Mom and Her HIV+ Son
By an Anonymous Mother November 21, 2010 was like any other day. Two of my three children came for a visit. We were so happy […]
Black Queer Here: Saint Pauli Murray
Interview by Dee Dee Perry Throughout Pauli Murray’s earthly journey (1910–1985), the activist carried many labels: Black, Queer, Attorney, Professor, Poet, and Priest are only […]
Full Stop, Full Disclosure
By Maggie Kneip After my husband died of full-blown AIDS any talk of him came to a full-stop. I was reminded of this recently, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Catch and Release: Chapter 6
The Christmas Date Part 3 By Karen Rempel George was waxing philosophical again. “I have a trite aphorism that I offer all the time: men […]
Karen’s Quirky Style
By Karen Rempel New York Tough. New York Proud. New York Variant. Rona the virus is drooping. I began tracking coronavirus news daily, obsessively, in March […]
The Need for HIV Screening and Treatment Behind the Prison Wall
By Aakash Shah and James McGreevey The contours of his expression relaxed. The wrinkles on his face grew less tense. “Doc, I didn’t even know […]
A POCs on This House: African American Mistrust of the US Healthcare System
By Nathanael L. Holley Sometimes, I have moments when I really want to get a COVID-19 vaccine. I say to myself, Nate, this is science, […]
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 […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN – ALMOST! From springtime in the Square To action on the street, … and even returning tourists round the […]
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 […]
Knowledge Is Power: Power Is Kindness
By Dale Atkins, Ph.D. When I think about AIDS 40 years ago, I’m sad, of course. Like so many of us, I lost good friends […]
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 […]
A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo A new month, and the city is opening. For those of us who were vaccinated, we can now go mask-less in the […]