This weekend in Dallas, February 19 -21, Black Cinematheque Dallas, along with Fahari Arts Institute, DFW Senators, and Mandrake Arts & Media will be hosting a Marlon Riggs Film Festival. The films and shorts begin at 7pm each night at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh in Dallas and nightly entry fee is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘HIV/AIDS’
Podcast: Conversation with Buster Spiller
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I’ve written on this blog and other places that one of my favorite experiences after accepting myself as a gay man was taking part in a inter-generational discussion of black gay men every other Saturday in Houston called The Men’s Gathering. Today, I’m speaking with one of the architects of the The Men’s Gathering in [...]
Building bridges with Dallas NAACP on HIV education and prevention
On last Tuesday, January 5th, Venton Jones, president of the DFW Pride Movement-an organization promoting health and education among Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people, was invited to speak at the Dallas NAACP membership meeting at the request of its president, Dr. Juanita Wallace, to discuss current HIV/AIDS statistics in Dallas and proactive solutions [...]
Video PSAs encourage HIV testing among Black males: “Status Is Everything”
New Jersey-based, African American Office of Gay Concerns, recently hired Robert Penn Productions to produce videos PSAs to encourage HIV testing among Black males and those who love them. Here’s a statement from the YouTube site hosting the PSAs: Newark, New Jersey’s African American Office of Gay Concerns (AAOGC) hired Robert Penn productions to develop, [...]
Study from UCLA AIDS Institute finds stem cells feasible in killing HIV
New study released yesterday from UCLA AIDS Institute (in the peer-reviewed journal, PloS ONE) demonstrates the feasibility of stem cells being engineered into cells that can target and kill HIV. “We have demonstrated in this proof-of-principle study that this type of approach can be used to engineer the human immune system, particularly the T-cell response, [...]
Ugandan sexual minorities fighting for better health care
Even in the face of the Anti-Homosexuality bill currently before the Ugandan parliament, the groups, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), is still working to reduce the stigma of HIV/AIDS being a gay disease and urging the government for more inclusive health care as a human right, according to a new article at Behind The Mask. Frank [...]
Travis McCoy hopes to bring change “One At A Time”
Gym Class Heroes frontman, Travis McCoy, brings a breezy track to highlight HIV prevention. You can download the track and any donation you make stays 100% with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, which provides micro grants to grassroots organizations worldwide to educate and fight the spread of HIV. Travis McCoy has a goal of $100,000 [...]
World AIDS Day Discussion tonight at United Black Ellument
Wanted to share a special open event from friends at United Black Ellument in Deep Ellum commemorating World AIDS Day: United Black Ellument is black young gay/bi men 18-29 cultivating knowledge and creatively building community. They’re located at 3116 Commerce Street, Suite C – Dallas, TX. 75226
