Prevention = Complacence? As World AIDS Day approaches, philanthropic organizations adjust to changing times and perceptions in the world of HIV, gay history for kids, gay history for comedians, local news, celebrity interviews, and much, much more!
Watermark Issue 22.24 // November 19 – December 2, 2015
On the Cover | Page 31
Prevention = Complacence?: As World AIDS Day comes together on Dec. 1, local HIV/AIDS groups struggle to keep up with the changing tides – and pills – that punctuate the current battle for treatment and prevention. Also, Hope and Help’s Russell Walker sits down to talk about how the Orlando agency is weathering the changes.
The gays are coming (to Touristan!) | Page 13
After a few failed attempts, the LGBT bar movement is now making its way to International Drive in order to serve tourists and hospitality workers alike! Some of them are gay, you know.
From Russia with love | Page 27
What if the whole battle over LGBT rights in Russia and Ukraine – and the resultant brutality – is actually part of a larger diplomatic battle in which no hands are clean, including our own? It’s true.
Walker-ing the walk | Page 35
Hope and Help’s interim executive director talks about finding solutions in the face of adversity, especially when faced with defunding from the Centers for Disease Control. May the Headdress save us all.
Relearning our history | Page 37
Author Jerome Pohlen simplifies an oft ignored part of children’s historical curriculum: the standard bearers among the LGBT movement. “It’s sort of, I think, doing [children] a disservice not to talk about [LGBT] history, because it’s impacted their lives,” Pohlen says. “Gay and lesbian individuals have contributed to our society, and they deserve to be included in our history,” Pohlen says
Queer Pioneer | Page 45
“In a way they were right. It kept me from getting as far as I might have been able to get if I had waited, but I don’t care. That’s not the point of my life. That’s not my journey. I got to go to bed with me every night and be proud of what I was doing.” —Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer
French kissing in the USA | Page 62
Our political column Uprisings braced itself for a foreign policy nightmare during the latest Democratic presidential debates. What it got, however, was a better understanding of who knows what and who likes bumper stickers more.
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