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Christopher Bates is the Director of AIDS Policy at US Department of Health & Human Services and has recently been named Executive Director of the President’s Council on HIV and AIDS. His keynote address was recorded Friday, October 2, 2009 at the LGBT Summit during D/FW Pride Movement at the Westin CityCenter in downtown Dallas. [...]
A great reception tonight for the DFW Pride Movement at Excuses, 3025 N. Main, in Deep Ellum. Great to see more straight allies, including State Representative Terri Hodge, supporting us. Of course, the “family” is fabulous as always! Here are a few pics. Click any picture to enlarge and advance through the photo set.
Last year was a real low for me at Dallas Southern Pride. There were good experiments that weren’t well attended, such as the Black and Brown Summit and the Tim’m T. West “Front Porch” concept, both on Friday. I also noticed that there was a lack of women’s programming available throughout the weekend and the [...]
According to the BBC, HIV infection rates are now 10 times higher than the general male population. While education is cited as a critical need in the region, their findings mainly point to the difficult task of reach men who have sex with other men. The Oxford University researchers found that the prevalence of HIV/Aids [...]
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During my recent trip to Wimberly, TX, for ALLGO‘s 2nd Statewide Summit for Queer People of Color, I had a chance to speak with one of the founders of the organization, Saul Gonzalez takes me back to 1982 and how his efforts in local political activism came to form ALLGO in concert with other activists. [...]
As HIV/AIDS continues to ravage the African-American community in Dallas, this is an opportunity to remember why we work to rid our community of this disease by celebrating the lives of those we’ve lost. On Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 3:00P.M., the Project Hope Foundation, along with other agencies and organizations in the Dallas Metroplex [...]
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This week, I’m interviewing M. Jai Makokha who’s involved with the program, Stomp Out Syphilis, formerly known as Eliminating Syphilis. Find out how the group is addressing general health issues, including sexual health, in community organizations and churches throughout the Dallas area. Also, learn about the symptoms of syphilis and why it’s called “The Great [...]
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While I’m preparing for the African-American LGBT writer’s festival,Fire and Ink III, in Austin this October (and you should be, too), I wanted to make sure I speak with more authors who will be there. Today, sociologist, sexologist, and author Herukhuti (full name, Aih Djehuti Herukhuti Khepara Ra Temu Seti Amen) joins me in a [...]
