Ben Bogen: Ally
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Ben Bogen
The rock musical Rent has certainly opened many a mind’s eye about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
The play first appeared on...
Trent Park: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Trent Park
Hip-hop singer Trent Park was raised in Syracuse, New York, comes from a Mexican mother and a Black father and...
Lesley-Ann Brandt: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Lesley-Ann Brandt
I’ve always had a fondness for demons …more so than angels.
Mazikeen, better known as Maze, is on the top of...
Hector Jiminez: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
It’s finally here. Election time!
A few weeks ago, I asked a smart person of color and millennial, Hector Jimenez, his views....
Tommy-Lee Baïk: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Tommy-Lee Baïk
Several years ago I was in Paris and attended a UNAIDS conference. After an early dinner, at the opulent Hotel...
Todd Lien: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Todd Lien
Todd Lien is a Star Walker! He raised more than $1,000 for the AIDS Walk, which qualified him for that...
Matthew Olshefski & Paul Castle: Advocates
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Matthew Olshefski & Paul Castle
As strippers Tessie Tura, Mazeppa, and Electra proclaim in the rollicking iconic musical, Gypsy, You Gotta Have...
Patrick Gunn: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Patrick Gunn
Where did he get that winning smile?—I’m aghast.
Planted here at an AIDS Life/Cycle event that took place before the lockdown...
Dudley Danoff, MD: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Dudley Danoff, MD
"Sex is life’s cheapest luxury and should be fun and relaxing, a simple, natural pleasure that erases worries, tensions,...
Michael B. Chadwick: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Michael B. Chadwick
On a nippy rainy L.A. evening, I’m in my little Silver Lake digs, aimlessly flicking the channel button on...
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