Just a few days ago a good friend of mine who has used the home test on two previous occasions gave me a call asking for a “HUGE” favor.  “Please do my HIV test for me.” I gladly (actually more reluctantly) agreed and hopped on the train to his apartment.

Entertainer Marc Anthony has suddenly emerged as a voice of reason for the 50 Million Hispanics in the United States.  Following his rendition of God Bless America at the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star game he became the target of a series of racist tirades on social media.   The 44

"Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals"     -David Hume In June 1993 I was hired for a part time job with a carefully selected group of teens at a community health center in California’s San Fernando Valley. The program accepted a small group of youth and taught them

Tonight at the IFC Center in New York City, Lisa Biagiotti’s film 'deepsouth' is screening as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.  We had the opportunity to sit down with deepsouth’s director, Lisa Biagiotti, back in July 2013 and talk about her experiences documenting this often hidden epidemic

Last night, in conjunction with the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia, the Latino Commission on AIDS launched a new anti-homophobia campaign, ¡libérate!, which means “free yourself,” in Spanish.  As part of Behind the Scenes with the Commission series, I spoke with one of the campaign architects to learn more