(CNN) — Masonia Traylor doesn’t look sick. The 25-year-old mother of two is poised. Sitting in a boardroom at AID Atlanta, an HIV outreach facility in Atlanta where she volunteers, she exudes confidence. But Traylor is HIV positive. According to the CDC, 50,000 Americans are infected with HIV each year, and 25% of those are…
SAN DIEGO – More than 50 local restaurants and bars have already signed on for the seventh annual Dining Out for Life® San Diego, set for Thursday, April 25. “Each year we are blown away by the generosity we receive from our local restaurants and bars for this truly community-based fundraiser,” said Ian Johnson, Dining…
You might have noticed that artists and writers are beginning to look back and reflect upon the 1980s and that era that has come to be known as the “AIDS crisis”? I am thinking about Just Kids by Patti Smith, a memoir that chronicles her early years in New York and her pivotal friendship with…
NEW YORK – Leopold Kong, Ph.D. of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla has been awarded one of four grants by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. The grant of $125,000 is part of the sixth round of Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research, designed to support the work of young HIV/AIDS researchers….
Working toward an AIDS-free generation BY STEVE LEE Grant Colfax, M.D. is the director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). In this role, he is President Barack Obama’s lead advisor on domestic HIV/AIDS policy and he is responsible for coordinating HIV/AIDS policy issues for the Domestic Policy Council. Announcing Dr. Colfax’s appointment in…
The University of California San Diego’s recognition of World AIDS Day, will focus attention on and raise awareness of the impact that HIV/AIDS has had in the San Diego community. UC San Diego will sponsor a number of events for this first-of-a kind commemoration of World AIDS Day, which will culminate with the display of…
Thank you for all your positive comments on my and Stampp Corbin’s political and civil rights interview on both the KPBS radio and TV shows. David Copley turned his back on HIV/AIDS and his gay community When President Ronald Reagan died almost all of his good accomplishments were hailed and praised, but almost all of…
Saturday, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day, a day designed to raise global awareness to the issues surrounding Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is a day to raise awareness to the ongoing fight against the disease and in remembrance of the many millions of people who have died because of the disease. This year’s…
I will not comment on the Johnathan Hale Media-pushed “Balboa Park lily pond” vandalization incident until after my meeting with Police Chief Lansdowne and other city officials. Next mayor and city council to be right-wing? When I first arrived in San Diego in the early 1970s our city was controlled by a conservative right-wing mayor…
Saturday, Aug.11, Bears San Diego and Mr. Bear 2012, Chuck Houghton, will host the “Bears Care” rummage sale, in the auditorium at The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rummage sale is a fundraiser to benefit HIV/AIDS support services through Family Health Centers of San Diego,…
