Where Are the Black Gay Men? (February 19, 2009)
Even on Black AIDS Awareness Day, black gay men remain on the margins.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Syphilis Relapse: Cases Soar in New York City (April 6, 2004)
Syphilis was nearly eradicated in the United States just six years ago, but its resurgence in New York City may be the harbinger of something even more frightening: a new HIV epidemic, particularly among gay men.
In The Village Voice
On Parade (May 2003)
A poem about GLBT Pride parades, by James Pergola.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Pride and Prejudice (May 2003)
A psychologist answers the question: "What do I do if I want to go to a GLBT Pride parade, but I'm disturbed by the participants' behavior?".
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Talking About Homosexuality in a School (1997)
An excerpt from the book, Talking About Homosexuality in the Secondary School, by Simon Forrest, Grant Biddle and Stephen Clift.
From AIDS Education and Research Trust
The Law of Desire (April 15, 1997)
A review of Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men by Gabriel Rotello, reviewed by Mark Schoofs.
In The Village Voice
The Psychological Epidemic (September 1995)
By Walt Odets.
In In The Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS, from Duke University Press
tweaker.org (Regularly Updated)
A down-to-earth, sometimes wacky, sometimes serious site for gay men who use crystal; provides information, resources and support.
From tweaker.org
Meth Addicts Describe the Recovery Process (October 10, 2003)
A detailed, personal look at what it takes for some gay men to beat their crystal meth addictions. This is the last article of a five-part series; previous articles are also available.
In Washington Blade
My Search for Meaning: A Video Blog by Mark S. King (May 27, 2009)
After more than 20 years living with HIV, Mark is still searching for meaning in his life and the role that HIV has played in it. In this emotional episode of Mark's ongoing video blog, he talks with three key people who helped him make sense of it all.
From The Body
You Gotta Have Friends: A Video Blog by Mark S. King (April 22, 2009)
Mark invites a group of his HIV-positive friends over for dinner. Together they share intimate stories about disclosure, sex, dating and how they've coped with their status.
From The Body
Mark King Bares It All: "The Sex Pig Is Dead"
Longtime HIVer Mark King has come a long way since the 1980s and early 1990s. As a gay man living in a wild time, he didn't hold back when it came to sex: "I didn't care about anything other than my own pleasure." In his latest video blog, Mark bares it all -- literally (well, almost) and figuratively. But this time, he's got HIV prevention in mind when he talks about barebacking, glory holes and his outlook on sex.
Homosexuality in the Black Church (April 2, 2007)
Bishop Harry Jackson, a fervent opponent of gay rights, discusses how black churches should respond to the AIDS epidemic.
From National Public Radio
Oh if Only (July/August 2005)
If only we always did what we were "supposed" to, what a different world it would be, Jim Pickett writes.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
AIDS, Marriage and Jumping the Broom (September/October 2004)
How do AIDS and economic issues intersect with gay marriage? It's all about human rights and access to health care, Greg Smith explains.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
When It Comes to Gay Men and HIV, Denial's the Name of the Game (July 29, 2004)
With the recent release of the film adaptation of A Home at the End of the World, LA Weekly reporter David Ehrenstein muses about the film, gay men and HIV in the United States.
In LA Weekly
"Bodysurfing" (July 2004)
A fictional short story about HIV, relationships, fidelity and a day at the beach, by Rob Phelps.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
"Hydraphobia" (July 2004)
In this fictional short story by Gary McClain, Mike struggles to cope when his boyfriend discloses that he's HIV positive.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
"Right Back Where We Started" (July 2004)
In this fictional short story by Joseph F. Kelly, a man emerges from a 20-year coma, and his longtime friend struggles to explain what happened to all the people he'd ever known.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
How AIDS Gave Gays Marriage (May 21, 2004)
In the 1980s, many people assumed that the U.S. AIDS crisis would push gay men even further out of mainstream society; as Christopher Caldwell explains, they couldn't have been more wrong.
In Financial Times
Born Again (December 2003)
Will Tony Kushner's Broadway hit turned HBO movie -- the story of a white gay American man with Kaposi's sarcoma -- inspire audiences now that global AIDS has the spotlight?.
In POZ
Sex- and Death-Crazed Gays Play Viral Russian Roulette! (January 24, 2003) Rolling Stone claims that a full quarter of new HIV infections stem from morbid thrill-seeking. Sean Hannity is swallowing the story -- should you?.
In Salon
Bruce (December 2002)
Raymond Burroughs writes about losing his life partner Bruce.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Outliving My Father (May 22, 2001)
Mark recounts how years of caring for friends dying of AIDS prepared him for taking care of his dying father.
In The Advocate, from Mark S. King
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