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The Herald Scotland
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Adrien Brody, more unite to support AIDS research after Trump cuts
The charity said the benefit has so far raised nearly $300 million for its research programs on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Celebrities including "Sing Sing" actor Colman Domingo, award-winning actor Taraji P. Henson and Michelle Rodriguez of the "Fast and Furious" franchise expressed concern about what U.S. President Donald Trump's budget and staffing cuts could mean for AIDS research and prevention around the world. See the photo: Emma Watson touches down in France for rare Cannes Film Festival appearance The United States' "recent reduction of a lot of those resources globally has affected the AIDS community profoundly," said Rodriguez on the red carpet ahead of the dinner. "It becomes more important than ever, the work that amfAR does, not only in the research to generate drugs, just the advocacy that they have globally," added the actor. The United Nations AIDS agency warned in March that there could be 2,000 new HIV infections a day across the world and a ten-fold increase in related deaths if funding frozen by the United States is not restored or replaced. "It's very disappointing when people are going to die for something they don't have to die from," said Henson, the event's host and actor from "Hidden Figures" and TV series "Empire." Teri Hatcher, Ed Westwick, Heidi Klum and Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' fiancee, also attended the dinner that featured a performance by pop rockers Duran Duran. Contributing: Miranda Murray, Rollo Ross, Reuters
Ottawa Citizen
23-05-2025
- Health
- Ottawa Citizen
The harrowing human rights battle of Barry Deeprose
In early July 1981, Barry Deeprose stopped to read a New York Times article pinned to a bulletin board at the Gays of Ottawa centre, where he volunteered as a peer counsellor. Article content The article described a rare and often rapidly fatal form of cancer diagnosed in 41 homosexual men, mostly in New York City and San Francisco. Article content 'The cancer often causes swollen lymph glands, and then kills by spreading throughout the body,' the newspaper reported. 'Doctors investigating the outbreak believe that many cases have gone undetected because of the rarity of the condition and the difficulty even dermatologists may have in diagnosing it.' Article content Article content Investigators did not know whether an unidentified virus or environmental factors were behind the outbreak. Article content Article content 'This was the first announcement of the AIDS epidemic, but we didn't have a name for it then,' he said. Article content It would be another year before the mystery disease would come to be described as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS. The following year, in May 1983, French researchers reported the disease was caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV. Deeprose was then a federal public servant, a human resources expert within the Department of National Defence. Article content He also volunteered two nights a week as a peer counsellor with Gayline, a phone service offered by Gays of Ottawa, which formed in 1971 following the landmark 'We Demand' rally on Parliament Hill, the country's first large-scale gay rights demonstration. Article content Article content Deeprose answered phones three hours a night on Gayline. Most of the calls – about two-thirds – were from pre-Internet trolls who spewed invective and threats. The other callers were young men seeking advice about how to come out of the closet, or how to connect with Ottawa's gay community. Article content Deeprose found the work rewarding since it affirmed his own experience. But as the spectre of AIDS loomed, he began to worry about the advice he was offering – and the potential peril to which he was exposing callers by directing them to the city's hook-up spots. Article content 'What bothered me is that people were calling us, and we were telling them where the saunas were, where the bars were, and if they were sophisticated enough, then where the outside cruising areas were,' he said. 'And my concern was that we were putting people at risk without any information.'
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Celebrities unite at exclusive Cannes gala to support AIDS research after Trump cuts
By Miranda Murray and Rollo Ross CANNES, France (Reuters) - Famed actors, directors and music acts like Adrien Brody, Duran Duran and Spike Lee escaped the Cannes Film Festival's crowded Croisette boulevard on Thursday evening for the exclusive grounds of the nearby Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc for a good cause. With tickets starting at $25,000, the amfAR charity dinner has been bringing stars to Cap d'Antibes, Cannes' quieter, palm-lined neighbour, since 1993 in the name of HIV/AIDS research. The charity said the benefit has so far raised nearly $300 million for its research programs on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Celebrities including "Sing Sing" actor Colman Domingo, award-winning actor Taraji P. Henson and Michelle Rodriguez of the "Fast and Furious" franchise expressed concern about what U.S. President Donald Trump's budget and staffing cuts could mean for AIDS research and prevention around the world. The United States' "recent reduction of a lot of those resources globally has affected the AIDS community profoundly," said Rodriguez on the red carpet ahead of the dinner. "It becomes more important than ever, the work that amfAR does, not only in the research to generate drugs, just the advocacy that they have globally," added the actor. The United Nations AIDS agency warned in March that there could be 2,000 new HIV infections a day across the world and a ten-fold increase in related deaths if funding frozen by the United States is not restored or replaced. "It's very disappointing when people are going to die for something they don't have to die from," said Henson, the event's host and actor from "Hidden Figures" and TV series "Empire." Teri Hatcher, Ed Westwick, Heidi Klum and Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' fiancee, also attended the dinner that featured a performance by pop rockers Duran Duran.
