Happy Birthday T-Boz: Five Ways TLC Has Helped The World
Tionne Watkins best known as T-Boz turns 43. We’ve known T-Boz since 1992 when TLC exploded on the scene with their debut album Ooooohhhh On the TLC Tip. Since then fans have been indebted in the trio and are credited for helping Tionne get through the tough times. In honor of the singer’s birthday, we [...]
Coach Sentenced To 15 Years For Giving HIV To Youth Football Player’s Mom
When people who know that they are having intimate relations refuse to have tests for HIV and other “intimacy” diseases, that is irresponsible behavior and it is unacceptable. There are worse people though; the kind that do get tested but still go on having “relations” with unsuspecting victims and not using protection. The best thing [...]
20 Yrs with HIV, NY Times Celebrates Magic Johnson’s Continuous Contributions
A curtain falls on one act and rises on another. Such has been the continuous narrative for Magic Johnson, who 20-plus years after receiving what was feared to be an immutable death sentence is not only alive but seemingly larger than life. Through the years, Magic Johnson has had a social impact, long after he [...]
The (Ree)lationship Guide: Identifying the ‘Bathroom Lover’
by Ree, “The (Ree)lationship Guide” I am usually floored by some of the stories my clients share with me about women/men who they consider to be their ‘bathroom lover’. The bathroom lover is the person contacted solely to fulfill a desire for s*x. The bathroom analogy stems from our everyday interaction with the bathroom. When [...]
African American Women In Metro Atlanta Facing HIV Crisisis
Atlanta is in the midst of a crisis because the rate in which African-American women in the city are being infected with HIV is now being compared to some third world countries. Studies have shown that black women now make up 60 percent of newly reported HIV cases. The CDC has reported that 1 of [...]
H.I.V. Crisis Facing Black Women in Atlanta [Video]
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The AIDS rate is increasing so fast among black women in Atlanta that one local news station, 11 Alive News, is sounding the alarm. Research shows African-American women, many living in Atlanta, are being infected with HIV — so much so that the new cases are being compared to African countries, according to 11 Alive News. Data [...]
Natalie Cole And Her Battle With Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is killing more Americans than HIV, according to a just-released study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One of the millions infected is singer Natalie Cole, 61. The multi-Grammy winning star recently opened up about managing her condition and her life, as well as how she managed the guilt [...]
Dr. Boyce: Meet The Handsome Man Who Had No Problem Passing His HIV
by Dr. Boyce Watkins – BlackLikeMoi.com A former professional wrestler who went by the name “Gangsta of Love” and “Sweet Sexy Sensation” has been sentenced to 32 – years in prison for having s*x with women without telling them that he’d tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Andre Davis, a 29-year [...]
You Can ONLY Have One s****l Partner If You Want To Help Save A Life
With the donor pool as slim as it is, and the waiting list as long as it is, I’m surprised that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would propose such a limiting provision in its new set of health guidelines. Under the proposed policy, people who’ve had s*x with two or more [...]
Government Has Been Testing AIDS Drugs On Foster Children For More Than 20 Years
This is sad. We expect the government to protect these children, not to use them as crash test dummies… Government-funded researchers tested AIDS drugs on hundreds of foster children over the past two decades, often without providing them a basic protection afforded in federal law and required by some states, an Associated Press [...]
AIDS Infected Former Howard U. Student Admits to Unprotected s*x on Campus
Howard University campus heartthrob William “Reds” Brawner was a hot commodity. His former roommate and friend Mike Brown recalls an incident from their junior year. “I didn’t know that Reds had a female guest in his room when another girl showed up unannounced,” says Brown, who was left to answer the door. “Will [...]
Six HIV Patients Die After Church Tells Them To Stop Taking Meds
Six people who were HIV positive have died after their evangelical churches reportedly told them to stop taking medication. The churches, based in Britain, told them that they were healed by God. The churches in England and Scotland informed the patients that they could be healed by an exorcism that consisted of lots [...]
Trial Starts For Professional Wrestler Accused of Not Alerting Women of HIV Status
A jury was seated and opening statements began Monday at the trial of Andre Davis, the man accused of having s*x with 12 women without telling them that he was HIV positive. via Trial Starts For Professional Wrestler Accused of Not Alerting Women of HIV Status.