by Declan Cooley—ABC For 23-year-old Femi*, a night out celebrating a birthday with friends ended with a month and two days in jail because of his sexuality. In late July, Femi and his friends were among 40 gay men and boys, some as young as 13, who were arrested at a gay nightspot in a […]
Read More →By Savas Abadsidis – Plus After hundreds of other experts and HIV organizations have already signed on to a pledge that recognizes that people living with HIV whose treatment has brought their viral load to an undetectable level — which is nearly half of all HIV-positive people in the U.S. — do not transmit HIV […]
Read More →By Tim Murphy — TheBody.com Where had that friend gone? Micheal Rice — his first name is spelled that way — wondered that often of the fellow gay black friend he’d made in their early years in New York City, the friend who wanted to dance for Alvin Ailey and Beyoncé. “We were in New […]
Read More →By Steven Thrasher – BuzzFeed The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed a ruling that the college wrestler’s racially charged trial was “fundamentally unfair.” Prosecutors say, “We’re prepared to try the case again.” Michael Johnson, the college wrestler also known as “Tiger Mandingo” who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for “recklessly” exposing his sexual partners […]
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