The strength and beauty and love of life each of these models expressed during their time with us was beyond inspirational, as was their commitment to spreading the word the HIV can happen to anyone no matter what their age, race, socio-economic class, education, sexual orientation or any other demographic.

Some Fundie churches are willing to put their flock’s health at risk with false claims of healing HIV+ patients through prayer and purportedly “de-gaying” people through “de-demonizing.” Across the pond, an undercover investigation finds those practices at an evangelical church in Britain.

In commemorating World AIDS Day, it’s good to take a look at where we stand. A lot of releases are hitting my inbox today, including several from the White House. First, a frank look at the epidemic that airs on public TV today.

With the holiday coming up, we’ve asked one of our excellent commenters, fatster, to suggest stories and links for a morning post.  Our regular readers have been enjoying fatster’s contributions for a long time, so why not put them in a post?  So . . . here are fatsters hotlinks for today. Goldman Sachs might [...]

The Obama Administration has denied the request of a married couple in San Francisco, ordering the expulsion of one spouse who is the primary caregiver of his legally married husband with AIDS.

Team Obama is incapable of valuing our actual relationships, while making pretty speeches about DOMA’s unconstitutionality.

No, it is not typical to cover breaking news on celebrity deaths here at FDL, but this deserves notice. Yes, Taylor was a giant of the silver screen, but it should also be noted that she lent her fame to AIDS activism before most politicians even knew what it was.

And, finally, we showed that people can demand that their government help find the solution. Given modern, technologically advanced 21st century medicine, it is, in fact, the least we should expect from our government.

A government that is the solution, not the problem — like the one you promised and delivered for so many of my dead friends.

December 1st 2010 is both World AIDS Day and the first day of Hanukkah. They both mean something, and something the same; dedication. Make a kindness, no matter your religious belief. I have none myself, but finding a reason to make a kindness just always sits right with me. As well as dedication.

There’s an epidemic in America: due to the rapidly expanding homophobia tolerated, and rewarded, in our political sphere and due to more tolerance of bullying, LGBTQ teens are taking their own lives in despair and mistaken shame. America is rapidly reaching double-digits in teen suicides in the past few weeks, and these are the ones we know about. Why won’t Barack Obama speak out?

Shouting “Broken Promises KILL!” a group of LGBT and AIDS activists heckled President Obama as he began to speak at a NYC fundraising event that raised $1.4 million for his party and fellow Democrats seeking election this November.