PrEP stands for “pre-exposure prophylaxis” - You take it to prevent infection before a possible HIV exposure. They offer the medication PrEP, which is a way to prevent HIV, Mitchell said.
The Project will have its clinic open, to provide free HIV testing services both Friday and Saturday. But then also it offers a great space for folks to be able to come in and have a good time and also access services, which is always really important.” “Just because it’s a prime, easy location for us. “We started to work on what we could do for the community and that’s how we came up with doing something at Bass Street Landing,” he said. Our services have grown tremendously to include a sexual health clinic, no-cost mental health services, LGBTQ+ health care, and more.”Ī previously planned Pride festival was canceled this year, so The Project felt it was important to host something, Mitchell said this week. is set at 6:28 in honor of the Stonewall uprising in New York City, June 28, 1969. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.The logo of 76-based Clock, Inc. "Fire Island," directed by Andrew Ahn, begins streaming on Hulu on June 3. There are many of us out here living our lives joyfully.”
… I want people to come away from this movie feeling the joy of our experiences and that it’s not all tragic. “I think that there are so many movies about the gay experience that are fraught with people who are unsure if they’re happy being gay or struggling with coming out. “I want people - especially gay men, especially queer people - to walk away from the movie happy that they’re gay,” Booster said in a recent interview with Vanity Fair.
Taking both cues from and liberties with the Austen classic, Noah and Howie end up in flings with two wealthy vacationers (played by Conrad Ricamora and James Scully). But that isn't necessarily the case for a reluctant Howie, who laments feeling "terminally alone" whenever he visits.
In the trailer, Booster’s Noah and Yang's Howie rush off to their destination where, “for whatever reason - call it magic - time, sort of, works differently,” Noah says. Booster wanted to tell that story in a "joyful" way that celebrates the gay experience. “Fire Island” is inspired by Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice,” which tells the story of two individuals who must put aside their pride and preconceived notions of each other in order to see the other's virtues. They reunite their "makeshift little family" that consists of longtime pals they met while working at a "cursed brunch spot" a decade earlier and converge on a vacation home hosted by another friend played by Margaret Cho. The two play best friends who take a summer trip to Fire Island - known as one of America's first gay beach towns, located off the south shore of Long Island, N.Y. Booster also stars alongside "Saturday Night Live" actor Bowen Yang. Stand-up comedian and "Big Mouth" star Joel Kim Booster wrote and executive produced the film, whose first trailer was released Monday.
"Pride and Prejudice" is being remade again - this time as the queer rom-com "Fire Island," a feature-length film from Searchlight Pictures.