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FDA Favors First Drug For HIV Prevention
A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Full story here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/truvada-hiv-prevention-fda-drug_n_1500570.html?ref=fb&ir=Gay+Voices&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008&src=sp&comm_ref=false
Sex on the ship balcony; engaging Governments : Caribbean IRN Update 3 April 2012
This update reviews some of the events in the Caribbean over the last month or so.  The issue of gay cruise ship tourism came up  as listed here Media coverage of the arrest of Gay tourists in Dominica In Antigua & Barbuda ,
On the Margins: A Queer Miner's Story 边边论坛:一个矿工的同志生活
边边论坛:一个矿工的同志生活 十年矿工生活,马拉松爱好者,摇滚乐爱好者,已婚男同志,这些不同的标签集中在一个人的身上,他,就是岳建波。 岳建波,1980年出生,在山西省阳泉市一个小县城上班,是中国百万矿工中的一员,是中国地下摇滚青年中的一份子,也是一名马拉松跑爱好者。更不为大众所知的,他是一名同性恋者,并有一个异性恋的妻子。 作为一个生活在三四线城市的人,他的矿工生活、同志生活、他周围的矿工朋友,他的妻子,他的家庭,究竟是什么样的?他的生活与大城市同志生活又有什么样的不同?性取向、职业、地域种种身份的交叉、复杂性又是怎样在他个人身上体现的? 带着这些问题,边边小组请来了岳建波分享他作为一个矿工的同志生活,让我们抛却想象一起进入他的世界。 嘉宾:岳建波 主持:何小培、粉色空间性文化发展研究中心负责人;韦婷婷/waiting、北京纪安德项目主任,边边小组发起人之一 主办:边边小组 支持:纪安德、粉色空间、北京同志中心   时间:3月10日周六下午3:30-5:30   地点:北京同志中心   费用:10元(用于支持同志中心的运营) 附:   网上对岳建波的报道:http://energy.people.com.cn/GB/12487820.html   ----------------------------------------------------------- ※边边小组是2012年新成立的由不同机构中的个人志愿发起的跨界合作小组,致力于从酷儿理论和女权主义视角出发关注性少数群体中的边缘人群,提高性少数中边缘人群的被接纳程度和相关议题的社会可见度,反对僵化分类。倡导性别平等,打破性别藩篱,建立超越身份政治的联盟,探索现有标签之外的多种可能性。
First David Kato Award , war and teaching homosexuality : Caribbean IRN Update 19 December, 2011
 Best wishes from the Caribbean IRN board for your end of year celebrations.In this update, we extend congratulations to Jamaican Maurice Tomlinson who has been given the first David Kato Award. The news that President Obama and Secretary of State Hilton have endorsed…
Announcing "Queer Politics & the Palestinian Struggle: Ten Years of Activism," a talk by Haneen Maik
Queer Politics & the Palestinian Struggle: Ten Years of Activism A talk by Haneen Maikey Queer Palestinian groups began to emerge in as early as 2001. After a decade of activism Palestinian queer groups aspire to lead a new queer movement that is integral to the Palestinian society, a movement…