HIV / AIDS Timeline
40 years after the AIDS epidemic devastated the queer community and communities all around the world, we are proud to share our timeline of historic […]
LGBTQ+ Monthly Q&A
By Research Foundation to Cure AIDS President Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. OpinionatedQ: “Who Are You and What do you Contribute to the LGBTQ+ Community?” […]
Gay Art Deco Music
By Robert Heide In 1925 the City of Paris, France, presented a world’s fair entitled “Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes.” Fortunately over […]
Over the Rainbow
By Jeff Hodges When my daughter was in pre-K we walked to school past the mannequin in the dog collar, chains, and leather underwear hanging […]
A Tale of Two Viruses
By Mark Schulte I’ll never forget the first time I heard about AIDS. When I was a kid it was my “job” to collect the […]
A Tale of Two Parades: Halloween and Gay Pride
By Jeanne Fleming Before Pride, there was Halloween. 1973. It was a night when everyone could COME OUT and strut their stuff in a safe […]
Coming Out as an HIV Positive Gay Man
An interview by Robert Galinsky I had the joy of speaking with Antonio Troia, who is one of the 38 million people across the world […]
Anger = Life
By Michael Petrelis The Man’s Country bathhouse is where I met Mel Bronfman and his lover Ed Armstrong when I was 17-years-old and discovering New […]
Pride Month is a Month to Think of Your Loved One—After You Are Gone
By Arthur Z. Schwartz I’m running for City Council this month. I should be touting myself. But this is the Gay Pride Issue, and I […]
Local AIDS Nonprofit Keeps on Running
By Richard Brodsky The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation will be sponsoring its 14th annual 5K AIDS Cancer Run/Walk on June 6, 2021 in Baldwin Park, […]
Lifetalk with Roberta Russell: Lifespan Cut Short in Antigay Communities
By Roberta Russell On the occasion of this Gay Pride edition of the WestView News, I naively wondered about what gay pride really means? For […]
AIDS is Not Over
Excerpt from Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son By Richie Jackson My bruising first sexual experiences were compounded by an unrelenting fear […]
Bruce and Suzanne Poli: Longtime LGBTQ+ Allies of Unity During Pride
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Bruce and Suzanne’s lives revolve around civil rights and communication. This ally couple has a role in almost everything Pride-related in […]
As Youth Transitions, She and Her Mom Transform
By Kieran Loughney Kenny always called out his mom for her support of Donald Trump when the reality television star first ran for president. Their […]
The Rainbow Flag
By Bruce Poli In 1978, Gilbert Baker—who called himself the Gay Betsy Ross—hand dyed the first LGBT Rainbow Flag to fly in the San Francisco […]
David Carter and the Meaning of Stonewall
By Bruce Poli West Village author David Carter, renowned for his detailed, truth-telling history Stonewall: the Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution (St. Martin’s Press, […]
Pride Parade Goes Virtual in 2020
By Karen Rempel Proud marchers fill Seventh Avenue during New York’s World Pride Parade 2019, led by the Research Foundation to Cure AIDS’s founder, Kambiz […]