By Karen Rempel “People make their own faces and Larry knew this instinctively.” David Hockney wrote this two years after his friend’s death, describing Larry Stanton’s talent for portraiture. Larry was part of the wave of New York gay men tragically struck down by AIDS in the early 1980s. Larry died at St. Vincent’s Hospital
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Tom Duane: LGBT Leadership: A Tribute to a True Pioneer
By Bruce Poli Question: What is the definition of a Public Servant? Answer: Tom Duane Openly gay and openly HIV positive former New York State Senator Tom Duane was a courageous trailblazer for may LGBT ‘politicians’ to come : Debra Glick, Christine Quinn, Corey Johnson, Brad Hoylman, to name a few. However, in contrast, as
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Your Perspective is Your Religion: Growing Up Gay in the 80s and 90s
By Chauncey Dandridge I remember when MTV debuted on television in 1981. I was five. I remember the brilliant, sexy and sepia toned Calvin Klein “Obsession” ads on the back of Rolling Stone magazines. I remember, in 1989, opening up the liner notes for Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” cassette and finding this little sheet of
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Research Foundation to Cure AIDS Seeks a Global Cure
By Karen Hagberg The Research Foundation to Cure AIDS (RFTCA) is a not-for-profit US corporation focused on developing a cure for AIDS. As chair of the board of RFTCA, I felt compelled to write something for this month’s issue of WestView News, which is focused on HIV/AIDS. As some of you may have noted in
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Gay Officers Action League Reacts to Heritage of Pride’s Decision to Kick #CopsOutOfPride
The Gay Officers Action League (“GOAL”) is disheartened by the decision to ban our group from participating in New York City Pride. Heritage of Pride (NYC Pride) has long been a valued partner of our organization and its abrupt about-face in order to placate some of the activists in our community is shameful. GOAL and
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LGBTQ+ Community at Inflection Point
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. The gay pride parade held in major cities from Paris to London to New York on the same day in LGBT Pride month every June belongs to all members of the LGBTQ+ community. The parade guarantees a day of unadulterated and enveloping warmth, inclusiveness, and joy, especially important to all those
