AIDS in Africa: many straight women, but higher rate for gays
Isn’t AIDS in Africa more a problem for heterosexuals than for homosexuals? AIDS and HIV are severe problems…
Fatal flaw in official anti-AIDS declaration
COMMENTARY A new declaration seeking “global support to end the AIDS epidemic” has one fatal shortcoming. It outlines…
Glimmer of LGBT hope in Kenya’s anti-AIDS fight
“LGBT people find it hard, almost impossible to access medical services,” says one activist serving Kenya’s lesbian, gay,…
Expanding the fight against AIDS among LGBTs in Cameroon
After more than a year of working to educate LGBTI people in Yaoundé about how to avoid HIV…
20 male sex workers to fight HIV in Kenya
Male sex workers living with HIV and AIDS will soon join the fight against the disease in Kenya,…
Botswana again rejects LGBT anti-AIDS group
Botswana’s leading LGBTI rights group has been denied the legal registration it is seeking to ease fund-raising for…
Influential cleric in Iran blames gays for AIDS
A high-ranking Iranian cleric blames homosexuals for AIDS and considers both gays and their political allies “inferior to…
Uganda summit excludes gays from discussions of AIDS
Gay men in Uganda have an estimated HIV infection rate of 13.7 percent, but homosexuals were not allowed…
How not to fight AIDS — beat up gays
COMMENTARY Government harassment and anti-gay mobs in several African countries are hampering efforts of gay rights groups to…