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Where's the Justice for the GLBT Community?

INDY Week | November 13, 2008

How many times this past week have we read -- in regard to Barack Obama's historic victory, or in reference to the passage of the anti-gay measures -- that "the long arc of history bends towards justice." This always sounds patronizing to me, like, "There, there, young fellow. Everything will be just fine. You just wait."

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Tags: civil rights, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, 2008 downballot elections, same-sex marriage, gay & lesbian issues

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Remembering the Lessons of Harvey Milknew

As the 30th anniversary of his assassination approached last week, coupled with the opening of the new Sean Penn biopic on his life, it became clear that the lessons of Milk are being lost to the newest generation of the LGBT community.

INDY Week | Steven Petrow | 12-11-2008 | LGBT

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Joe Biden's Tears Rememberednew

In 1972, after Sen. Joe Biden's wife and child died, I wrote him a note of condolence. That letter is long gone, but not his response to me, which arrived later that winter.

INDY Week | Steven Petrow | 10-10-2008 | Commentary

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What the Mexico City AIDS Conference Taught Menew

The CDC now tells us that, oops, they counted wrong for the past several years. The true number of new HIV infections occurring each year in the U.S. is more than 40 percent higher than previously reported.

INDY Week | Steven Petrow | 08-28-2008 | Science

Tags: AIDS, HIV, CDC, Health & Science, Mexico City AIDS Conference

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