Month: June 2006

TCC artistic director to step down

By David Webb Staff WriterAfter 2 decades at helm of gay men’s chorus, Seelig plans to take new role in ’07 as goodwill ambassador Turtle Creek Chorale artistic director Tim Seelig plans to step down from the...

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Appeals court reinstates Foreign Service HIV suit

By Ann Rostow Contributing WriterRejected job candidate continues his challenge of agency’s policy banning HIV-positive recruits Lorenzo Taylor The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has reinstated an HIV...

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A quarter-century of plague an epidemic unending

By Dennis Vercher – Staff WriterEvidence points to AIDS epidemic peaking but no time soon THE ENEMY: HIV has sparked the worst epidemic humankind has ever known. Most Americans are already intellectually and emotionally...

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PATIENT ZERO?

By Colin Munoz – Intern Gaetan Dugas During 1981, Gaetan Dugas, a French-Canadian airline steward, was having sex with possibly hundreds of men. Unbeknown to them, Dugas, later known as “Patient Zero,” was...

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NOSTRUMS FEED FRUITLESS HOPE

How does one cope when hope has fled? Louise Hay As usual, when there is no real hope, the medicine-man variety usually comes a’knocking. And when AIDS hit with force in the gay community, Louise Hay was there to tell gay...

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