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Meet Our Candidates: David Butler for State Representative, LD 25
The Arizona general election will be held on November 6, 2012, with early voting starting on October 11. After the many recent legislative challenges to reproductive health care access, both nationally...
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Meet Our Candidates: Scott Prior for State Senator, LD 16
The Arizona general election will be held on November 6, 2012, with early voting starting on October 11. After the many recent legislative challenges to reproductive health care access, both nationally...
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Book Club: Outlaw Marriages
Sally Ride, the famous astronaut who passed away in July from pancreatic cancer, left an unexpected gift to America’s youth. In her obituary, it was revealed that Ride, the first American woman to...
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STD Awareness: 10 Myths About Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The Internet is brimming with contradictory claims about sexual health, and you don’t know what to believe. Your friends give you advice, but you’re not sure if it sounds right. To make things worse,...
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AIDS Denialism: Conspiracy Theories Can Kill
This scanning electron micrograph from 1989 reveals HIV particles (colored green) emerging from an infected cell. Image: CDC’s C. Goldsmith, P. Feorino, E.L. Palmer, W.R. McManus We’ve all heard...
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International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia
IDAHO. That’s tomorrow — May 17. The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Homophobia and transphobia — or rather, anti-gay and anti-trans thoughts, words, and actions — are deeply...
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LGBTQ Legislation in Arizona
Phoenix Gay Pride Parade, 2010. Photo: Fritz Liess via Flickr I’m certain everyone read yesterday’s post on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (that’s today) and thought, “I’m so...
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Judging Sex: From Bowers v. Hardwick to Lawrence v. Texas
Tyron Garner, left, and John Lawrence, right, react to the decision in Lawrence v. Texas. Image: Metro Weekly This week, two related Supreme Court cases both mark anniversaries. Twenty-seven years ago...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Arizona Republicans do a stellar job of making our beloved state seem like a haven for bigots. The current target? Members of the LGBT community. (AZ Central) Here’s another shining example of this …...
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Chad Campbell Calls for New Faces at the Capitol
Editor’s Note: We loved Chad Campbell’s Arizona Republic op-ed so much that we couldn’t help but share it with our readers, as it so perfectly encapsulates our feelings about the current legislative...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Photo: Devon Christopher Adams Arizona has had quite an eventful few weeks, y’all. Here’s what’s been happening on the home front … As you’ve probably heard, anti-gay SB 1062, vetoed by Gov. Brewer...
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STD Awareness: Can Lesbians Get STDs?
A couple of months ago, in time for Valentine’s Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it would start using the term “condomless sex” instead of “unprotected sex.” The move...
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The 45th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots: Still Here, Still Queer, Still...
The Gay Liberation Front formed in 1969 in response to the Stonewall Riots. In 1969, homosexuality was illegal in 49 states. It was classified as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric...
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The Nation’s — and Arizona’s — Road to Marriage Equality
Protesters advocate for marriage equality as the Supreme Court hears Hollingsworth v. Perry. Image: Victoria Pickering June is often known as a big month for weddings. Last June, that was more true...
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STD Awareness: Is Syphilis Making a Comeback?
Before antibiotics, syphilis was the most feared sexually transmitted disease (STD) out there. It was easy to get, quack cures were ineffective and often unpleasant, and it could lead to blindness,...
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Meet Our Candidates: David Garcia for Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Arizona primary election will be held on August 26, 2014. Reproductive health care access has been under attack, both nationally and statewide, but Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona has...
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Superintendent of Public Instruction Candidate David Garcia on His Opponent
The Arizona general election will be held on November 4, 2014. Reproductive health care access has been under attack, both nationally and statewide, but Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona has...
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Meet Our Candidates: Kelli Butler for State Senate, LD 28
The Arizona general election will be held on November 4, 2014. Reproductive health care access has been under attack, both nationally and statewide, but Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona has...
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Meet Our Candidates: Andrew Sherwood for State Representative, LD 26
The Arizona general election will be held on November 4, 2014. Reproductive health care access has been under attack, both nationally and statewide, but Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona has...
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National Coming Out Day: A Day for Love to Win Out
October 11 is National Coming Out Day. On one hand, it is pretty awesome that there is such a sense of community engagement that there is a day of national awareness. On the other hand, it is really...
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