As New Yorkers psych themselves up for the gradually cooler months, the LGBT community faces significant changes, both in its own leadership and in a key government position responsible for serving New Yorkers living with HIV. Comment

Gay Men’s Health Crisis and Human Rights Watch said the Bush administration is promoting abstinence-only sex education programs at the expense of HIV prevention efforts that have long been a staple of AIDS groups serving gay men. Comment

When New York state required health care providers and testing labs to report the names of people who receive an HIV positive diagnosis, one of the arguments among those who backed the 1998 law was that the data would give a more accurate picture of the AIDS epidemic. Comment