All posts tagged "hiv/aids"
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''Hollaback'' Help
Local transgender activist Dee Curry describes the newly formed ''Hollaback'' support group for transgender people as ''a place where transgenders feel they can come, talk,...
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Us Helping Us Stretching
Besides coffee and a shower, I don't have time for anything else in the morning before jumping into the daily grind. That's my excuse for...
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Gloves Come Off
Silence filled the auditorium at the University of the District of Columbia Monday evening as about 200 attendees and a panel of speakers waited and...
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HIV test at Whitman-Walker Clinic
Having recently come out of a long-term, mostly sexless relationship -- my first, actually -- HIV tests have been somewhat of an enigma to me....
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Out on the Trail
Jerry Cowden is in the final stretch of fulfilling his lifelong dream -- literally. After setting off from his Arlington home on May 2 with...
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White Attire Returns
From a backyard party to one of the District's most dazzling annual events, to something of a hybrid, Abdur-Rahim Briggs has been doing his part...
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Addressing an Epidemic
Though the air-conditioning kept the sweltering D.C. evening at bay, participants at the Capital Pride Town Hall: D.C.'s HIV/AIDS Crisis could not avoid creating their...
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Bringing Safety Back
Washingtonians share their District with a virus that refuses to leave. HIV is still here. It can still be fatal. And it's spreading at a...
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Proud and Prepared
Dr. Philip B. Terry is no stranger to emergencies. He started volunteering for the American Red Cross when he was 14. And until last year,...
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Emergency Responders
Police remove Larry Bryant from Pennsylvania Avenue (Photo by Todd Franson) As Larry Bryant and Keith Holder, both HIV-positive, lay on Pennsylvania Avenue in front...
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Emergency Responders
DC Fights Back (DCFB) staged a protest Friday morning, March 20, demanding Mayor Adrian Fenty develop an emergency plan to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in...
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Taxes for Tyrants
I recently excerpted the HIV/AIDS-related items from the State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008. The grim survey ranges from Russia, where...
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Dr. Phil
Dr. Philip B. Terry has a hero: his grandmother. She instilled a simple message in her grandson -- that he should be and do his...
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Lending an Ear
In the District, people talk about HIV/AIDS -- a lot. Of course, with a statistical profile that puts D.C. on par with sub-Saharan Africa when...
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Life Songs
After a recent dress rehearsal with the Capitol Pride Symphonic Band, director Joe Bello was feeling emotional. ''They actually moved me to tears on the...
