on December 1st, 2009 by B.Graff
On this World AIDS Day, an ugly development in Uganda shows how gay people, HIV, and homophobia are intertwined. Last year, Uganda received $287 million American tax dollars for HIV prevention. The funds were part of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The latest round of money is now under scrutiny due to [...]
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on November 19th, 2009 by B.Graff
Yesterday was the funeral of Jason Mattison, Jr. Jason was a 15 year old Baltimore student who was murdered last week in his aunt’s home. He had been raped, stabbed in the throat and head, gagged with a pillowcase and stuffed into a closet. The perpetrator, 35 year old Dante Parrish, has confessed to the [...]
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