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Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness Reveals That He Is HIV-Positive

Jonathan Van Ness, the star of Queer Eye, revealed that he is a survivor of sexual abuse, has battled substance abuse, and is HIV-positive in an interview with the New

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DAYS OF OUR LIVES

LIFE I must belong to a lesser category of queers that self-discovered quite early. Even though I was born into a neighborhood that had a disproportionately higher number of girls

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“Love Conquers Hate.” The Part 2 Of Kenny Brandmuse’s Tell-All Interview

This interview continues from HERE. * Tell us about life as an HIV-Positive gay Nigerian. Even though HIV is not a badge of honor for anyone, it’s been listed as

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THE VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATH

Some people were born with a silver spoon, some others with a rubber spoon. Unfortunately, I came around the time when all the spoons were exhausted. All my years growing

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So the guy you like just told you he’s HIV-positive — Now what?

A piece by Jake Myers You’re on cloud nine. He’s hot. The chemistry is right. The conversation flows. There’s nothing about him that annoys you. It’s so rare to find

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MY OTHER BIRTHDAY

In our journey through life, birthdays are always taken to be momentous occasions to be celebrated often. In most cases, when you mention a birthday, we think about the date

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If you meet Mr. Right and he turns out to be HIV-positive, he’s still Mr. Right

Earlier this year, Charlie Tredway was officially crowned Mr. Gay New Zealand 2017, but his accomplishment has been overshadowed by his HIV-positive status. While campaigning for the title, Tredway was

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THOSE VERY LONG MINUTES

The sun has become the source of such scalding pain these days. My mother has taken to saying that there would come a time when we wouldn’t need to use

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One Year Later

I fell in love with the word ‘paradox’ when I came across it in Piers Anthony’s Incarnation series. It is continuously used for the Chronos, the Incarnation of Time, and

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AS I LIVE: 6 (Bed of Lies)

Yemi: Hey, how are you doing? Me: I’m doing well, and you? Yemi: I need to tell you something. I would have called you but I know you won’t pick