runway" to HIV-education activist

SAN DIEGO – “Project Runway” favorite Mondo Guerra urges everybody to get out Thursday and support Dining Out For Life (DOFL) or buy his limited-edition tee to raise money for AIDS service organizations nationwide.

During a free-ranging interview with San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, Guerra proves to be as open and candid as he was on the popular reality TV series “Project Runway.” But the Denver resident also flashes a funny side that did not often show its face during two appearances on “Project Runway.”

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RGOD2: Is LGBT equality a development issue?

(Editor’s note: As the World Bank announces a landmark research project on the economic costs of homophobia, the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle reflects on what it feels like to be on the first-ever LGBT panel at the world Bank’s Spring Civil Society meetings this week.)

Five-hundred civil society organizations are gathering from all over the world this weekend at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. to engage in discourse with the World Bank staff.

Young gay men face violence, lack housing and access to HIV services, global survey finds

A new study indicates that young men who have sex with men (YMSM) around the world experience higher levels of homophobia, unstable housing, violence and other factors that hinder access to HIV services, compared to older MSM.

Conducted by the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF), the analysis shows YMSM fare worse than older MSM in their attempts to access numerous HIV services, including HIV treatment.

“Existing data indicates that rates of HIV are rapidly increasing among YMSM in low and high income countries alike,” said Dr. George Ayala, MSMGF executive director.

Immigration Court urged not to deport HIV-positive man convicted in sting

LOS ANGELES – Lambda Legal and the HIV Law Project today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to overturn an Immigration Judge’s ruling ordering the deportation of an HIV-positive immigrant convicted of solicitation for oral sex.

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17th annual Positively Aware HIV Drug Guide released

CHICAGO -- Positively Aware magazine’s 17th annual HIV Drug Guide is now available, in print and online.

Recognized as a “must-have” reference tool for HIV service providers and consumers alike, the Positively Aware HIV Drug Guide provides important information to individuals living with HIV as well as their caregivers on how to best manage their treatment.

Kansas health dept. proposal could allow for quarantine of individuals with HIV

TOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed bill in the Kansas state legislature could allow the quarantine of people with AIDS or HIV, according to an LGBT advocacy group in testimony before a Kansas state Senate panel on Thursday.

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Desert AIDS Project to mark National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – “Share knowledge; take action” is the message being spread by National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, as it seeks to shed light on the often-overlooked impact of HIV/AIDS among this segment of the American population.

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