A doctor in South Africa is pushing a radical new idea that he believes will wipe out the AIDS epidemic in 40 years.

Brian Williams of the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis believes that by testing every person at risk of HIV/AIDS and prescribing anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for …

U.N. AIDS chief in South Africa for World AIDS Day

(Johannesburg) The head of the U.N. AIDS program says South Africa is the ideal place for him to visit on World AIDS Day.

Michel Sidibe, speaking to The Associated Press in Johannesburg Monday, on the eve of World AIDS Day, says that while South Africa has more people infected with the …

Namibia city hosts first gay rights march

About 40 people are expected to march in Keetmanshoop’s first-ever march for gay and lesbian rights on Saturday.

Keetmanshoop, in the southern part of Namibia, near the gay-friendly South Africa, is marking the inauguration of Ada Ma/Hao (We stand together), a new project advocating for equal rights for gender minorities in …

South Africa starts new HIV research

Obama names Medal of Freedom recipients, including Harvey Milk …

President Obama, attempting to spotlight those who have acted as “agents of change,” today announced that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures widely known in politics, the arts and sciences, sports and social movements.

The 16 honorees named by the White House today include Harvey Milk, the San Francisco city supervisor who led an early movement for gay rights in public life and was assassinated. They include the late Republican Congressman Jack Kemp, a football legend as well, and the ailing Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

The president’s choices, who will be honored at a White House ceremony Aug. 12, include American civil-rights activist the Rev. Joseph Lowery and South African freedom fighter Desmond Tutu. They include a pioneer in sports for women, tennis star Billie Jean King, and the first woman on the Supreme Court, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

They include actor Sidney Poitier and singer Chita Rivera.
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Nations allowing gays to serve openly in military

(New York) Nations that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in their armed forces, as compiled by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara:

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Britain

Canada

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Ireland