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On February 7, the last 88 paintings from the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor's private collection—a mix of Impressionist, Surrealist and modern works—were auctioned at Christie's International in London for $21.9 million, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

Thanks to an unidentified benefactor who bequeathed Healthy Communities a Noosa property, the Coast's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population has been given a major boost.

Australia's best selling author and Canberra resident, Bryce Courtenay, spoke with Alex Sloan about the tragic death of his son Damon and his decision to tell his very private story on the ABC's Family Confidential.

Having pets may be helpful for women living with HIV/AIDS and trying to manage their condition, according to a study published in the journal Women’s Health Issues and reported by News-Medical.Net

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has offered an assurance New Zealand supports a recommendation for Commonwealth nations to end to end the discrimination and criminalisation of gay people, in order to effectively fight HIV and AIDS.

Two Planned Parenthood groups have filed a lawsuit against the State of Tennessee for withholding funding for HIV and syphilis prevention programs, The Tennessean reports. 

An Australian man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for attempting to extort thousands of dollars from neighbors using the threat of HIV and hepatitis infection, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Dita, 28, fears she may be HIV positive after having unprotected sex, yet she doesn’t want to go to a clinic to find out as she’s worried about having to reveal her identity.

The victims of a Western Sydney man who attempted to extort tens of thousands of dollars by threatening to rape their daughters and infect their sons with AIDS have told of their relief at his jailing.

IN THE LIFE investigates the injustices that arise when a person's HIV status becomes a crime, with a special report on how women have been stigmatized and prosecuted under these laws.

There's a terrible court case which I heard about on our late news yesterday and then read more about in the Herald Sun this morning. That's the case of a young woman who contracted HIV after having unprotected sex with an HIV-infected man after a drunken night out.

According to Washington state officials, a measure to legalize recreational marijuana use has enough signatures to get on the ballot in November 2012, Reuters reports.

My antenna perked up when I read a gay man's comment that HIV infection is essentially no big deal anymore. "It's like diabetes these days," he said. As an HIV-positive 53-year-old, familiar with the health details of some near and dear diabetics, and having just written an article about the type-2 ("adult onset") diabetes epidemic, I'd say this: we need to choose our analogies carefully.

A WOMAN who unwittingly had unprotected sex with an HIV-infected man after a drunken night out at a pub felt "violated to the core''.

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will be the opening plenary speaker at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC, according to an AIDS 2012 statement.

Seeking to understand why adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was extremely high in a study of serodiscordant couples, qualitative researchers have found that trial participants saw PrEP as a way they could preserve their relationship despite the pressures created by the knowledge of different HIV status and the risk of infection. In an article published

Actors in adult movies filmed in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms under an ordinance signed into law by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in a move that industry leaders say could lead them to abandon the nation's porn capital.

Sprawled across the San Fernando Valley is an $8bn film industry that is on a collision course with the Los Angeles city council. The mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, has passed a law that will force performers in adult movies to use condoms. A taskforce of police, nurses and aids campaigners could soon raid pornographic film sets to ensure performers comply. If they don't, film-makers' licences will be revoked.

The provision of smoking cessation counselling and therapy during routine HIV care increases the chances that patients will quit smoking and stay stopped, according to Swiss research published in HIV Medicine.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has signed into law historic new rules requiring porn performers to wear condoms while acting in areas requiring a city film permit.