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Sexual and Reproductive Health

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Rick Perry's War with Planned Parenthood Goes Too Far, Texans Say In Poll

    Rick Perry's plan to bar Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from the state's Women's Health Program may be red meat to the religious right stirred up over the current contraception wars, but it's not too popular with Texans, a new poll shows. Public Policy Polling's new survey shows 55 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    In Midst of Komen Ruckus, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Has Rare Leadership Change

    Melaney Linton: New head of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast​Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast is not only one of the largest regional centers in the U.S., but it has been remarkably stable in its leadership. Peter J. Durkin has led the organization for 27 often-tumultuous years. And now, in the mi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2011

    Moulin Rouge

    Melaney Linton: New head of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast​Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast is not only one of the largest regional centers in the U.S., but it has been remarkably stable in its leadership. Peter J. Durkin has led the organization for 27 often-tumultuous years. And now, in the mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Teen Pregnancy: What Texas Can Learn From California

    Texas is a breeding ground.​Houston's Children at Risk has published a new study of teen pregnancy that highlights two findings: California does a much better job at preventing it than abstinence-crazy Texas, and 80 percent of Harris County parents support sex education that starts by middle ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2011

    Miracle Faker

    Rick Perry is right: America can learn from Texas. He's just wrong about what the lesson is.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Abstinence Ain't Working

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Today Only: Dine Out for Life

    ​Wondering where to go for lunch or dinner today? Let me make that choice exceptionally easy for you: Dine out for life, and support AIDS research by eating at one of these restaurants. They're all supporting Dining Out For Life, an annual charity event whereby restaurants donate 33 percent - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    More Semen Means Less Depression for Women, Surgeon Writes

    Help a woman out.....​Want to make a woman less depressed? Pump some semen into her. Apparently any orifice will do. Of course, that means having unprotected sex, so the above advice, given in a recent issue of Surgery News, the journal of the American College of Surgeons, is causing some pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Budget Cuts May End State HIV Program

    Not that much of an exaggeration​In the maelstrom of suckage that is the state's $15 billion budget deficit, potential cuts to one program might literally be a death-blow. The Texas HIV Medication Program, which covers treatment for approximately 15,000 people with HIV/AIDS, is facing cuts th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Houston Rabbi's STD iPhone App Sure To Liven Up Seders

    Fighting STDs through religion and iPhones​A bunch of Jewish chicks from Houston don't want you to get an STD. Houston rabbi Amy Weiss, along with her Initiative for Jewish Women, has created the LoveSmarts iPhone app, which might be the only app with a Space Invaders-style game where you zap the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Farewell, Abstinence-Only Sex Education: Teen Mothers Don't Salute You

    Bristol Palin likes abstinence-only now​For the first time in a decade, the federal government is out of the business of funding abstinence-only sex-education programs.Because, as it turns out, teaching kids it's bad to have sex doesn't really stop them from having sex. It just stops them from lea ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 16, 2010

    Capsule Art Reviews: "BECAUSE WE ARE," "Being: Tobiah Mundt," "Kaneem Smith," "Math of the Afterward"

    Bristol Palin likes abstinence-only now​For the first time in a decade, the federal government is out of the business of funding abstinence-only sex-education programs.Because, as it turns out, teaching kids it's bad to have sex doesn't really stop them from having sex. It just stops them from lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Tony Yayo Talks Sex, Patron And The Future Of G-Unit

    ​G-Unit soldiers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo have signed on to headline Saturday's 4th Annual Hip-Hop For HIV Awareness concert at Reliant Center. Tickets are free, but only with an HIV test at one of the City of Houston Department of Health & Human Services' designated testing locations. A list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Houstonians Helping AIDS Victims In Big Media Push That Will Include Oprah

    ​What do Oprah, the TV show 20/20, Houston crime victim advocate Andy Kahan and Houston lawyer Kim Ogg have in common? They're all involved in the sordid tale of Philippe Padieu, a Dallas-area man who is in prison for knowingly having unprotected sex with dozens of women without telling them he w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    The Chronicle's Doll Porn Ignores Houston's Syphillis Threat

    Photo courtesy the proud, hip Houston ChronicleThe godawful sex blogger on the Houston Chronicle's so-hip-it-hurts 29.95 blog has a new bag: Doll porn.Each week she promises to demonstate a new sex position for all the rest of us unimaginative schlubs who just don't know how to bone it like th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Psychic: Your Unborn Baby Says To Put A Mini-Fan Near Your Testicles

    When Houston psychic Kim O'Neill was in her late twenties, she was unhappily employed at an advertising agency. In a moment of despair, she shut her office door and cried out, "I need help! Someone help me!" That evening an angel appeared in her living room. "When he started to speak -- and by the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Abstinence Education In Texas To Take A Hit

    Photo by kyzHey kids, break out the condoms!! All those millions of dollars in abstinence education -- as we all know, the only thing keeping you from having sex -- is going away!Not all of it, to be honest. But more than half.The Legislative Budget Board told a House committee in Austin this mornin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    The Illuminations Project

    Make the holiday season a time to give back

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Donor Babies Search for Their Anonymous Fathers

    All grown up, some children of sperm donors are trying to break through the secrecy that keeps them from knowing their family history

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Abstinence Education Somehow Not Working

    All grown up, some children of sperm donors are trying to break through the secrecy that keeps them from knowing their family history

  • News

    June 26, 2008

    Dr Pepper, Planned Parenthood and Air Conditioning

    All grown up, some children of sperm donors are trying to break through the secrecy that keeps them from knowing their family history

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    The Illumination Project

    Local performers commemorate World AIDS Day

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2007

    Miss Pop Rocks: Things I Think Are Probably Worse Than Jessica Simpson’s Upcoming Movie

    Local performers commemorate World AIDS Day

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    Good News: Texas Leads the Nation in Teen Pregnancy

    Local performers commemorate World AIDS Day

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2007

    Screw You

    Local performers commemorate World AIDS Day

  • Music

    March 8, 2007

    J Xavier

    Local performers commemorate World AIDS Day

  • Culture

    September 7, 2006

    Heart Stopper

    Theatre New West presents Larry Kramer's revenge -- and his testament

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2006

    Walk It Out

    Theatre New West presents Larry Kramer's revenge -- and his testament

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2006

    Home Style

    Theatre New West presents Larry Kramer's revenge -- and his testament

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2005

    Caught on Camera

    Photographer Adrain Chesser has "Something to Tell You"

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Seminal Case

    How donated sperm spawned a child -- as well as a likely landmark legal decision

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Vanity Plates

    The perfect gift for the pet that has -- ahem -- almost everything

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Acupuncturist

    Eastern Harmony Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Eastern Harmony Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic

  • Culture

    June 19, 2003

    Call Holding

    Jerker still yanks at AIDS with abandon

  • News

    February 27, 2003

    Deal of a Lifetime

    Drug addicts can get hard cash to be sterilized or go on birth control. Is it ridding the world of unwanted babies -- or just ducking the underlying problems of abusers?

  • Culture

    January 17, 2002

    Death Is in the Details

    Actors Theatre tries to raise our AIDS awareness -- a decade too late

  • Culture

    April 19, 2001

    AIDS Activist

    A comical Waltz delicately reflects the early days of the AIDS epidemic

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Taken for a Ride?

    An AIDS charity event's enormous expenses are alienating some activists

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Widening the Waldhauser Net

    An AIDS charity event's enormous expenses are alienating some activists

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Killer On The Loose

    Was Walter Waldhauser/ Michael Davis tipped about his latest arrest warrants?

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Dealing with Adversity

    Was Walter Waldhauser/ Michael Davis tipped about his latest arrest warrants?

  • News

    June 8, 1995

    The SAs a girl, she tried to break the color barrier in Houston schools. As an adult, she worked in the African liberation movement and against apartheid.

    Now, back in Houston, she's in the fight of her life. Struggles of Beneva Williams Nyamu

  • Music

    May 11, 1995

    Royal and Righteous

    Queen for a Day benefits a good cause and gives local bands a chance to rock you

  • News

    March 9, 1995

    Sam's Farewell

    Queen for a Day benefits a good cause and gives local bands a chance to rock you

  • News

    September 8, 1994

    Time and Money

    A battle with the city's premier bank leaves a former VP with the means to do good

  • News

    August 11, 1994

    The Private Life and Public Death of Frank Koury

    Frank Koury wanted to keep his gay life at home and his legal life at Fulbright & Jaworski separated. But when he died, everything was revealed.

  • Music

    July 21, 1994

    Torch Song Trilogy

    One woman's mission, and a three-night stand, benefits AIDS organizations

  • Film

    March 31, 1994

    New Wave AIDS

    In the French Savage Nights, HIV provides the catalyst for a fierce, complex love story

  • Film

    December 2, 1993

    Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema

    In the French Savage Nights, HIV provides the catalyst for a fierce, complex love story

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