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What Is It Like to Be Cured of HIV?
A Conversation With Timony Ray Brown
When Timothy Ray Brown underwent a bone marrow transplant in Berlin, Germany during the winter of 2007, he was unaware of the historical significance that the surgery would later have. He hoped that the grueling procedure would free him from Leukemia, and he knew there was an unlikely chance that he could also be rid of HIV. Eight years later, Brown remains free from Leukemia and is still the only person on the planet to be cured of HIV. I met with Brown, and together we discussed the significance that this experience has had on him personally, his newfound role as a leader, and his hopes for impacting the world. Being the only person in the world to ever be cured of HIV/AIDS must be quite an experience. And it seems it has launched you into the role of a leader and an activist. I’m curious to know where the story begins and if you have always considered yourself an activist. I was an activist in ACT-UP in 1989 and 90 before I left the United States. I wanted to study in Berlin, which is what lead me there. Then, I tested positive for HIV in 1995. I had a partner at the time, who I met in Berlin and eventually moved to Barcelona with, and he told me that he didn’t want to know his status. He preferred not to know if he was HIV positive or negative. Its important to remember that even in 1995, testing positive was still considered a death 20: November 20, 2015
sentence. There wasn’t anything available for treatment except for AZT and a couple of others. Were you recommended to take AZT at that time? Yes, my doctor recommended it, but I really didn’t want to do it because of all the known side effects, and perhaps even more so for the unknown side effects. But, since it was the only treatment available, I agreed to try a low dose. And luckily the next year protease inhibitors and then the drug cocktail combinations came out and I was able to switch my treatment to those. I did well for the next 11 years, and took a number of different HIV cocktail treatment regimens. Around 2006 I returned to the US for a friend’s gay wedding, and I remember feeling extremely fatigued. When I got back to Berlin it continued to get worse. I told my boyfriend, who took me to a doctor who diagnosed me with anemia. They started doing these blood transfusions but they didn’t really help, so I was sent to an oncologist. The oncologist did a bone marrow autopsy and discovered that I had Leukemia. Needless to say, I was shocked. I knew it was deadly and needed to get treated immediately so we discussed where I should go, & that’s when I was introduced to Dr. Gero Huetter who, little did I know at that point, would became an integral part of my life & cure.
I read about your story a few years ago, but I was recently surprised to find out that you were cured as far as 8 years back. What has happened since then? At first I was just basically recovering. And my former partner at the time, who I love dearly, strongly suggested that I take as much time as I needed to recover before even thinking of going public. But at some point I really began to feel the weight of being the only person in the world to be cured of HIV. I felt like I was in this very exclusive club, and I desperately wanted other people to join! I decided to release my name and story to the public. It began with a German magazine called Stern who ran the initial story. I didn’t want to be interviewed again for 6 months, and the next one was with POZ magazine in the US & it began to snowball from there. At what point did this coverage shift your focus toward activism? I had been doing some appearances and speeches since the first story ran. I met with the founders of the World AIDS Institute and together we decided to hold a press conference at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC in 2012, where I would announce my interest in starting a foundation or a coalition in support of the effort to find a cure for AIDS. That’s really where it began because many of the international folks had never heard my story. Remember, I only came out as
the Berlin Patient on December 8, 2010, so about a year and a half earlier. Many had never even heard that someone was cured. When we did the press conference, it was off-site, and about an hour before we had to double the size of the room to accommodate all of the media outlets from around the world. I think that’s when people began to see me as a potential leader. From there we began holding meetings and the idea of a Cure for AIDS Coalition really began to take flight. Then from 2012 you have been searching for ideal partnerships to move this forward. Can you tell me a little about how the search for partnerships has gone, and how you arrived at the Research Foundation to Cure AIDS? To be truthful, as it relates to the Research Foundation to Cure AIDS, we were actually somewhat skeptical. You know, I have a pretty good bullshit meter and when looking into Dr. Shekdar’s biotech called Chromocell, it was puzzling because they have done amazing work on things like developing artificial tastes, and so I wasn’t too sure how this would pan out as it relates to a cure for HIV. And as you can imagine, it was quite a process to find the right kinds of organizations to partner with as it relates to our mission. It took from mid October of last year until now to gain the level of comfort that we’ve reached with the Research Foundation to Cure AIDS. We helped launch their organization in New York City in May of this year and we are thrilled with the opportunities of our working together. But in the end, the fact that he wants to build a coalition of both medical researchers and social scientists in the pursuit of a cure is exactly what we were looking for in a partner. I understand that the long-term goal is to roll out a cure for HIV, but what else does the organization, the Cure for AIDS Coalition, seek to accomplish in the more immediate future? Our main goal is to foster an environment of collaboration, & to stop the territoriality that we have witnessed happening over the past few years within the scientific, medical and AIDS community on the road to a cure for AIDS. Specifically, at the NIH cure meeting late last year, we officially launched the Cure Report, which is an information website and online database where people can go to if they want to learn more about AIDS cure research that is being conducted. We’ve listed all the HIV cure related studies by state and by country. It also acts as a discussion forum for prevention, treatment and the vaccine trials. Our overall mission is to focus on HIV cure awareness, education and support for full funding for HIV cure research. In essence we wanted to create a voice for a cure. The other thing we would like to kick off soon, is a CCR5 Delta 32 registry. Which is the genetic mutation that led to my being cured. In essence, my doctor who cured me, Dr. Gero Huetter, started the process to create a CCR5 registry it in Germany, and we would like to bring it to the United States and make it accessible to all HIV cure researchers around the world. It would also be a way for patients to participate in the process to find a cure for AIDS. Cure researchers are telling us that they are excited about our CCR5 registry idea, because accessing that kind of information has been a real barrier for some of the cure research moving forward. The other thing we would like to kick off is the first International Cure AIDS Day to help get out the word that a cure for HIV is possible and gather more support for the global effort. Those are the three main things we are working on right now. But it is just the beginning as it relates to our work under the Cure for AIDS Coalition. For more information on Timothy Ray Brown and the Cure AIDS Report, please visit cureaidsreport.org
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INTERVIEW
America’s First Transgender Pop Group
Secret Girls
BY PETER GARNET
How did the idea for the Secret Girls start and get to where you are today? Nikki Exotika founded the Secret Girls about 10years ago back in 2006; she had a vision of creating a Trans Female Pop Group almost like the Spice Girls but of different races. Throughout the years she casted many different members to the girl group but couldn’t find the right chemistry so in 2013 she decided to move to L.A. to start a new chapter of her life. She had a Secret Girls casting call through social media and found a Filipina girl named Jazlene Ban from Huntington Beach. At the same time, Raquel Starr approached Nikki at a TRANS party and asked if she could be considered to be a part of the Secret Girls. Nikki gave her the spot as the newest Latina member to join the group. Later, some unfortunate events caused Nikki to move back to the east coast. There, someone told Nikki to check out Eleet Lucheonnie on YouTube and she where she saw a video and was very impressed by her vocal range, unique style and signature green hair. Finally the girls were ready to start
working together , they recorded music in the studio shot a sizzle reel, rehearsed many hours, hosted some events and performed live during NYC PRIDE 2015.
rehearsals to prepare for their “Secret Girls” Promo tour which brings us to now, the “Secret Girls” are touring the country, you can keep up with the girls on the web on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Nikki was aware that Raquel had another TRANS related project back in LA, but never realized it would interfere with Raquel staying part of the “Secret Girls”. Raquel was given an ultimatum to make a decision on which project she would choose and ultimately she chose the dance project in LA. The “Secret Girls” were very upset over this but respected her decision and supported Raquel on her journey
What’s ahead for the group?
This left the girls again searching for another member, so Nikki took to social media again and started searching for talented TRANS music artists. Thats where she came across Alissah Brooks from Atlanta, and that’s when magic happened, the chemistry was just right, so Alissah flew to NYC to meet Nikki & Eleet and Jazlene flew in from California. One week later the girls recorded 5 songs, shot a music video, had 2 photo shoots, and had 20-hour dance
Nikki will be adding a 5th member in the near future, preferably of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean descent. The group really wants to cross over into the mainstream world of pop music, and who knows? Possibly find a record label and big name producer that is willing to work with them and give them a chance, someone who believes in their vision as much as they do! The girls will be auditioning for this season of America’s Got Talent, to show the world who they are, a talented group of beautiful women who happen to be transgender. You can find more information about Secret Girls on their website: Secretgirlsworld.com and if you happen to be in the Ft. Lauderdale area on November 20th, you can check them out LIVE at the Manor. Stay tuned to FENUXE for updates on their Atlanta appearance!
Eleet
Eleet Lucheonnie is 28 years old. Her nationality is Puerto Rican, Black and Italian. She was born in Brazil but raised in California. She started her transition at 16 years old. Singing, Song writing and producing has always been her first love, and has been singing ever since 5 years old. Eleet would like to consider herself as a Chameleon, she is adaptable to many styles and genres musically and visually. She Love’s Black & White trends and styles, & her known trademark is her Green Hair, Some people say that she is very reminiscent to one of her idols the late, great Lisa*LEFT EYE Lopes of the Girl Group TLC. When it comes to Secret Girls she is the “spunky, avant garde, innovative” one of the group, She tends to walk to the beat of her Own Drum and wear’s her heart on her sleeve. She keeps it 100% at all times but never forgetting where she came from. Throughout her life, ELEET has worked for and still is affiliated with many non profit organizations specializing in working with LGBT youth. Those outlets have given her the opportunity to reach out and tell her story and help people along the way that may have experienced my same situations and or can relate to her story. She wants to give back to the community and represent for all the Underdogs, all of the kids and Girls like herself that have experienced rough obstacles in life, and show them that they can do what ever they put your mind to, have faith & never give up “Her journey has Just Begun”.
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Alissah Alissah is 31 years old. She was born in Mexico and raised in Atlanta. She has been involved in the community since 2004 and has always loved performing. She started out doing drag shows and developed a passion for the stage and live music and was influenced by Sierrah Foxx, Janet Jackson, Willa Ford & Britney Spears. Her main support group is THE HOUSE OF BROOKS. She has been involved with HOB since she started performing and loves being apart of this influential house who’s motto is “This house is not a home. Its a Legacy.” Everyone involved in HOB has set out to do amazing things, but none of it would be possible without one person’s vision, the legendary Shawnna Brooks. Our whole purpose is fueled by her and she is a huge example for all of us. Alissah has been involved in several film projects such as MTV’s “TEEN WOLF”, Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds, AMC’s Halt & Catch Fireand most recently having a role in the film “If I Should Die Before I Wake” directed by Eric Ayala. Alissah is involved with GLAAD along side her best friend Actress/ Singer Kat Graham and is also active in the fashion scene attending New York Fashion Week regularly. She loves being a positive role model and influence to LGBT youth and stays active supporting many charity events and organizations in the Atlanta area. Her goal in life is to break barriers and set a high standard for the trans community. With the “Secret Girls” platform she hopes to reach her goals and succeed in anything she sets out to do. FENUXE.COM : 35
Jazlene
Jazlene Ban is 28 yrs old, she is known in the group as the “Sexy” Secret Girl member with a bubbly personality. She lives in Huntington Beach, California but was born and raised in the Philippines and moved to the US at 16 with her family, She has been singing since 9 years old and was in the church choir until 18. During her high school years she was attending a nursing school and continued her education after graduation she was off to college and received her nursing degree, but her passion was always to be a singer! She loves to go out dancing and sings at Karaoke bars with her girlfriends on the weekends. She is single, but is dating. Jazlene’s favorite color is red, her favorite food is “Jollybee” and she loves to cook! She has a white Pomeranian, and her extra curricular activities include fencing, swimming , and karate. Her musical influences are Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and Arianna Grande Jazlene was scouted by Nikki Exotika 3 years ago in LA, and asked to audition when another Asian member had dropped out due to schedule conflicts with her job. She is very excited to see what the future holds for the “Secret Girls”.
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Nikki
Nikki Exotika is 33yrs old, she is known in the group as the “Boss Barbie Bitch” The founder and leader of the Secret Girls. She is Puerto-Rican/Swedish and was born in New York City but raised by the Jersey Shore. She started her transition at 17 and during the years she has had numerous plastic surgery procedures to look like a Barbie doll. Nikki has been singing since the age of 10, in the school choir, marching band, school plays as the lead, talent shows as well as singing in theatre and acting classes most of her life. She was destined to be a star! Nikki has always been a fan of pop girl groups , especially the “Spice Girls” & “Pussycat Dolls.” Her ultimate idol is Madonna and hopes to meet her one day, but loves Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears as well. Nikki started as a go-go dancer in all the “straight & mixed” NYC nightclubs then started performing and doing shows in which she choreographed herself with dancers, in which she just started singing LIVE with choreography. Her favorite color is Pink and she loves to cook & bake. She is single but yet looking for a future husband to be her “Ken” , she is also a New York state licensed cosmetologist, and does her own hair and makeup “most of the time” she loves to dance, and has been dancing professionally in street jazz/ hip hop since her 20’s. She has suffered through a lot of struggles that will all be brought to the light in her upcoming book called “Confessions of a Secret Girl.” She is also working on launching her own unisex fragrance with pheromones that attracts the male sex called “Exotika by Nikki Exotika”. She is quite an entrepreneur, stays focused on her ambitious, is dedicated to the Secret Girls and working on making all of her dreams a reality. She wants to be a good role model for her community, she loves all her fans all around the world and cannot wait to meet them all on her tour with the “Secret Girls.” FENUXE.COM : 35
Hey Girl Hey! Holler Poodles! I love this time of year so much!! The weather is getting colder, the leaves are falling and I’m snuggled up with a sweet pussy (her choice, not mine!) Girls, you know Thanksgiving is all about family and food. But damn, I got some relatives… Well, let’s just say they’re more than a little f**ked up! Nana Split Pitts, my grandmother on my neighbor’s side is just a damn fool. Ain’t got a lick of shame and is proud of her body!! Unbeknownst to most of the locals, Nana was born with a birth defect -- a third and fourth nipple and a fifth of Jack Daniels. As Nana entered puberty at 7, her breasts were size double DD’s and she was very popular with both boys and local dairy moms. By the age of 11 her boobs were hanging down by her hips and by 15 they kept falling in her coochie. She refused to wear a bra cause she said folding her titties over on themselves was uncomfortable. Unfortunately, she lost her teeth somewhere along the way. But I look back with fond memories of each Thanksgiving. We’d have a great meal, then Eustice (my not so great uncle/brother and cousin once removed by security) and Nana would get drunk on Jack and cola and fall out. Nana would be snoring and farting (smelled like old cheese and rotten eggs were gonna make an omelet but thought better of it) when we’d all chuckle as her dentures would fall out and slide into her crotch. Fluffy, our blind and hard of hearing hound dog with 3 legs would go over and start licking her dentures and Nana would just get the biggest smile on her face. Awwwww, those were the days. It just makes you all warm inside. Speaking of warm. I’ve got a new idea I’m gonna try this holiday. The past few years I’ve heard a lot of talk about turduckens which is a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside of a turkey and then deep fried. While that sounds delicious, I think I’m gonna try my hand at something new this year… a delicacy if you will. I’m gonna try a twinkie stuffed with an otter stuffed with a bear. Doesn’t that sound delicious? Can you imagine how much fun it will be to suck out all of the creamy filling? What should I call it? A twinkerbear? Don’t forget you heard it here first. Happy Thanksgiving and Love and Lashes!
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Gay News At A Glance SAN FRANCISCO OFFERS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SOME OF ITS OLDEST GAY VENUES. Proposition J offers financial assistance to ‘legacy’ businesses; the city wants to help to preserve historic regions such as the Castro and the Mission The number of gay bars and clubs in many cities has been falling due largely to hook-up apps changing the way we meet, gentrification of “gayborhoods” driving up prices as well as the growing acceptance of gay couples in straight bars and clubs. Now, the oldest LGBT businesses in San Francisco may benefit from a proposition adopted by voters on last week. Proposition J concerns the adoption of a Legacy Business Historic Preservation Fund. The fund will provide assistance to landlords if they allow ‘legacy’ businesses to continue to rent premises; and grants to those same businesses. To qualify for a place on the legacy list businesses must have
been operating for a minimum of 20 years and, according to the wording on the ballot, ‘be at risk of displacement’. A nominated business will be judged on whether it contributes to an area’s history or identity and it must also agree to preserve its ‘identity, name and craft.’ Non-profits as well as commercial businesses may benefit from the fund. Long-running LGBT businesses in the city may be among the first to take advantage of the new financial assistance. The financial assistance will be in the region of $500 per full-time employee per year, with a cap of $50,000 a year. Landlords will be given $4.50 per square foot if they provide 10-year leases to the qualifying businesses. The city estimates the measure will cost around $3.7 million dollars in the 2015-2016 financial year. Supporters of the fund argued that the fund would protect small businesses against rising rents against chain restaurants and coffee stores with greater financial resources.
MORMONS RESIGN EN-MASSE FROM THE CHURCH. Thousands of Mormons plan to resign from the church over the church policy barring the children of married samesex couples from receiving baptism.
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A woman in a same-sex marriage posted that she grew up Mormon and feared the new church policy would lead her relatives to disavow her. A spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not return our calls or emails
The policy, approved two weeks ago by the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, added same-sex marriage to the list of acts considered to be a renunciation of the Mormon faith and thus subject to church discipline, including excommunication.
The new church policy, which follows the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that legalized same-sex marriage, also prohibits natural or adopted children of gay married couples from being baptized in the faith until they turn 18, leave their parents’ home and personally disavow same-sex marriage or cohabitation.
“When this announcement came out, there was no way I was going to leave my name on the books,” said Lauren McNamara, 29, the organizer of the protest in Utah where hundreds of members submitted their resignation letters last week. Hundreds more have pledged to mail in their letters on the Facebook page posted for the event.
The church however this year did announced support for U.S. laws protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination in housing and employment. But its leaders have said sex should only happen between a wedded couple, and that they cannot sanction same-sex marriage.
QUILT ON THE QUAD Quilt on the Quad is a nonprofit organization devoted to increasing HIV/ AIDS awareness at Emory University. In the spirit of World AIDS Day a group of students have organized to display over 800 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Over the past decade, this project has unified and inspired the Emory community to take action against AIDS and memorialize those who have lost their lives to the disease. This year, for its 11th anniversary, Quilt on the Quad will be held on the Emory University Quad on December 1st from 11am to 2pm. The event is open to the public and will feature a communitypartners fair of local non-profit
NO SAME SEX DANCING ON DANCING WITH THE STARS. TMZ reported that ABC has said a ‘definitive no’ to gay dancing on Dancing With the Stars. Recording artist Who is Fancy will debut his new single Boys Like You, featuring Ariana Grande and Meghan Trainor, on the hit reality competition on November 23rd. The song is about a man falling in love with another man. The report by TMZ reported; Who is Fancy’s choreographer sent an email to one of show’s producer, saying it would ‘be an awesome look to have 2 males dancing with each other.’ However, according to the report his suggestion was shot down by ABC. Stating, ‘Apologies all but this is a
organizations and businesses. Additionally, the event will include, public name reading, free HIV testing, documentary screening and performances from Emory A Capella groups. Along with the largest collegiate AIDS Quilt display in the nation, our event is partnering with The “Getting to Zero” World AIDS Day Event Team to a bi-coastal team of scientists, artists, professors, nurses, and counselors to help stem the 70% spike in new HIV cases in young people ages 13-24 years old in the US. Remember those and honor who we have lost this year on December 1st, 2015 at Quilt on the Quad at Emory University.
definitive no from the network,’ , ABC did, however, reportedly agree to allow male-on-male ‘near dancing’ during the performance.
POP CULTURE
For this edition of Pop Culture we’re highlighting 6 Film/TV Characters that we love & the gay actors that portray them:
Jim Parsons
Cynthia Nixon
Matt Bomer
Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory Even though Sheldon has been described as “asexual” and “aromantic”, he has still been in a relationship with Amy Farrah Fowler, who he found on a dating website.
Miranda Hobbes – Sex and the City Miranda Hobbes is amongst the famous four ladies that graced the streets of New York City. She was married to Steve Brady the last time we saw her.
Neal Caffrey – White Collar Neal Caffrey is an ex-white collar conman who has been arrested by the FBI, but released with one stipulation: that he assist the FBI in catching and arresting the nation’s most high-profile white-collar criminals.He’s had multiple relationships in the show with women, even breaking out of prison once to visit one of them.
Jim Parsons, however, is openly gay and has been with his partner, art director Todd Spiewak, for the past 11 years.
Cynthia Nixon began dating education activist Christine Marinoni in 2004 and the couple married in NYC in 2012. Together, the couple have one son, born to Marinoni in 2011. Nixon identifies herself as bisexual
Matt Bomer has three sons with his husband, publicist Simon Halls, whom he married in 2011.
Jonathan Groff
Raven-Symoné
Jonathan Bennett
Jesse St. James is the king of the rival glee club to McKinley High School’s New Direction. In an attempt to eliminate the competition, he seduces New Direction’s star performer Rachel Berry into a relationship.
Raven Baxter – That’s So Raven Raven Baxter is an energetic, sassy, psychic teenager who catches glimpses or “visions” of the future but hardly ever the moments leading up to the event. Her shenanigans with her friends to try to lead up to the event often concludes in humorous results.
Aaron Samuels – Mean Girls Aaron Samuels, the previous boyfriend of head Plastic Regina George was definitely the teen heartthrob of this crazy school.
Jonathan Groff, who is actually best friends with Lea Michele, has been a Broadway star ever since he was a child. In 2009, he officially came out as gay during the National Equality March. 42: August 28, 2015
Raven-Symoné announced in 2014 to Oprah Winfrey that she was happily in an “amazing” relationship with her female partner.
Jonathan Bennett was accidentally outed by Dancing With The Star’s Julianne Hough, who commented on the fact that he is, indeed, a proud gay man.