Just*in Time: May 2014
Posted on May 30, 2014 by A&U in Columns, Just*in Time
Just*in Time by Justin B. Terry-Smith Hello Justin, It’s been a while. I want to say congrats on all the wonderful things happening in your life. On another note, I would love your opinion on something. When should someone like myself, who is positive, disclose that information to someone you like or may be interested [...]
Maya Angelou
Posted on May 28, 2014 by A&U in Cover Story, Flashback
A&U is saddened to hear of the passing of writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. Revisit the wisdom she bestowed upon our readers in our January 2001 coverstory. Rhyme & Reason Poet Maya Angelou Tells Dann Dulin Why She Never Lets A Chance to Talk About AIDS Pass Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Tim [...]
Dining By Design
Posted on May 27, 2014 by A&U in Features
Visual Feast For Thirty Years, DIFFA Has Made a Difference Text & Photos by Sean Black Celebrating thirty years, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) once again gathered some of the world’s top designers along with the biggest names in home decor for its annual fundraising dinner and auction. DIFFA’s signature event, Dining by Design [...]
Bryan West
Posted on May 24, 2014 by A&U in Columns, Ruby's Rap
Ruby’s Rap by Ruby Comer Bryan West Hot…Stuff! What do these words conjure up for you my darlings? Sizzling French fries? An arousing piece of art? How about the timeless tune made famous by the legendary disco diva Donna Summer, a featured number in the Tony-award winning musical, Priscilla Queen of The Desert? It’s electrifyingly [...]
Front Seat Chronicles
Posted on May 22, 2014 by A&U in Features, Movies & TV, The Arts
Getting Real Behind the Wheel Allen Sowelle & Josh Feinman Take Front Seat Roles in Discussing HIV Seroconversion Along with Other Social Woes by Sean Black Front Seat Chronicles is a Web-based programming series that skillfully navigates a myriad of tough conversations ranging in topic from death and incarceration to marriage equality and HIV infection. [...]
Judy Gold
Posted on May 21, 2014 by A&U in Features
Gold Rush Comedian, Actor & Writer Judy Gold Shoots for the Big Time! by Dann Dulin Whether she’s playing a Rabbi on Showtime’s The Big C, dusting off her Emmy as writer and producer for The Rosie O’Donnell Show, co-hosting The View, or starring in the theater pieces, The Judy Show: My Life as a [...]
Boystown 5: Murder Book
Posted on May 20, 2014 by A&U in Positively Literary
Boystown 5: Murder Book Marshall Thorton MLR Press Reviewed by Sally Hessney Boystown 5: Murder Book, the fifth installment in Marshall Thornton’s hardboiled detective series, opens with a bombshell. Private investigator Nick Nowak’s lover, Bert Harker, has been murdered by a serial killer called the Bughouse Slasher. Shattered, Nick has the presence of mind to [...]
Test: The Film
Posted on May 19, 2014 by A&U in Features, Movies & TV, The Arts
Tests of Courage A New Film by Chris Mason Johnson Doesn’t Dance Around the Issue of HIV by V. Anderson With his first feature film since The New Twenty, writer/director Chris Mason Johnson has created a powerful story grounded in his own experiences in ballet and modern dance. Set in 1985, Test follows Frankie, a [...]
AIDS Education Month
Posted on May 16, 2014 by A&U in Features
FIGHT for a World Without AIDS Philadelphia FIGHT believes education equals empowerment by Alina Oswald Photos by Holly Clark Truth is that catch-phrases like “AIDS free generation” or “getting to zero” capture a promising vision of a world free of AIDS, by instilling the hope and dedication needed to eradicate this disease, but, at the [...]
HCV & Underreporting
Posted on May 13, 2014 by A&U in Hep Talk, LifeGuide
By the Numbers While HCV prevalence is down, the rate of morbidity may be going up by Larry Buhl New data on the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the U.S. shows that, with a “silent epidemic,” it’s hard to get accurate numbers. A disease that often has no symptoms, and that hits populations [...]
