Month: December 2009

Remembering friends on World AIDS Day

John Thomas was the first executive director of Resource Center Dallas — AIDS Resource Center, Gay and Lesbian Community Center, AIDS Food Pantry, Nelson-Tebedo Clinic. John sang with the Chorale and helped found the Women’s...

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The Pink Glove Dance

OKay, somebody sent me the link to this video in an e-mail. Supposedly, when the video gets 1 million views, Medline will make a sizable donation to breast cancer awareness efforts. The video features staff — and maybe a patient...

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Sweden ends ban on gay blood donors

I thought it appropriate that this announcement came on World AIDS Day: Sweden has announced that it is lifting its ban on blood donations by gay men, effective March 1, 2010. Blood donations by any man who has ever had sex with...

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D.C. Council OKs same-sex marriage

The Washington, D.C., council has approved, by a vote of 11-2, a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the district, D.C. Agenda reports here. The bill still requires a second vote by the council later this year, and...

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Paul Baker memorial set for Monday

Paul Baker, the founding artistic director of the Dallas Theater Center, died just days before the official opening of the second 50 years of the company in its new digs at the Wyly Theatre. He was iconic in Dallas theater,...

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