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Sex, meth and Internet spark new AIDS fears Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:54 PM ET By Matthew Verrinder NEW YORK (Reuters) - An hour after speaking at a Crystal Meth Anonymous meeting about the benefits of sobriety to dozens of other recovering addicts, Charlie was alone in his Chelsea apartment, logged onto the Web site Adam4Adam.com. He cruised the site's profiles of muscular gay men who want to meet for sex while high on methamphetamine, and found his match: a 50-year-old man from Manhattan's Upper East Side who liked to "slam" the drug, or inject it directly into the bloodstream....

Will Poland face its homophobic demons? Stewart Who?, GAY.COM Wednesday 17 January, 2007 13:39 | More from this date | There are hopes for a monument in the centre of Poland’s capital city to commemorate the ‘Pink Triangle’ gays who were slaughtered in Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War. More gays were excecuted in Nazi concentration camps in Poland than in any other country invaded by Hitler during the Second World War. Between 20,000 and 40,000 died in the horrific Auschwitz camp in south west Poland. “We have to build this monument so that the people will not...

Meet the new players in the great American debate about values: Ryan, a 25-year-old newlywed, who is helping other men find husbands; Doug, 50, who is helping gay men in San Francisco create their ideal community; and Chris, 36, whose pursuit of happiness has switched from chasing New York hotties to seeking down-home enlightenment. They and others across the country are engaging gay men in conversations about their goals and values -- both personal and collective -- and challenging the sense of who gay men are and what makes their community. This introspection is happening as gay men are able...

Martin-Lyon Lesbian Support Services, a new non-profit group, will be gift wrapping at Barnes and Noble Booksellers on Meadow Street from noon to 5 p.m. today and Friday, Dec. 21 and 22. For more information, visit www.martin-lyonlss.org.