In the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic led to extreme sex negativity, during which medical advice became mixed up with issues of morality, resulting in hostility toward sexual activity of any kind in the LGBT community. The queer community in San Francisco found ways to escape from this sex negativity and Read More…
This Pride weekend, there is a lot of “what’s next?” talk in LGBTQ-land: in the streets, in the press and in our inboxes. Frankly, we are not used to winning. Oh yes, a battle here and there … but this was “The War.” Suddenly, LGBTQ people are being told by Read More…
You know how we’ve been telling you that summer would consist of beautiful days? June 26 was one of those days. The Defense of Marriage Act (popularly referred to as DOMA) was a federal law that barred the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states. But that Read More…
When you hear that word “marathon,” there are probably an assortment of images that run through your head. You might be thinking of a grueling 26.2-mile run that makes you want to hug the toilet for the rest of the week. Or you could be thinking of a movie marathon, Read More…
Winkelstein was most noted for his pioneering study of AIDS in the 1980s, study of heart disease in women and finding a link between tobacco and cervical cancer, according to his colleague, campus Professor of Biostatistics Steve Selvin. Read More…
Watch a video of Berkeley Professor Peter Duesberg talking about his controversial HIV/AIDS theory. Click here for the “Faces of Berkeley” article on Professor Duesberg. Multimedia producers Kelly Lin and Tianzong Jiang made this video.
For over 20 years, UC Berkeley professor Peter Duesberg has believed that HIV does not cause AIDS, an opinion that he says has limited his academic career and alienated him from the scientific community. “You cannot find the (HIV) virus, only antibodies, and it doesn’t spread via sex as it Read More…