Political icon and previous candidate for a U.S. Senate seat on behalf of New York State Caroline Kennedy has joined the national effort towards legalizing gay marriage. Supporters of same-sex marriage have begun a petition to President Obama asking for nationwide implementation of legal marriage between gay, lesbian and transgender couples. Kennedy’s was the 100,000th…
The National Institute of Health announced yesterday that current anti-retroviral medications have been shown to cut the spread of HIV infections by 96 percent. The results of the most recent HIV medication study confirm those found several years ago by the Swiss High Court and signify a potential breakthrough in handling of the deadly virus…
Toni Atkins, the Democratic State Assemblymember from San Diego and sponsor of Assembly bill 499, succeeded today in garnering enough support to approve the measure for improved access to preventive STD services throughout the state of California. While current regulations permit young people to access preventive care with the involvement of a parent, and also…
Upon hearing the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by an American bullet, receiving texts, phone calls and emails from several people, then turning on the news to see people dancing on the streets in front of the White House and remembering the tragedy of 9/11, I was left reeling with emotions. So…
