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Gay Obama Administration Official Says He Can't Give a Lesbian Wife Health Benefits
Written by Daniela Perdomo Wednesday, 09 December 2009 06:46
Is an administration that's branded itself as change really forcing a gay man to deny a lesbian couple equal benefits? Yep.
I'm certainly not one of those doe-eyed Obama voters who really thought he was going to come in and change everything, but every now and then some bit of news comes out of the U.S. government that really does leave me dumbfounded. The following is one of them.
The Trans Community... Swimming in PTSD?
Written by SlyDi Monday, 07 December 2009 08:26
I started this diary about 15 years ago. I'd read an essay, "Swimming in AIDS" that'd been penned a couple decades ago in the middle of the AIDS epidemic. It was a moving commentary on those days before we had drugs that were effective against AIDS. Back then in the gay community so many gay brothers were sick and dying of AIDS that you were caught up in the tragedy, literally swimming in AIDS, even if you were HIV negative.
World AIDS Day 2009: Addressing the U.S. Epidemic
Written by The Center for American Progress Wednesday, 02 December 2009 09:03
This World AIDS Day, the Obama administration should begin to seriously address the root causes of the AIDS crisis here at home. As more than 33 million people worldwide live with HIV/AIDS, we want to recognize the impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in our own country and to call for action that helps the communities and people most in need.
Coal Kills - Medial Group Denounces Coal in Critical Report
Written by Joshua Frank Tuesday, 01 December 2009 07:05
At every stage in its life cycle coal can negatively impact human health, from mining operations, cleaning, transportation to burning and disposing of the combustion waste. PSR reports that many Americans are being affected daily by coal and the exposure is contributing to horrible health problems; heart attacks, lung cancer, strokes, asthma among others.
The Biology Behind the Milk of Human Kindness
Written by Natalie Angier Tuesday, 24 November 2009 08:53
As the festival of mandatory gratitude looms into view, allow me to offer a few suggestions on what, exactly, you should be thankful for.
Be thankful that, on at least one occasion, your mother did not fend off your father with a pair of nunchucks, but instead allowed enough contact to facilitate your happy conception. Be thankful that when you go to buy a pale, poultrylike entity, the grocery clerk will accept your credit card in good faith and even return it with a heroic garble of your last name.
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