Activist, historian, author, "Marie Equi: Radical Politics & Outlaw Passions," Stonewall Honor Book for bio of 1900s lesbian doctor & activist., worked for CDC WHO, served as director of AIDSCOM. #women'shistory, #LGBTQ, #AIDS #gayhistory #memoir #USAIDhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3mlhu7vrid22aHeads up on PassKeys. This report from the NY Times seems authoritative and it's clear about the mess with passwords and second step .....take a look. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/what-are-passkeys/10 May 2026 03:51 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhu7vrid22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3mlcrl653ek2mDo speed cameras on city streets work? Do drivers stop speeding. It works in San Francisco with 80% drop in speeding. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and other drivers need this kind of pro-active response. How's your city doing?08 May 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcrl653ek2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3ml5b3ej3ms22"We need medications for our lungs, hearts, stomachs, immune systems, and brains damaged by Covid." The activists rejected the refusal of the scientific establishment to pursue research on Long Covid.05 May 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5b3ej3ms22https://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3ml5a52cr7c2z"We want biomarkers, not yoga!" "We want real care, not cognitive behavioral therapy or meditation," shouted two French advocates for Long Covid relief during a conference in Paris. "We need medications for our lungs, hearts, stomachs, immune systems, and brains damaged by Covid."05 May 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5a52cr7c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3mhwhkqvcsk2lDr. Marie Equi, an early woman physician and a radical for economic and social justice, was derided by an Oregon newspaper in 1913 for being "Dangerously Insane." Her ready response: “It was beyond the imagination of these people, who repeatedly attacked me, that a professional woman26 Mar 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwhkqvcsk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3mbpqoa4wtc2aWho wants to keep their brain working well? 10 everyday ays to do so. Not an advertisement, from NYTimes. something I'm tracking in my year of better brain health. #health #brain #cognitive https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/well/mind/brain-health-simple-tips.html06 Jan 2026 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbpqoa4wtc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m642gjopvc27Is it still an "AIDS book" if HIV/AIDS isn't the primary theme? As World AIDS Day approaches December 1st, writers present new books where AIDS is a theme but not the primary one. Theodore Kerr reveals why this is good for us #lifewriting #HIV #AIDS #memoir #LGBTQ https://www.thebody.com/hiv/literature-treats-aids-as-one-part-of-larger-story?ap=nl2350&rhid=62d99c88ba5df7e7a10bfa35&mui=&lid=6672861&mkt_tok=NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGeQTyIwRUKRjP-xGP5H2K7723h-iyfE20Jqy8DA1aZP6bRbvXoA8dNqtR3coFtVjQX-urHCepH7KPUSDZYcDXCTwuHoP4fZ1IiDxrKKb_M-p7P21 Nov 2025 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m642gjopvc27https://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m5uzmqxors2yWish I were going to be in LA for this> congrats to all the authors. #booksky #authors [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2025 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5uzmqxors2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m53yf5odx222Hello Portland! Not so "war ravaged" after all, according to a federal judge with her permanent ruling against Federal ICE agents in Oregon's major city. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/portland-oregon-national-guard.html08 Nov 2025 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m53yf5odx222https://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m4oyiubkys2hNotice: "Due to the Democrat-led shutdown, updates to information on this website may be limited or delayed. Mission-critical activities of CMS will continue as the Trump Administration works to reopen the government for the American people." Federal website for Medicare/Medicaid Services.03 Nov 2025 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4oyiubkys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m4hi5cl3l22m"We are here to be the change that we have always wanted to see," Harold Phillips, MRP, CEO of National Minority AIDS Council. From The Body (Oct 27, 2025) by Ace Robinson, MPH, MHL. New leadership for AIDS organizations holds promise for today's battles for equity. https://www.thebody.com/hiv/hiv-new-leadership-heroes-people-of-color-oct-2025?ap=nl2350&rhid=62d99c88ba5df7e7a10bfa35&mui=&lid=6672861&mkt_tok=NTQxLUdLWi0yNDMAAAGd1NQ9GtU2DE4xxINZxMYh21IjKz-SAKqP4Xt7nHDoFOAW9WchWgYfSkTBP03BsO6BVlV5vFr4bREddXXGa-UOw4W13T9w25bUjf1PcIantBlR31 Oct 2025 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4hi5cl3l22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m47eahirg22u"This spring, as Brown University was under intense pressure from the Trump administration, it shuttered Choices, the university’s 30-year-old high school social studies curriculum, overseen by its history department." New York Times, October 26, 2025 A 30 yr old curriculum no longer acceptable.27 Oct 2025 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47eahirg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m47723r6lc24"In a September poll, more than half of the teachers who responded said that political pressure had caused them to modify their curriculums or classroom discussions, a sharp increase from March." NYTimes, 10/26/25 Massive erasure underway in the United States, to our shame.27 Oct 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47723r6lc24https://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m3x45nd7322bbit.ly/4nfz0tV https://bit.ly/4nfz0tV24 Oct 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3x45nd7322bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m2hxxe24g22zSouth Carolina, take a bow, if you must. This summer the state took the lead among all states for the most book ban operations. The surge in book censorship isn't really about protecting children. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2hxxe24g22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m2ftmdcegs2uhttps://uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day/05 Oct 2025 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ftmdcegs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3m27w5woalk23a GLBTQ History Month hero, perserving our history, countering erasure attempts on our lives. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27w5woalk23https://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3lzhmsk735k2aHow they do spin the story once it blows up in their faces. Benjamin Carr, your misspeaking and dodging speak for themselves. Too much blowback for you, it seems, after firing Jimmy Kimmel. Seems the public is more effective in protest than you anticipated. #freespeech #JimmyKimmel #Disney #ABC23 Sep 2025 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhmsk735k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3lz5nyhartc2p"...the time is now, and the stakes could not be higher at this moment due to the potential deletion of global HIV funding: “It’s really important to see, in the next two years, that we don’t slip back too far,” she said, “because that would be a wasted 40 years of work.” Some hope for AIDS/PEPFAR.19 Sep 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz5nyhartc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3ly6oiwvyfk2rWhy do you think we need horror writers in the books not bans movement? [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6oiwvyfk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3ly6o6hajtk2rGive it up for Oregon, my home state, trying to protect Oregonians from the insidiouis effect of book bans. #oregon #bookbans #libraries #freedomtoread #booksnotbans [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6o6hajtk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhelquistwriter.bsky.social/post/3ly2qxx4sj22kNone of the news from the Senate hearing re: RFK jr. is encouraging. The damage is being done, has been done. #CDC #RFKjr #vaccines #covid https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/opinion/robert-f-kennedy-maha-food-vaccines.html05 Sep 2025 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:cqkh75hsygfgituu4ygi5h3s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2qxx4sj22k