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This past weekend I was with a friend watching youtube videos of gays coming out of the closet. There were two things that struck me: one, "coming out" is now a notoriously common expression for anyone airing their secrets, and second, technology and the internet has possibly made t… Continue

by Tendayi Westerhof,
www.kubatana.net

"It doesn't matter if you are rich or educated — anyone can get HIV"
PlusNews
January 23, 2009

http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=82530

Former model Tendayi Westerhof is better known these days as a tough-talking HIV/AIDS activist. After testing HIV positive seven years ago, she left the modelling world to found the Public Personalities Against AIDS Trust (PPAAT) to encourage other public figures and celebr… Continue

Courtesy of www.kubatana.net

Tawanda Chisango, SAfAIDS
June 04, 2004

You can write to Tawanda at tawa@safaids.org.zw

If Shakespeare had written Romeo and Juliet in the 21st century and Juliet had said to Romeo as she had said then "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet" we would have rejected what many generations have accepted as true because people living with HIV and AI… Continue

It started with an idea. My old house mate, Gregg Mcgrady was with friends when he had it: what if we made a pride flag and it went from one end of Duval Street to the other? Key West could be the first and only place to make the claim, it made a flag that reached across two bodies of water - from… Continue

I'm embarrassed to admit that I am like most American's and only speak English. It's even more of a poor excuse when my father was born in Honduras and spanish was his first language. But, to my defense, I grew up in Ohio where in the late 70's and early 80's, the world-community climate had yet to bo… Continue