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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow November 10, 2009 - 9:08am
An HIV-positive Macomb County man is facing charges created under Michigan’s 2004 terrorism laws for biting another man in a neighborhood scuffle. That, HIV advocates, state lawmakers and legal experts say is “cowardly” and “nonsense” and increases ignorance and stigma surrounding the virus.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow November 6, 2009 - 6:00am
Following up on a June surprise, Michigan House Speaker Pro Tem Pam Byrnes on Wednesday announced she had introduced legislation to roll back a 2004 constitutional amendment which bans same-sex marriage in the state.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow November 5, 2009 - 6:00am
A Michigan Department of Corrections official confirms that the department is seeking changes to a controversial policy barring HIV-positive prisoners from working in food service jobs.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 29, 2009 - 6:00am
Congressman Bart Stupak says that while he is leading the charge to eliminate abortion care from both private and public insurance policies, he will support health care reform legislation even if he loses.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 19, 2009 - 1:38pm
Legislation pending in Michigan sparks worries about health insurers denying coverage to those infected and tested without their knowledge.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 13, 2009 - 8:34am
A police report from Meridian Township, Michigan detailing an evening of troubling incidents among a group of Haslett Public Schools teachers “drunk shaming” may be but one example of a much broader problem.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 12, 2009 - 12:42pm
Lt. Dan Choi at the National Equality March: "The era and the time for asking is over. I am not asking anymore I am telling... will you tell with me? In the face of injustice and in the face of the discrimination, patience is not a plan."
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 11, 2009 - 11:02am
"I ain't going to no rally for AIDS," he loudly opined. His friend empahticaly concurred.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 11, 2009 - 10:53am
Thousands of Americans are in the nation's capitol today to demand full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The National Equality March which is the brain child of San Francisco organizer Cleve Jones and media mogul David Mixner, will feature a march through the nation's capitol, past the White House and conclude at the lawn of the Capitol building.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 11, 2009 - 8:49am
Hundreds of people--young and old, men and women, gay, lesbian, transgender and straight--all effected and affected by HIV and AIDS rallied on the Washington Mall Saturday night to call for an end to the epidemic.
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