In this edition of "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS," we presents Oncology Pharmacist David King. In his up close and personal interview, David King describes how he found out his HIV status four years ago, even though he believes he was infected in the early stages of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980's. H...

This edition of the series "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS", profiles Jen and Paul Robertson, who are honoring their dear friend interior designer Carl Freiwald. Carl was a native of Michigan who died of AIDS at the age of 49. He was a talented interior designer who worked for the Robertson Brothers in...

Matisse was one of the most celebrated painters of the 20th century who, even in his own lifetime, enjoyed a level of popularity envied by other artists. But in 1941, after a near-fatal operation for cancer, he decided to give up painting and sought a new way of drawing in colour. Scissors replaced ...

This edition of the series "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS", profiles Robby Sherwin, a native of Washington DC who attended Colorado State College and lived in San Francisco during the Harvey Milk era. Robby has worked in Hotel Management and as a Chef throughout his career. He is currently retired liv...

On Friday, August 1, 2014 at the start of South African Women’s Month, hundreds of volunteers participated in the 8th annual Silent Protest. Organized for the first time by AHF, the protest aimed to highlight rape survivors’ right to Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) in order to prevent HIV sero-conve

Ukraine had its first Gay Pride Parade in 2013 amidst intolerance and suppression. In 2020, and due to the covid-19 pandemic, the organizers of the event decided to make a world statement regarding their Gay Pride by flying a rainbow flag with a drone and attaching it to their Moderland Monument i...

On March 30, 2009, NASA unveiled the new Orion Spacecraft in front of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. The module is still undergoing tests, but is planned to make its first journey to the International Space Station in 2015.

Ortrud, known to her friends as 'Orty', has been collecting model clowns for over 15 years, and in that time amassed 2,053 different models. The collection is so large that Ortrud has had to move to a larger flat to accommodate them, and even set up her own museum at her home in Essen, Germany. Ortr...

The Shed's concept is simple: It's the 120-foot tall building that moves. This idea is both its architectural hallmark and its metaphor for the future of culture. Opening on April 5th, New York City's half-billion dollar, hybrid museum-meets-performance space can shapeshift to double its indoor peri...

Starring Billy Eichner, the first openly gay man to co-write and star in his own major studio film—and featuring an entirely LGBTQ+ principal cast, including Luke Macfarlane (Killjoys) Bobby Lieber, an "out and proud but also scared and self-doubting. New York City museum curator, is hired to writ