Recently Valerie Harper announced that she had incurable brain cancer and has a few months to live. Her response to this tragic news was that she’s enjoying life…now. Several years ago we had the joy and honor to have her grace the October 2007 cover of A&U, headlining our annual holiday gift giving issue. Humanitarian activist, Valerie Harper, discusses with A&U’S Dann Dulin her involvement with The Hunger Project, her inherited community-service gene, and being forever Rhoda Let’s go over here, Rho,” I say to [...]

This cover story interview originally appeared in the May 2010 issue of A&U. Johnny Galecki, Star of THE BIG BANG THEORY, converges with A&U’S Dann Dulin to discuss his encounter with the AIDS epidemic during the catastrophic onset of the disease Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Sean Black Dr. Leonard Hofstadter, a brilliant young physicist on the popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory, can apply his enormous intellect to solving the mysteries of the quantum structure of the universe, yet he is still a young man [...]

In this 2009 interview, Patricia Nell Warren sits down with activist José Colón. Pacientes de SIDS Pro Politica Sana is still making waves and still needs our support! José Colón talks about the birth of Pacientes de SIDA Pro Politica Sana & its continued need by Patricia Nell Warren Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Sean Black When José Colón was in Los Angeles to receive Alianza’s “Community Hero” award on September 19, he and his partner Anselmo Fonseca visited me at the Wildcat Press office. [...]

A&U was saddened to learn of Phyllis Diller’s passing. She was a trailblazer on all fronts—not only as a comic but an AIDS advocate—who will truly be missed. We caught up with her at the turn of the century—this century!—and we wanted to share this chat with her as a tribute to a legend. Phyllis Diller Is Not Laughing The Legendary Comedian shares her views on AIDS, Death, Religion, and the Magic of Believing by Dann Dulin “The place used to be haunted,” says Phyllis [...]

Olympic champion Greg Louganis has been in London for the Games and seeing his supportive reactions in the stands at the diving competitions reminded us about the degree of difficulty he has faced living with HIV/AIDS. Check out our February 2008 cover story interview with one of the greatest sports heroes ever. Though retired from the boards, Greg Louganis plunges into other waters and discusses with A&U’s Dann Dulin How He uses his skills to teach others, his personal program for confronting HIV, adherence and [...]

Maverick thinker Gore Vidal graced our August 2005 and it was no surprise when he offered thoughtful and blunt responses to interviewer Dann Dulin’s questions. A&U is saddened by his passing. Legendary writer Gore Vidal sits down with A&U’s Dann Dulin and vents about the politics and conspiracies of AIDS, the Bush Administration, and the losses he’s faced One recent afternoon, Gore Vidal phoned. What a surprise to hear that unmistakable and distinctly erudite voice. He was responding to my invitation to be interviewed by [...]

Congratulations are in order to Judith Light for her much-deserved 2012 Tony win for Other Desert Cities, but she has received many plaudits as well for her AIDS advocacy throughout the years. Revisit A&U’s July 2007 cover story to learn more about why it’s important to remember we have only one life to live. Aboard the Queen Mary 2, activist Judith Light rocks the boat with A&U’s Dann Dulin, talking about the gay community’s core strength in the fight against AIDS, her Rx for loss, [...]

May 4 marks the birthday of Keith Haring, one of the most prolific and popular artists to take on AIDS awareness. In 2008, Lester Strong wrote about Haring’s work and a new book on the artist that had been recently published. A New Book Celebrates the Art and Life of AIDS Acivist Keith Haring by Lester Strong Anyone living in New York City during the early 1980s knew Keith Haring’s art long before they knew his name: odd but amusing stick figures drawn with white chalk [...]

Zippy, zany, and full of zeal, the 2012 documentary Larger Than Life, about the adventures of Carol Channing, finds this “Dolly” performing her signature role of Hello, Dolly! for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS—and at ninety years young yet, is out in theaters! Check out our 2004 interview with Carol Channing about her AIDS advocacy. Broadway Babe Stage Veteran Carol Channing Has a New Opening Number: To Give Is to Heal by Dann Dulin “A ll but one of the original Hello, Dolly! chorus boys are [...]