This World AIDS Day, we must protect access to HIV medicines
As a physician who has worked with patients living with HIV since the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, I’ve seen the darkness and the light. Back then, it was a scary, anxious time—not only for patients, but...
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Cunningham’s ‘Day’ is one of the best books of the year
‘Day’By Michael Cunninghamc. 2023, Random House$28/273 pages “She always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day,” Virginia Woolf, the groundbreaking, queer,...
View ArticleThe haunting – and haunted – queer love of ‘Strangers’
If you’ve read any “Best Of Queer Cinema” article written since 2011, you’re almost certainly familiar with Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend,” even if you’ve never seen it. A sexy but poignant tale of two men...
View ArticleREVIEW: Madonna’s joyful, nostalgic, chaotic ‘Celebration’
The entire two-plus hours of Madonna’s “Celebration Tour” seemed to build to a singular ecstatic moment when the pop and queer icon glided above the packed floor of Capital One Arena in a lighted box...
View ArticleProminent LGBTQ rights attorney Mauro Montoya dies at 65
Mauro Walden-Montoya, a prominent LGBTQ rights attorney in D.C. who was among the first to represent people with HIV facing discrimination before he moved to New Mexico and became active in LGBTQ...
View ArticleRetail king
Jeff Gennette’s personal and professional journey is a unique one. Coming out in 1983 to supportive parents. Finding community as an openly gay man in ‘80s San Francisco, watching scores of friends...
View Article‘Blindspot’ reveals stories of NYC AIDS patients that haven’t been told
“We said that people had The Monster, because they had that look,” activist Valerie Reyes-Jimenez, said, remembering how people in her New York neighborhood reacted when people first got AIDS. They...
View ArticleHoward University, Gilead working to encourage HIV prevention
Howard University earlier this month hosted an event to support efforts in the Washington, D.C. area to spread HIV/AIDS awareness. The event highlighted a collaboration between Howard University and...
View ArticleWhitman-Walker names new CEO for Health System unit
Whitman-Walker Health, D.C.’s longtime LGBTQ and HIV health services provider, announced on March 26 that it has appointed Heather Aaron, a health care educator and executive for more than 30 years,...
View ArticleSupport HIV research with a drag show
El Techo will host, in partnership with Cherry Fund, a special edition of “Cherry Sundays” on Sunday, April 7 at 11 a.m. This event is a one-day fundraising bottomless brunch. There will be...
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