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AIDS Denialists Disputed At ITT Forum

Almost 26 years after the HIV virus was established as the cause of AIDS some people still propagate the belief that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS and that the drugs used to treat it should be avoided.

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In Chicago

Equality Illinois Pushing For More Voters

By Gary Barlow | Sep 2
The state’s largest LGBT advocacy group is pushing hard to make sure LGBTs in the state get registered to vote and then cast ballots in the November general election.

White Nights: Chicago’s White Party Bids Adieu

By Matt Simonette | Sep 1
A longtime symbol of summer’s end in Chicago is now over. For the first time in nearly four decades, there was no White Party this year.

Benefits Of Early HIV Testing and Treatment Are Clear

By Gary Barlow | Sep 3
The benefits of getting tested for HIV and starting antiretroviral treatment as soon as possible after an HIV-positive diagnosis are clear, a prominent HIV/AIDS specialist said Aug. 24 at the Center on Halsted.

Bulgarian Prelate Awards Viciously Anti-Gay City Officials as ’Defenders of Christianity’

Sep 6
A Bulgarian Orthodox bishop has awarded two anti-gay officials of the city of Pazarzhik with church honors for their legal attacks against gays.

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Entertainment

In Chicago

Move over Jackass, Daredevils’ Hamlet’s here

By Joseph Erbentraut | Aug 19
Daredevils’ Hamlet, the latest work by off-bizarre The Neo Futurists, takes Shakespeare and mashes it up with the badass world of daredevils. EDGE’s Joe Erbentraut investigates.

Silk Road Ensemble takes to the road

By Lewis Whittington | Aug 16
The Silk Road Ensemble is on its summer tour. EDGE spoke to group member Jonathan Gandelsman about the group and the music they are performing.
The ocean inundates the beach in Cherry Grove, N.Y., during high tide on Friday, Sept. 3.

My Gold Mask :: music junkie’s dream-come-true

By Joseph Erbentraut | Sep 3
Discovering Chicago-based duo My Gold Mask is a music junkie’s dream come true. Their high-energy art rock has made them favorites with music writers and bloggers throughout the country. EDGE spoke to them about their new record and upcoming appearances.

Shut Up & Kiss Me

Sep 6
This no-budget vanity project delves into the fertile minefield of pre-middle-aged single gay men trying to navigate romance and dating, but an ultimately flaccid script, dead line readings & clichéd set-ups ultimately do it in.

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Style

Manchester Pride : The Underwear Parade

By Mark Thompson and Robert Doyle | Sep 3
One of the last Pride celebrations of the calendar year, Manchester Pride also serves as a de facto segue into Fashion Month - and this year’s 20th anniversary of Manchester Pride provided numerous occasions for the celebration of British pulchritude.

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Nightlife

In this Sept. 10, 1960 file photo, runners in the Olympic marathon pass under the Arch of Constantine shortly after the start of the event in Rome. They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wed

Inside Donald Trump’s Miss Universe :: August 22, 2010

Sep 2
In a beauty pageant, you are bound to find two things: the beauty queens and the poll of (gay) talent that makes the contestants look for beautiful. From hairstylists, make up artists, fashion designers to the experts that train these young ladies how to be the ultimate expression of beauty and feminitity. Beauty pageants are the biggest display of talent and expertise on beauty matters - mostly handle by gay men. EDGE attended the Miss Universe 2010 in Vegas and brings you this photo album of the special moments of the pageant!

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Business/Finance

Officials: Obama to back infrastructure spending

By Julie Pace | Sep 6
Vowing to find new ways to stimulate the sputtering economy, President Barack Obama will call for long-term investments in the nation’s roads, railways and airports that would cost at least $50 billion, administration officials said.

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Technology

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark stands in front of the Craigslist office in San Francisco, California in 2006

1 ’censored’ bar won’t stop online prostitution

By Dan Strumpf | Sep 6
Craiglist’s "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well - even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

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Travel

An existing single family home’s for sale sign includes a bilingual price reduction note, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Los Angeles. Home sales in Southern California plummeted 21.4 percent last month from July 2009, the largest year-over-year drop in

Manchester Pride Celebrates Twenty Years of Madchester Magnanimity

By Mark Thompson and Robert Doyle | Sep 6
Second cities like middle children often find themselves in the shadows of their bigger, older siblings. Some, like Chicago, embrace the Second City moniker, while others like Manchester, England, work to define themselves apart from their larger sister.

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Health/Fitness

Microbocide Effective Against HIV--But There’s No Money to Fund It

Sep 6
A study released in July indicated that a microbial gel might help shield women against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But a lack of funding for follow-up studies presents a barrier to getting the gel into use, even in places where it could do the most good.

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