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In Trump era, life feels like ‘Dunkirk’
A scene from ‘Dunkirk.’ (Photo courtesy Warner Bros.) “It’s relaxing to read about World War II,” my cousin says, “because we know we won it.” She has a point, I thought, until the Trump era began....
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Non-daily PrEP still effective: researchers
LONDON — Sexually active gay men who are HIV-negative don’t have to take PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) daily to use it as an effective prevention strategy, a new study has found. Taking four doses...
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The price is right: Paid leave strengthens our families
No one should ever have to decide between their family and their job — and nor should they feel worried about making ends meet during some of life’s most challenging situations. It’s been 24 years...
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A newfound appreciation for Columbia at 50
An aerial shot of Columbia, Md., taken in the 1970s. For a list of anniversary activities, visit columbiamd50.com. (Photo courtesy the Columbia Archives) Growing up as a Columbia ‘pioneer’ By KEVIN...
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Celebrating National Health Center Week
Chase Brexton Health Care (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) Next week, Chase Brexton Health Care will join more than 1,200 sister organizations across the country in celebration of the...
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U.K. vending machine offers HIV testing
BRIGHTON, England — A new vending machine that gives HIV test results in 15 minutes has been installed at a sauna in Brighton, a seaside resort town about an hour south of London, the Argus, a...
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Drug importation policy is a hard pill to swallow
When I first heard the news that Congress was considering legislation that would allow prescription drugs to be imported from abroad, I was honestly quite shocked. I know firsthand how such policy can...
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D.C. journalist Terry Michael dies at 70
Terry Michael (Photo courtesy Linkedin) Terry Michael, whose career of more than 40 years in Washington took on the role of journalist, press secretary, educator, and political commentator, died Aug. 7...
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‘Queer Eye’ host is HIV campaign spokesperson
Jai Rodriguez (Photo by Greg Hernandez; courtesy Wikimedia Commons) NEW YORK — Former “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” “culture vulture” Jai Rodriguez is a spokesman for a new HIV campaign called...
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Barbara Cook helped us survive and thrive
Barbara Cook (Photo by Joella Marano; courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Some deaths make you feel as if the sky that has been there all your life has disappeared. That’s how it’s been for many of us since...
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U.S. Conference on AIDS opens Sept. 7
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is scheduled to speak at the AIDS conference. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) The 21st annual U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA), which is scheduled to take place Sept....
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Remembering Diana
Princess Diana at the Leonardo Prize Ceremony in 1995. (Photo by Nick Parfijonov; via Wikimedia) The world looks back this week at the legacy of Diana, Princess of Wales as next week (Aug. 31) marks...
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Filmed ‘Angels’ revival screens at Shakespeare
(Photo courtesy Olney Theatre Center) Shakespeare Theatre Company screens a new staging of “Angels in America” at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F St., N.W.) from Sept. 5-12. Tony Kushner’s play (seen here in...
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HIV rates plummeting in parts of Australia
(Image by MJC; courtesy Wikimedia Commons) SYDNEY, Australia — The number of new HIV cases in Australia’s New South Wales region has plummeted to a record low, suggesting the state is on track to...
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QUEERY: Eric Peterson
Eric Peterson (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Eric Peterson lives in Washington but has a special place in his heart for Rehoboth Beach, Del. He started vacationing there around the time he...
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CVS exposes patients’ HIV status in mailings
CVS Caremark, a division of the CVS pharmacy and healthcare company, abruptly discontinued a mailing last week to patients in Ohio receiving HIV-related medication from the company after it learned...
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Food & Friends joins ‘Food Is Medicine’ symposium
The local organization Food & Friends, which for years has delivered meals to people with HIV and AIDS and other serious illnesses in the D.C. metropolitan area, is among more than a dozen similar...
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FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2017: Books
‘Black on Both Sides: a Racial History of Trans Identity’ is slated for a December release. It explores the lives of black trans women throughout U.S. history. (Photo courtesy University of Minnesota...
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Chicago hopes to eliminate HIV over next decade
(Photo by Tony Webster; courtesy Flickr) CHICAGO — Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a plan this week to eliminate new HIV diagnoses in the city and state over the next decade, the Chicago Sun...
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Impeach the SOB
The Log Cabin Republicans this week are holding a fundraiser at Trump International Hotel in D.C. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) Our national nightmare continues, this time with the...
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