NZ defense counsel no longer able to use "gay panic" defense

New Zealand defense counsel will no longer be able to use the "gay panic" defense, known formally as the "Partial Defense of Provocation" that has seen several killers of gay New Zealand men get a lighter sentence...

Gay City News salutes the great Martin Duberman

Gay City News calls Martin Duberman "A National Queer Treasure"  For those of us who have read Duberman's "Cures:  A Gay Man's Odyssey" in the 1990s and who have been involved in CUNY's gay lectures...

D.C. HIV/AIDS Report: HIV and AIDS Cases Rise 22 Percent In D.C.

Update: Monday, March 16, 2009; 7:07 pm EST: As noted at the end of this story, Dr. Hader was to take questions about the levels of HIV/AIDS cases in the Washington, D.C. area today at 2:00 pm. Questions and...

H.I.V. rates persist in U.S.

An in-depth study recently revealed that the HIV virus is spreading faster within the US than was previously thought.   New infections for 2006 totaled 56,300, a rate which was considerably higher than the CDC's (Centres for Disease Control) projected number of...

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