http://www.aidshealth.org RSS feed of news items on or about AHF's efforts, policies, programs and setvices, etc.. Convio Content Management System Module en-us www.aidshealth.org-101204649 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/viewer-discretion.html The “post-AIDS sexual revolution” is here! It’s happening right now, every Tuesday night on the new Melrose Place. That’s according to the show’s executive director Todd Slavkin. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:48 -0600 www.aidshealth.org-100122212 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/thats-so-gay-promoting-hiv.html I was surprisingly calm considering I had never had an HIV test before. I didn’t think I had anything to worry about, but on the drive to get tested, I couldn’t help but wonder. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:48 -0600 www.aidshealth.org-100121503 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/medical-test-manufacturer.html Chembio Diagnostics, Inc., a NY-based company that develops, manufactures, licenses and markets proprietary rapid diagnostic tests, is donating more than 4,500 rapid HIV test kits to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's 2009 Testing Millions Global Campaign, based in Los Angeles, to commemorate World AIDS Day 2009 on December 1st. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:37:10 -0600 www.aidshealth.org-100120547 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/blair-underwood-brings-star.html Although there was no Red Carpet, paparazzi or stylist on hand, a Hollywood celebrity visited the District’s powerful K Street corridor in Northwest earlier this fall to bring attention to a scourge that threatens to overtake the city. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:33:40 -0600 www.aidshealth.org-95321454 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/ahfs-condoms-in-porn.html Late night television comic Jimmy Kimmel put a national spotlight on AHF’s campaign to require condoms to be used in all porn production when he used a news clip from the recent protest at the Downtown Los Angeles Marriott Hotel as a springboard for jokes in his monologue on the ABC Network’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live! show on Friday, October 23rd. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:28:48 -0600 www.aidshealth.org-97755191 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/tonight-on-nightline-should.html Performer who passed HIV to co-stars now advocates mandatory condom use in porn. Darren James once led a busy life as a porn star. "Sometimes it'd be 10 women in an orgy scene -- nonstop," he said, talking about his career at its busiest. "And you work from eight in the morning to maybe eight at night. And that's one scene. All these women. Nonstop." Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:28:40 -0600 www.aidshealth.org-76572959 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/mexico-campaign-promotes-use.html The AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the Mexico City government presented the campaign “Love Condoms” in an attempt to have people get rapid AIDS testing and use condoms. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:13:37 -0600 www.aidshealth.org-95260448 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/helpful-sites-and-stores-for.html The Home staff has culled recommendations from the architects, interior designers and do-it-yourselfers featured in this section to compile this list of resources for anyone planning to remodel, redecorate or otherwise turn his or her home into a work in progress. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:31:41 -0500 www.aidshealth.org-94116448 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/marriott-boycotted-over-porn.html The locally based AIDS Healthcare and Pink Cross foundations have organized a boycott of Marriott hotels over porn. The protest is not about the Mormon-founded chain's in-room, X-rated offerings. No, that's just fine. The problem, according to the groups, is the hotel company's palette of on-demand smut that features actors who do not use condoms. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:47:10 -0500 www.aidshealth.org-94073322 http://www.aidshealth.org/news/in-the-media/do-not-disturb-porn-study-in.html Protesters demanded that Marriott and other hotels stop showing pay-per-view adult movies that include scenes of unprotected sex. And what better way to make the case then to check into a penthouse, shell out $16 and watch some porn -- all in the name of research. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:40:54 -0500