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For Love and For Life: A Slice of LGBT History 25 Years Ago

Chana Wilson | Posted 11.02.2012 | Gay Voices
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Chana Wilson

As we wandered the raucous streets, filled with jubilant queers, I felt safe holding my partner Dana's hand in a way I rarely did, even in the Bay Area. To feel that way here in the nation's capital was exhilarating.

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Summoning the Strength to End AIDS

Neil G. Giuliano | Posted 10.02.2012 | Gay Voices
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Neil G. Giuliano

Now more than ever we have the tools at our disposal to truly end AIDS. But our nation, and indeed the entire world, must summon the strength and the resources to stop this disease once and for all.

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The AIDS Quilt Is Now Available Online

By J. Bryan Lowder | Posted 07.25.2012 | Home
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In June of 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on five strange cases of a rare pneumonia in homosexuals; by the end of t...

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A Quilt For Charlie: Remembering My Brother Who Died Of AIDS

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 09.18.2012 | Fifty
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Suzanne Braun Levine

It is particularly distressing to me that women -- including women in my age group -- are a growing population of new HIV cases. Many people past menopause don't understand that just because they can't get pregnant doesn't mean they don't need to practice safe sex.

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Reflections From an Epidemic: Carrying the Torch to AIDS 2012

Jeff Berry | Posted 07.10.2012 | DC
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Jeff Berry

In only a few weeks, nearly 25,000 people from around the globe will descend upon Washington, D.C. for AIDS 2012, the XIX International AIDS Conference being held in the United States for the first time since 1990.

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AIDS Quilt Returns To National Mall

AP | By SARAH PARNASS | Posted 08.27.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- For tourists struck by the summer heat in the nation's capital, a quilt might be the farthest thing from their minds. But thanks to the ...

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Robin Wilkey

PHOTOS: AIDS Quilt Returns To Its Birthplace

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 02.13.2012 | San Francisco
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In 1987, a group of San Franciscans created a quilt to honor the memories of loved ones lost to AIDS. Over the last 25 years, the quilt has traveled t...

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