The MAC AIDS Funds (MAF) new campaign to raise awareness and funding for HIV-AIDS research brings together two glam artists, Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper. This women’s initiative aimed at strengthening the service network and resources available to women living with and at risk of contracting HIV.
The two artists will promote the sale of limited editions of lipsticks created to support the work of the funds.
Unlike Starbuck armchair’s activism, where less than 10% of what you spend on expensive lattes goes to support HIV/AIDS programmes, M-A-C decided that every cent …

With same-sex marriage defeats in New York and New Jersey, and gay marriage currently on trial in California it’s time to play “whose marriage is it”. All you have to do is say “gay or straight”. Now you are in the hot seat!
Another brilliant instalment from Mark Fiore.

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Condoms sold in safety box at Tesco, London.
(C) peripheries

A coalition of labor unions started a campaign to free condom from bondage in a major drug store chain in the US. The “Cure CVS: Unlock the Condoms Initiative” is concerned “that young people are less likely to ask a store associate for access to the condoms, exposing them to a greater chance of contracting HIV/AIDS or becoming pregnant if they don’t use such contraceptives.”
According to The Tennessean, a spokesman for the chain explained that the practice aims at preventing shoplifting in …

Access to life saving medicines is once more at the heart of trade negotiations between Thailand and the US. And again the US administration and businesses have chosen to bully the Thai government in advance of a meeting in Washington prior to the release of the that impacts on trade conditions between the US and its partners.
Compulsory licensing (CL) has been the casus beli of an ongoing battle started when the junta government led by Surayud Chulanont issued compulsory licences for antiretrovirals and anti-cancer drugs in September 2006 in …

Calendario Romano 2009.
The calendar can be bought here 10% of proceeds go to The Food Chain a registered charity supported by peripheries.

The Roman Catholic Church has issued guidance for future priests to have psychological test aiming at preventing “tragic situations” (read “sexual abuse by priest”) caused by what the Church calls psychological defects.
According to the BBC, “The guidance says the voluntary tests should also aim to vet for those with ‘deep-seated homosexual tendencies’ ”. The advice also stipulates priests must have a “positive and stable sense of one’s masculine identity”.
There …