Timothy Ray Brown, a 45-year-old San Francisco man previously known to the medical community as “the Berlin patient,” has become the first person to ever be cured of AIDS.

After a stem cell bone marrow transplant, doctors say his HIV, the infection which causes AIDS, was eradicated.

His bone marrow donor was one of a very small percentage of people who are immune to HIV. He received a second bone marrow transplant after a resurgence of Leukemia, which he’s also since been cured of.

Doctors still aren’t exactly sure what part of his treatment allowed his body to purge the virus, but clinical trials are scheduled to begin in 2012.

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Spotted out by Gossiponthis, Will not only said that he doesn’t respect women who keep condoms at home, but think it’s tacky.

With HIV infection rates among African Americans still at an alarmingly high rate, you’d think he’d want to encourage the use of protection. According to these stats from the CDC: by race/ethnicity, African Americans face the most severe burden of HIV in the United States. At the end of 2007, blacks accounted for almost half (46%) of people living with a diagnosis of HIV.

Read the excerpts from the interview below:

ELLE: If you walked into a woman’s house, what one item would convince you that you weren’t compatible?

W: If she had condoms in her house, that would just fuckin’ throw me off. That’s just tacky.

ELLE: Well, okay, I could see if she had a candy bowl full of them on the coffee table. But if she’s got a few in a drawer, wouldn’t that simply suggest she’s health-conscious?

W: I just think, like, if you’re into someone and you guys get to that level, then that’s something you should converse about together and say, “Hey, maybe we should get some.” Another pet peeve is wet sinks.

ELLE: Wet sinks?

W: Yeah, like a wet sink. You don’t wipe the sink after you use it? Dry it off! And if she’s got only dry toilet paper and no baby wipes next to the toilet. You ain’t got no baby wipes?

ELLE: I’ve heard about this particular deal breaker before. Why is that a big deal to you?

W: Here’s proof on why people should have baby wipes. Get some chocolate, wipe it on a wooden floor, and then try to get it up with some dry towels. You’re going to get chocolate in the cracks. That’s why you gotta get them baby wipes.

Although I’m sure Will.i.Am’s statements might be taken out of context, the fact that there would be any stigma among sexually active adults in using condoms in this day and age demonstrates the challenege health care advocates face when trying to fight the spread of sexually transimitted diseases. Plus, lets face it, a lot of guys (of any race) love to “ring the back doorbell” on their lady friends, which is even more reason to keep condoms (and a good, water based lube) in your nightstand, just in case.

It’s not trashy to be well prepared, it’s sexy and smart!

–Thanks to Damon L Jacobs for the tip.

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A battle is erupting over a new way to prevent HIV infections.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched a national ad campaign to discredit PrEP or Pre Exposure Prophylaxis, a new HIV prevention technique that involves taking Truvada (an existing HIV medication) on a daily basis.

Last time there was a lot of fuss over a little blue pill, Bob Dole was doing Viagra ads on TV.

But by taking this medication prior to getting exposed to HIV people at high risk could increase their chances for staying negative by as much as 73% in some cases.

Why is the leadership of the nation’s largest AIDS organization arguing against a treatment that could potentially save millions of gay men from becoming HIV positive?

Today, gay men’s health advocate, Jim Pickett, from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, joins us to explain the controversy surrounding this new treatment, and the possible reasons it may be misunderstood.

Jim answers all your questions on health, STD’s and HIV.

Plus- all the hot news:

Chin-AIDS — is there a new form of HIV in China or is this just a manifestation of the anxiety Chinese people have over their bodies?

Doctors hope to get Congress to lift the ban on HIV positive organ donors to save the lives of other HIV positive patients.

and talk about hackers, a 75 year old woman from Eastern Europe took down the Internet for 3.2 million people in three countries by literally hacking a cable in the woods with her shovel.

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The study team found that 404 people with HIV experienced neurological problems, including seizures, dementia, nerve pain in their hands and feet, memory loss, headaches, migraines, afflictions of the nervous system and movement disorders.

The study also found that those with full-blown AIDS had twice the chance of having brain disorders than people who were just HIV-positive.

–Read more.

The Positive Justice Project seeks an end to HIV-specific criminal laws in the U.S. and around the world was recently launched.

From the Michigan Messenger:

Catherine Hanssens, executive director of the HIV Law and Policy Center says:

“There seems to have been an explosion of new prosecutions in the last two or three years, and federal emphasis on HIV testing also puts into sharp relief the irony that those who respond to this call to test now risk arrest and imprisonment more than ever before.”

–Read more about it

Your new boyfriend may give you a whole lot more than just a box of chocolates. Most people know that using condoms for casual sex is important, but new studies show that an alarming number of HIV infections happen when guys fall in love.

So when is it okay to stop using condoms with your boyfriend and still be safe? How soon is too soon?

Writer and health advocate Jim Pickett, from Lifelube, joins us today to talk about condom use between gay male couples.

If you live in Chicago, be sure to check out LifeLube’s next free community forum, “What’s Love Got to do With It“- a holistic discussion on gay men’s health with new research on the relationship between couples and condom use.

Listen as we take your questions and a whole lot more.

How to find the boyfriend you want.

How to ask a guy at a bar if he’s a top or a bottom.

And Jim helps us bust some myths about HIV, AIDS that many people still think are true- weird fake cures for AIDS, Patient Zero, the monkey myth and the Pope, and one thing every government in the world can do cheaply to dramatically reduce HIV infections, crime and drug use. You won’t believe it.

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Writer and health advocate Jim Pickett is on today’s show talking about condom use between gay male couples. How do you decide if and when to not use condoms?

There has been a lot of research lately on the relationship between couples, condom use and sexually transmitted diseases and the results will surprise you.

Plus:
• How to find the boyfriend you want.
• How to ask if a guy at a bar if he’s a top/bottom/vers.
• Six myths about HIV, AIDS and STDs that a lot of people still think are true.

Ask Jim Pickett Anything!

If you live in Chicago, be sure to check out their Community Forum “What’s Love Got to Do With It? – Is it okay to stop using condoms with my boyfriend?” on Tuesday, Sep. 21 at 7pm, doors open for food and socialization at 6pm.

Moderated by Brian Mustanski, researchers Colleen Hoff (San Francisco State University) and Patrick Sullivan (Emory University) will present their findings on the link between relationships and HIV infection.

–Read all about it.

Is this what we were fighting for?

In Chicago, health care advocates and people with common sense people are outraged over the Illinois Department of Public Health’s bizarre ad campaign targeting gay men called “He’s the One.” And no, it’s not “He’s the one,” as in “Ooh la la, he’s Prince Charming,” it’s “He’s the one, that will infect you.”

The ridiculous tag line and the spooky montage of men’s faces cobbled together like a Franken Gay monster in the ad are provoking ridicule and angry responses. What was the ad campaign supposed to accomplish, and why did it even run in the first place, in a gay newspaper of all places?

Join us as we talk about all the hot news:

An angry mob of beautiful, pro-gay celebrities including the TV producer of GLEE, Ryan Murphy, call for a boycott of Newsweek after the magazine published an article questioning if an openly gay actor would be accepted in a straight role.

A Russian MP asks the country’s president to investigate claims by a regional president that he met aliens on board a spaceship, and if there are any official guidelines for handling the matter.

A group of cooks from Lebanon make 10 tons of hummus to beat Israel’s world record. Could a garlicky, tasty cold war of hummus take hold in the middle east?

And Young Boozer, the conservative Republican from Alabama is the most un-fun man with the silliest name ever.

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Our guest Elizabeth Pisani dazzled audiences in her leather go-go boots at the TED “Ideas Worth Spreading” conference in February this year, where fabulous folks gather to share bold ideas on Technology, Entertainment, Design (get it, T.E.D.?) but on any idea that dramatically changes the way we think of the world around us.

Some highlights of the video include her stories on sex workers and heroin addicts in jail “please let there be some smack when the needle gets to me” and when she tosses out condoms to the audience of distinguished people.

From TED: Armed with bracing logic, wit and her “public-health nerd” glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today’s political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations — from junkies in prison to sex workers on the street in Cambodia — demonstrates the sometimes counter-intuitive measures that could stall the spread of this devastating disease.

The haven’t really said what all the fuss is about but this guy who worked there 25 years ago seems to think he may know what’s up- that they were put on leave for transferring a grant, which can sometimes be incredibly large sums of money, to Northwestern University. Read about that here in “An Open Letter to the Board and Supporters of the Howard Brown Health Center,” and FYI, a “PI” is “The Principal Investigator,” the person who is chiefly responsible for carrying out the operations of a grant.

The CEO Cook resigned and WCT reports that “He cited internal disagreements about ongoing responsibilities and duties” but never with a direct quote, rather, he cites “personal family matters” as the reason for leaving. So what’s up, is it personal or professional?

Chicagoist wants to know What’s Going On At Howard Brown?

Also, they don’t even have a twitter account, but that’s just a personal peeve.

On the fourth season of the reality tv show Project Runway- mens designer Jack Mackenroth abruptly withdrew from the show due to a serious staph infection completely unrelated to his HIV status.

A real life jack-of-all-trades, he is now working on a design-inspired TV show pilot with Kevin Christiana.

He’s in Chicago to promote his Merck sponsored HIV Education Campaign Living Positive by Design– as an honorary guest of Design for a Cure.

And, he’s training to compete in Men’s Swimming at the Out Games in Copenhagen. How does he do it all?

We’ve got the sexy, fashion savvy Jack Mackenroth in the home studio. He’s taking your questions through Facebook and he’s telling it all!

Listen as Jack talks about how he manages to stay healthy, muscular and sexy, how serious he got with fellow reality TV star Dale from Top Chef and what it was like playing a dead body on the TV show Law and Order. Plus, what are the fashionistas REALLY like? Find out on today’s show.

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Sexy and for a good cause, Marc Felion teamed up with Outworld.tv to go behind the scenes on the photo shoot for the new Dining Out for Life campaign, featuring lots of hot models in all sorts of poses. Why? Because Chicago’s known as the “City of Big Shoulders,” so why not use some guys with big shoulders?

The theme was “Click it!”.  All performances use the computer as a basis of their theme. This performance is called “The World Wide Web.” HOT!

Now koalas have AIDS? It’s heartbreaking, and they could face extinction.

Even though koala tourism generates over one billion dollars each year for the Australian economy, their government has not yet declared them an endangered species or taken any concrete steps to address the problem. Experts say they could be gone, extinct in 30 years.

I wonder what’s causing this outbreak of disease in koalas? I wonder if the lesbian koalas are getting sick as well.

Generation You- Project Crysp's forum on inter-generational realtionships.

I always try to imagine what we all are missing because of the deaths of so many wonderful people to AIDS. The impact on our culture is so great but do we even know just how great it is? Take a moment and think about the art that will never be made, the stories that will never be told, the costumes that will never be sewn, the play that will never be staged or the hugs and kisses you’ll never get.

So how do we remember?

Chris Bartlett, has started The Gay History Wiki to reclaim the memories of thousands of people who died from AIDS.

You may remember Chris Bartlett, the director of the Greater Philadelphia LGBT Leadership Initiative who participated in the Project Crysp forum Generation You.

From the New York Times Article:

“So much was lost when those lives were ripped out of the heart of the city,” said Mr. Bartlett. “There were 4,600 men who died from a gay male population of about 26,000” in Philadelphia, he added.

And later in the article:

“At this point, everybody knows the value of participating in a social network that’s alive,” said Mr. Bartlett, who is linked as a friend of Dominic Bash online and whose Twitter address is the name of another gay man who is long gone: @Harveymilk. “I’m making the case that the value people offer to a social network does not disappear when they die,” he said.

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It’s World AIDS Day, the international day of remembrance which raises awareness about the AIDS pandemic and honors the struggles and triumphs of people living with HIV.

Today we’re talking to groundbreaking actor and activist Michael Kearns.

In the mid 70s, long before coming out of the closet was considered a career move in Hollywood, Michael Kearns was famous for becoming the out gay model and spokesperson for the popular book, “The Happy Hustler” even though he didn’t write it.

Prompted by the AIDS-related death of “Midnight Express” star Brad Davis in 1991, Michael made history when came forward on television as being HIV positive at a time when so many people were afraid to divulge their status.

He later appeared on the TV shows Life Goes On and Beverly Hills 90210 as a man living with HIV.

Today Michael is re-staging his one man show “Intimacies’” for a 20 year anniversary tour. The show features six characters identified by the placement of a red scarf to tell six diferent monolouges on the AIDS crisis of the early 80s. Never in the history of theater has a red scarf meant so much!

Listen as Michael Kearns talks with us about why he came forward back then, why Hollywood still has a long way to go when embracing gay men and he reveals the juicy details of an affair he had with a major music celebrity.

Who was it? Listen to today’s show and find out. And we mean out.

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Founder Zhang Jianbo hopes that the bar will be a public gathering place for gay men, especially from rural villages, who used to gather in a patch of woods near the historic town.

Trust me, they’ll still go to that little patch too!

When Hollywood’s first openly gay actor, Michael Kearns, first performed “intimacies” in Chicago in 1989 it received a very conflicted and controversial reception. A Chicago Reader review of “intimacies” from 1989 said: “All six of Michael Kearns’s AIDS-infected characters are the stereotypical dregs of society, full of hatred and self-loathing.”

Kearns now says of his characters in the current version of “intimacies” that they “will be different today than it was 20 years ago, because I have 20 years of new experience to bring to all six of them; 20 years of agony and ecstasy; 20 years of maturation as well as insidious addiction; 20 years of deaths and a few births.”

Michael Kearn’s “intimacies” is one night only this Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7:30pm at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater mainstage, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago.

Michael’s show is the second in a series of performances in Victory Garden’s a Queer Theater Spotlight followed later this season by fellow queer icons Charles Busch and Julie Halston (December 7), and Tim Miller and Holly Hughes (March 15-21, 2010).

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On today’s special edition of Feast of Fun, we’re teaming up with Lifelube and Project Crysp in conjunction with the 2009 National LGBTI Health Summit to bring you Risky Business- a raw discussion with a live audience at the Center on Halsted on the sex and intimacy we crave and the risk we’re willing to take.

How do adult films with bareback sex affect our sexual desires and practices?

Are videos depicting sex without condoms a hot but safe way for viewers to find pleasure or is it a dangerous normalization of risk?

We have a panel of experts here to break down the ins-and-outs of condomless sex.

Tony Valenzuela, Writer and Activist whose work focuses on the politics of gay sex, subcultures and assets based perspectives. He’s known as AIDS activism’s most misunderstood man.

Mufasa Ali, Minister and Activist, as well as co-founder of ONYX, a leather group for men of color.

Dr. Braden Berkey, Clinical psychologist whose practice focuses on gay men, and the director of the Center on Halsted’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute.

Chuck Renslow, the founder of International Mr. Leather Conference and Convention, was in the audience to talk about why he recently banned bareback porn at IML and the future of the ban.

This is a frank talk about the kind of sex men have in real life and how they “seroadapt” or reduce sexual harm.

For many people, this is just the start of the conversation surrounding sex without condoms, it is not the final word. If you have any questions or insight, please leave a comment and keep the conversation going. Please be respectful and refrain from personal attacks, inflammatory remarks or general hysteria.

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The fight is on over the future of Healthcare! America may have voted for change but health insurance industry funded conservative Republicans are doing everything in their power, come hell or high water, to misinform the public and stop reform dead in its tracks.

Secret deals with drug companies, Death panels– what’s going on here?

One sad reality is that the only death panels that do exist are inside the health insurance companies, every day life saving treatments are denied to people simply because it doesn’t help their profits.

AIDS activist and writer Jim Pickett is here to help us make sense of it all. Jim is co-chairing the National LGBTI Health Summit, a four day conference to build community networks and share ideas which starts this weekend in Chicago.

How do we inspire a deeper conversation inside our own community around health? What’s at stake if we don’t recognize the needs of gay folks in healthcare reform?

Come to “Risky Business” a live podcast forum at the Center on Halsted in Chicago in Monday, August 17th. Find out how porn – and bareback porn – affect our sexual desires and actions!

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Will conservative Christians declare the bizarre African frog who feeds her young with her own unfertilized eggs as unholy? You have to see the video to believe it!

The Anti-Gay lobby group Focus on the Family faces hard financial times.

And Viagra ice cream– just another form of P.R. spam or the real deal? On thing that may be the real deal is Peptol Bismol Ice Cream. Would you eat it?

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Pull out your magic wands! Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the movie based on the popular books opened in movie theaters across America, showing a darker, sexier side of the boy wizard and his friends. Still, all we can think of is the hunky gymnast turned actor Freddie Stroma who in a memorable scene flirts with Hermione by seductively licking ice cream. Isn’t he dreamy?

Today, we’re looking at the news and trends that rock your world with the very funny Cameron Esposito. You can catch Cameron at the Beat Kitchen on August 4.

Cook County decriminalized small amounts of pot, find out what Mayor Daley had to say about it and Oakland, California increases the sales tax on Medical Marijuana. Can legalizing and taxing the grass provide much needed revenue to struggling cities across America?

Do you prefer your pizza to be cut in a grid or in triangular wedges?
Please weigh in on this important debate.

The perfect wedding gift for that lesbian couple in your life- Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium allows you to pet Beluga Whales for the low low price of $200 a pop.

Yelp for online escorts? Who knew you could review a hooker?

The missing link for HIV found in Africa- a study finds that chimpanzees do indeed die from monkey AIDS.

Medea goes to Disney World, or at least Tyler Perry is paying for 65 kids that were dissed by a country club.

A man named Kelly Hildebrandt marries a woman also named Kelly Hildebrandt. They found each other on Facebook when the Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt (the female Kelly) searched her own name late one night on Facebook. Now if only people of the same gender could get married legally in Florida where the couple will now reside.

A woman steals puppies at gunpoint.

Drunk Yoga is hot- it’s pictures of passed out drunk people who look like they are doing some form of yoga.

And sadly, Gidger, the little dog best known for playing the Taco Bell Chihuahua and dog-star of the film “Legally Blonde 2″ died of old age, 15. That’s 105 in dog years. Rest in piece my little chihuahua, you will finally get your taco bell in heaven.

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On the fourth season of the reality tv show Project Runway- mens designer Jack Mackenroth abruptly withdrew from the show due to a serious staph infection completely unrelated to his HIV status.

A real life jack-of-all-trades, he is now working on a design-inspired TV show pilot with Kevin Christiana.

He’s in Chicago to promote his Merck sponsored HIV Education Campaign Living Positive by Design– as an honorary guest of Design for a Cure.

And, he’s training to compete in Men’s Swimming at the Out Games in Copenhagen. How does he do it all?

We’ve got the sexy, fashion savvy Jack Mackenroth in the home studio. He’s taking your questions through Facebook and he’s telling it all!

Listen as Jack talks about how he manages to stay healthy, muscular and sexy, how serious he got with fellow reality TV star Dale from Top Chef and what it was like playing a dead body on the TV show Law and Order. Plus, what are the fashionistas REALLY like? Find out on today’s show.

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the gayest of them all? Don’t ask questions if you aren’t prepared to hear the answer!

Put on your tiaras! We’re talking to Tony Lewis and Emily Rogers from the new musical spectacle Snow White and the Seven Drag Queens.

Returning from a successful run of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream with a gay twist, Midtangent Productions is back with a sassy and sexy take on the childhood classic.

Come take a bite out of the poison apple as we talk with Tony & Emily about Disney villains and princesses, why children’s fairy tales appeal to gay men and what it’s like working with seven drag queens.

Watch out Snow White! You might have more than one queen going after your crown.

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Mickey mouse has AIDS- scientists have figured out how “humanize” mice by giving them human immune systems, creating a significant advance in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

One woman’s road rage results in her own bizarre death.

Naughty naked gnomes parade through a garden.

A German scientist proves that fish can also become seasick.

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Today we celebrate 11 years of fabulous shows, once as Feast of Fools, today as Feast of Fun. We’ve managed to dig up a very special guest from way back when, the tragically glamorous Victoria Lamarr!

Back when we started the podcast in 2005, one of our early guests was Matthew Bogseth, a drag queen who went by the name of Victoria Lamarr. Later that year Matthew was in hospital from complications of AIDS.

What was initially a fund to buy Victoria flowers grew large enough to buy her a refurbished iMac. As Victoria Lamarr, Matthew used his computer to create a dozen short movies about her glamorous drag queen life while living in her modest low income apartment building.

Before there was YouTube and video podcasts on iTunes, Victoria Lamarr was one of the first drag queen podcasters and to our knowledge the first person living with full blown AIDS to video blog.

Victoria’s last in-person appearance on the show was taped at the Apple Store in downtown Chicago, where we parodied Steve Jobs and Madonna’s video conference at the MacWorld Keynote.

Shortly after that program, Matthew fell into a severe depression and relapsed into drug and alcohol addiction. He moved to Florida to escape his toxic family and abusive boyfriend and three years later Matthew has been sober for seven months. He’s moving back to Chicago to find a new career and rekindle his past friendships.

Little Miss Vicki is in the home studio answering your questions through Facebook, and plans to hopefully return to Chicago to find a new life and rekindle past friendships.

We just taped a drag-a-liciously funny drag queen video where we force feminize Marc into Daphne Dumount. Even I got into the drag queen fun! Check out these over-the-top photos:

French pole vaulter Romain Mesnil launched a publicity campaign to land a new sponsor by running through the streets of Paris with his long pole wearing nothing but his birthday suit.

Actress Isabella Rosellini returns to her deliciously wacky world of green porn: her short films on animal sexual behavior.

Scientists discover an emulsifier used in ice cream and makeup that may lead to the creation of an effective microbicides, a topical ointment that will protect people from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

New iPhone Apps- Skype & the Bump.

And why people should lay off Madonna’s desires to adopt another African baby.

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America’s Favorite First Lady Michelle Obama brings a little Chicago love to the White House by dying the fountain green for St. Patrick’s Day, just like they do here with the Chicago river.

To celebrate we are bringing our favorite Irish bear concierge Kevin Thomas joins us to share his thoughts on all you can eat bear buffets, Irish men, traveling abroad and why Facebook makes him anxious.

Sci-Fi Channel changed it’s name to SyFy. Seems you can’t create brand around a commonly used word or phrase.

Madonna’s new boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend lashes out against the pop star diva, saying “She is a ridiculous old bag, jumping around on stage at her age.” Jealous much Miss Ex?

James Franco is back playing gay as a young poet Allen Ginsberg.

Watch out Kate Moss! Japanese robotic developers revealed a new sexy robot that “walk the runway sweetie,” programed to mimic the movements of flesh and blood fashion models.

The Pope issues a death warrant to Africans by demanding they stop using condoms and live a life of spiritual renewal, whatever that is. Isn’t helping usher one Holocaust enough for this jerk?

The power of the pink panties! Indian people are fighting back against religious fundamentalist gangs by mailing them frilly women’s underwear as a way of mocking them into changing their violent ways

A mother in the UK seeks a girlfriend for her son with Down Syndrome. If she can’t find him a girl, she’ll hire a hooker.

The online version of the board game Life has an option for a same-sex couple.

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On today’s podcast we interviewed Michael Davis about the history of one of the greatest children’s TV shows, Sesame Street, and its affect on our culture. One significant moment in the show’s history was how it addressed the needs of HIV+ children and families by introducing an HIV+ muppet named Kami to the South African version of the show, Takalani Sesame.

Even though the character never appeared in the American version of Sesame Street, the haters in the US were up in arms about an HIV+ muppet. The character has done a world of good in dealing with the horrible problem of AIDS in Africa and clearing up misconceptions people may have about this disease.

Spring is just around the corner and we have our pretty song bird Tracy Tyler here to chirp away the winter blues.

Our suburban trannie gal pal is here to share the hot new spring fashion trends and stories of hair do mishaps and wild sex!

Now, Tracy’s sex stories are all true, but they all follow a similar pattern: unusual guy meets trannie gal, hilarity ensues.

We’re turning to you the listener with a special Tracy Tyler Sexy Story contest! Listen to today’s show for details.

Is there a vast left-handed conspiracy in the U.S goverment?

Did you know that over 50 percent of our presidents have been lefties or that same-sex oriented folks and creative leadership types are more likely to be left handed? What’s the correlation?

Michael Phelps gets caught going down on a bong. Follow-up, he apologizes for it and his sponsors forgive him.

Google Earth helps Swiss cops find a stash of ganja. And you thought nobody was looking at you when you sunbathed nude on the roof of your home.

Chicago Bartenders take it off for charity. Who’s going to make the most money?

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Today we have Jim Pickett, AIDS activist and cheeky writer behind Lifelube.org, the gay men’s health and sexuality blog here to discuss the significant changes wecan expect in Obama’s Administration and what it means for you.

If you live in Chicago, be sure to join Jim today, January 28th, at Hermanos de Luna Y Sol, a forum for Gay Latino Men and their allies at La Estancia Community Center in Humboldt Park.

Soon to be impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevitch is making the rounds on the talk show circuit, including a very odd virtual conversation with Barbara Walters on The view.

Same sex animal weddings are becoming the rage in China, could their human equivalents be next?

Say hello to the Penis-o-meter, a new sex toy that slides on your love pole and counts how many thrusts it takes to get to the center of your tootsie roll pop.

A firefighter steals a severed human foot from a traffic accident with hopes of training her dog to find human bodies.

A new herpes rat cream, Iceland’s lesbian prime minister and grabbing your nuts for cancer.

Let’s take the time in 2009 to check your nuts for lumps!

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