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Transgender Elmwood Park Model Shares Her Story To Destigmatize HIV Transgender Elmwood Park Model Shares Her Story To Destigmatize HIV
Transgender Elmwood Park Model Shares Her Story To Destigmatize HIV A transgender model from Fair Lawn is speaking up on behalf of those who may not feel comfortable talking about their identities and sexual health. Elmwood Park native Carmen Carrera, currently of Fair Lawn, is joining actor and singer Julian Walker and comedian Daniel Franzese in sharing their perspectives on healthier sex in a new sex-positive campaign by biopharmaceutical company Gilead: Healthysexual. Since launching in 2017, the Healthysexual campaign has helped generate meaningful conversations among individuals at risk for HIV and their healthcare providers about healthy sexual behav…

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
Bergen Democrat To Resign From NJ Assembly For 'Different Position' Bergen Democrat To Resign From NJ Assembly For 'Different Position'
Bergen Democrat To Resign From NJ Assembly For 'Different Position' Bergen County Democrat Timothy Eustace will be resigning from the state Assembly Friday, NJ.com reports. The 61-year-old Maywood resident is the second openly gay person ever to have been elected to the New Jersey legislature. Eustace said he is moving on to a "different position" but did not disclose anything more, the article says. Eustace and his late partner Kevin Williams were New Jersey's first openly gay couple to apply to the state for joint adoption in the 1980s. The couple later adopted three children who had contracted AIDS. Eustace served as Maywood's mayor from 2008…

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by Cecilia Levine