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Sexual and Reproductive Health

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2006

    25 years later

    It was twenty-five years ago today, June, 5, 1981, that the first cases of what would become known as HIV/AIDS were reported in the Centers for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. It was by no means the beginning of the disease– a recent study has identified the earliest i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2006

    Got HIV/AIDS? Kick Hillary Clinton

    Perhaps preoccupied by the GOP man-boy love case in the lower house, the U.S. Senate over the weekend failed to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act and with it about $6 million annually that helps Orange County deal with a growing HIV population and increasing number of AIDS cases, alerts the AIDS S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    Poorman Sues KDOC

    As predicted, on January 18th Jim "The Poorman" Trenton and his attorney Brian D. Boydston filed suit against KDOC and its parent company Ellis Communications. The suit alleges breach of contract, and demands damages "in a sum according to proof at trial, but not less that $27,646" for revenues lost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Gay Marriage Portends Increase in Urine Sex, OC Reverend Reveals!

    Usually I like to pretend Wiley Drake is really on to something when I blog about his crazy shit, but this email, which sat in my junk folder and remains there (I cut and pasted from it) is outrageously ridiculous enough to print verbatim: What Legal Same Sex Marriages Bring into society........... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Hewitt's Hughpocrisy

    Hugh Hewitt came out west from the Reagan White House to oversee construction of the Richard Nixon Library and, later, represent The Irvine Co. and other coastal developers in court as they sought to build whatever they desired on their land, “environmental extremism” like the Endangered Species ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 9, 2001

    Planet of the AIDS

    Hugh Hewitt came out west from the Reagan White House to oversee construction of the Richard Nixon Library and, later, represent The Irvine Co. and other coastal developers in court as they sought to build whatever they desired on their land, “environmental extremism” like the Endangered Species ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Less Christ, More Right

    Rick Warren unveils his strategy to fight AIDS: the gospel of the GOP

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Supervisors Abort Planned Parenthood Funding

    As anticipated, the Orange County Board of Supervisors today cut about $300,000 in Planned Parenthood health education funding by canceling the nonprofit's contract through the Coalition of Orange County Community Clinics. Each Supe cited a moral objection to Orange-based Planned Parenthood providin ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 9, 2000

    Letters

    As anticipated, the Orange County Board of Supervisors today cut about $300,000 in Planned Parenthood health education funding by canceling the nonprofit's contract through the Coalition of Orange County Community Clinics. Each Supe cited a moral objection to Orange-based Planned Parenthood providin ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 28, 2008

    The Vagina/Marijuana -Logues at the Hunger Artists Theatre

    As anticipated, the Orange County Board of Supervisors today cut about $300,000 in Planned Parenthood health education funding by canceling the nonprofit's contract through the Coalition of Orange County Community Clinics. Each Supe cited a moral objection to Orange-based Planned Parenthood providin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Hearts 
of Gold

    Sea of Hearts

  • Culture

    January 24, 2008

    The Future Is Now!

    Beirut is a timeless metaphor of the past

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Wake Up

    World Vision Experience: AIDS

  • Columns

    March 28, 2002

    Aussie and Hairy It

    World Vision Experience: AIDS

  • News

    December 14, 2006

    Yes, Vagina, There is a Santa Claus

    Even for battle-worn sluts, genitals are a difficult thing to contend with

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Cognizance

    AIDS Walk Orange County

  • Culture

    January 26, 2006

    Get Laid Now, Ask a Vagina How

    Attention men of Earth: Vagina Monologues will get you in good with the dames

  • Film

    December 1, 2005

    Rent Scam

    Musical’s success continues to film, but the question remains: Was the real author ripped off?

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Dr. K KOd

    OC Weekly series leads to federal indictment of celebrated AIDS doctor

  • Columns

    May 26, 2005

    We Must Have Syph

    Or the far right will have won

  • Features

    February 3, 2005

    Vagina

    Or the far right will have won

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Theres Got to Be a Morning After

    Emergency contraception may go over-the-counter

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Time for a Plan B

    Do you have your morning-after pill?

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Not Not Guilty

    Dr. K quietly settles suits involving faked AIDS drugs

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Kooshian Coup?

    Controversial AIDS doctor hopes to control countys public HIV programs

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    No Gay Blood, Please

    Crisis or not, only straights can donate to the Red Cross

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Juvenile Justice

    OC judge requires controversial public declaration of witnesses' HIV status

  • Features

    February 17, 2000

    Does Masturbation Make You Smarter?

    OC judge requires controversial public declaration of witnesses' HIV status

  • Columns

    December 16, 1999

    Letters

    OC judge requires controversial public declaration of witnesses' HIV status

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    This Sister Oughta Be Famous

    But of local publicity, this world-famous AIDS activist gets nun

  • Culture

    October 8, 1998

    AIDS Shouldn't Feel This Good

    The Last Session rocks in a powerful, poignant Laguna staging

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Abstaining from Reality

    President Clinton funds anti-sex programs

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    NYC AIDS Walk Gets Hillary Duff. We Get Vickie Vargas

    New York's AIDS Walk opening ceremony hostessNew York City's biggest AIDS fundraiser of the year, Sunday's AIDS Walk in Central Park, will be led by actress-singer Hillary Duff, who will serve as co-host of the opening ceremony and walk with her "Hillary Duff-Walk with Love" team.Orange County gets ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Planned Parenthood Seeks County Funds Despite Activist Supervisors

    Orange-based Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties, which had its $300,000 health-services contract voided in March due to activist county supervisors, only to have the grant reinstated Tuesday along with regulations that will make it more difficult to attain future county funds, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    What Do Pope, Larry Flynt, Mission Viejo Shoppers Have in Common?

    Media reports that as many as 16 actors and actresses in the adult entertainment industry recently tested positive for HIV have prompted new calls for legislation requiring condom use in all porn videos shot in California. Opponents to condom use include the multi-billion dollar adult entertainment ... More >>

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    How Pro-Life Activists and OC Supervisors Cut Off Funds to Planned Parenthood

    Media reports that as many as 16 actors and actresses in the adult entertainment industry recently tested positive for HIV have prompted new calls for legislation requiring condom use in all porn videos shot in California. Opponents to condom use include the multi-billion dollar adult entertainment ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 9, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Media reports that as many as 16 actors and actresses in the adult entertainment industry recently tested positive for HIV have prompted new calls for legislation requiring condom use in all porn videos shot in California. Opponents to condom use include the multi-billion dollar adult entertainment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Map Tracks How OC, Other Counties Fare With HIV/AIDS Rates

    The National Minority Quality Forum created an online map to coincide with last month's National HIV Testing Day that shows what areas of the country have the most cases of HIV/AIDS. It's available here. You first have to register, free of charge, to use the map. You can then punch in a state, coun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Health Care Agency Blocks Planned Parenthood's Final Attempt to Secure County Funding

    ​After thirty years of working closely with the county and swooping in to absorb patients the county's shoddy public health care system could no longer treat, Planned Parenthood was forced to give up the county grant it has received for the past nine years. In a scathing letter written to the coun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    In Light of Braff: Five Bizarre Internet Hoaxes

    Flickr user Thor Arvid​The world thought  Scrubs actor Zach Braff was dead yesterday for a few hours--suicide, they said. Turns out, it was just a Scrubs fan that had created a faker CNN page in 2007 that somehow resurfaced. In an age where someone's Wikipedia page is edited spookily quick to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    M.A.C. Gives Back

    The Shops at MIssion Viejo

  • Columns

    January 21, 2010
  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Angelina Armani vs. Darren James Porn Star Smackdown

    Darren James: Wrap 'em​The question before state regulators last week was whether to form a committee to explore whether porn actors have to wear condoms while shooting dirty pictures.As we mentioned here, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards is under pressure from t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Dr. Michael Kamrava, "Octomom" Nadya Suleman's Litter Maker, in Hot Water Again

    ​The fertility doctor who treated "Octomom" Nadya Suleman of La Habra faces new state medical board accusations.As was alleged in the Suleman case, Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred too many embryos into an unnamed woman and failed to recommend that she see a mental health professional, California ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    1st OC Ride for AIDS Pushes Off Saturday

    ​Orange County's first Ride for AIDS event Saturday will wind riders through century (approximately 100 miles) and metric century (approximately 62 miles) courses that take in some of the region's most scenic spots in Santiago Canyon, Tustin, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach and other areas. About 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Shocker: AIDS Group Praises Dana Rohrabacher

    Rohrabacher ​When it comes to healthcare reform you can count on Rep. Dana Rohrabacher to take a firm "no" stance, unless the so-called reform is sponsored by the insurance lobby.So it's a notable moment when a healthcare lobbying group enthusiastically praises Rohrabacher.It's even more notable w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    OC Planned Parenthood Funding in Crisis

    ​On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget resolution that eliminates Title X, a program that gives low-income women access to family-planning services. Taking the biggest hit is Planned Parenthood--the nation's largest reproductive health services provider--which would lose a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Jennifer Veary, HIV Positive Nurse and Christian AIDS Activist, Seriously Injured When Van Clips Her Bike

    ​Jennifer Veary, a nurse who is HIV positive and has been described as a Christian HIV/AIDS activist "with a heart for Vietnam," was seriously injured Saturday when her head hit the pavement after her bike was clipped by a van near her Huntington Beach home.After being thrown over her handlebars, ... More >>

  • Film

    September 8, 2011

    'We Were Here': Interpreters of Maladies

    Five San Franciscans remember the AIDS crisis

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Rick and Kay Warren Bitch-Slap Prominent Christian Commentator about AIDS

    Warren: Bustin' out his righteous pimp hand?​It's rare that we ever offer kind words about Saddleback Church's Rick Warren--scratch that, I do believe this is the first time EVER we'll ever offer kind words about Purpose-Driven® Rick. But we praise the good 'round here, and that's exactly what Wa ... More >>

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