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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Things My Heart Surgery Taught Me About HIV]]></title>
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    <updated>2021-08-04T20:17:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy reflects on a life-changing experience that altered the course of his HIV advocacy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114354_bob-leahy2.jpg_c82cb3d6-308f-4451-a2b2-6af654c952cf.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Our Days Are Numbered]]></title>
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    <updated>2021-05-03T11:41:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As Bob Leahy faces open-heart surgery, he wonders how elders in the HIV movement are best served and whether they even need HIV services.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/110504_iStock-1075459908.jpg_954f71b9-862b-479b-bc22-4e49f3bb37e7.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This 74-Year-Old With HIV Can’t Get a COVID-19 Vaccine]]></title>
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    <updated>2021-03-31T14:19:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy’s personal story illustrates how the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada exposes privilege, ageism and inequities.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109333_P03-19-059.jpg_e45185e9-1cbc-48b2-9048-9977a82c508e.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Searching for the Good in COVID-19]]></title>
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    <updated>2021-01-15T22:31:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Has anything good—anything at all—come out of the COVID-19 pandemic? Bob Leahy searches and finds five things.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/105249_iStock-890287958.jpg_43b1878d-0521-42f7-a1dd-6ae638804849.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Global HIV Targets: Why You Should Give a Damn]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-12-04T19:51:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 90-90-90 HIV targets expire at the end of 2020. Bob Leahy looks at what comes next and what role people living with HIV can play.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/102679_iStock-683243546.jpg_94e0599a-36f8-400d-af98-02d8937f38de.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Two Major Assets We Overlook in Our Quest to End AIDS]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-11-05T11:18:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Intergenerational learning is vital. Here are six ideas I hope to convey during an upcoming youth HIV leadership conference.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101309_iStock-590278562.jpg_ea5a5c7c-6f5d-474a-bd18-ea64cc246f10.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Is Being Undetectable Enough?]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-10-08T18:37:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[You’ve heard about the 90-90-90 HIV targets. But what about measuring quality of life? Bob Leahy wonders about adding a fourth 90.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/100003_HEP-Su-19-008.jpg_070dfa91-d405-495d-a95d-2678ce6f6c6e.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Canadian People Living With HIV Have Their Say About the Impact of COVID-19]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-07-23T14:02:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Survey says Canadian PLWHIV have often been struggling—but they are resilient<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/96280_iStock-1212681450.jpg_63607633-7526-4f22-b6e1-1f06d877fb3e.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Things I’ve Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-05-27T22:14:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How a Canadian living with HIV has coped with being a shut-in, and what he has learned about himself—and about us<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/93796_P01-18-006.jpg_5b635484-ef98-45cc-bfd9-fd7b67c7f902.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cruising in the Age of COVID-19?]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-04-04T16:44:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s a consistent message for guys looking to hook up: “Just say no.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/91403_gay-couple-kiss-is-000019969912.jpg_97c5a5a8-fd4c-45ae-9706-36a79ac05405.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Risky Business—or Not?]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-03-04T16:56:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[From the new coronavirus to “unsafe” sex, Bob Leahy writes about how we all process risk differently and why that’s OK.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/89067_iStock-872386256.jpg_bc7b67f3-60e0-4825-82c1-fb922e40b6bb.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Things You Didn’t Know About HIV and Aging]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[From someone in his 70s<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/85274_iStock-1138224182.jpg_0b690fcc-abc6-4d9c-b84e-71ed5c7b3264.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Need a Vacation—and so Do You!]]></title>
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    <updated>2019-10-07T17:14:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Vacations and their healthful benefits, writes Bob Leahy, are largely and unfairly out of reach for many low-income people living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/79504_beach-chairs-iStock-598789974.jpg_c5238c44-f3dc-4098-ad7e-e43443a6366b.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Being Old With HIV]]></title>
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    <updated>2019-08-30T13:10:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy says our elderly HIV-positive folks are misunderstood, under-researched and largely ignored. That has to change.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/77467_iStock-612731716.jpg_aa798384-6313-4b5c-919c-62c80e3c0029.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Do All People With HIV Have in Common? Answer: Very Little]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/blog/what-do-all-people-living-with-HIV-have-in-common</id>
    <updated>2019-06-11T14:32:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But despite our differences, writes Bob Leahy, the search for common ground is key.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/73526_hands-joined-ts-492365713.jpg_f619e3a8-1b94-4ec3-835a-d24b1c3ce9ac.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ at 25 and Me]]></title>
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    <updated>2019-04-01T13:30:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy relates how his own HIV journey intertwines remarkably with the 25 year history of POZ magazine<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/68903_POZ-Cover-Poster-2018.jpg_df75b907-cd98-49ea-b0ee-a1c73307f9b0.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Science Shows Us the Best Way to Beat HIV Stigma]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/blog/science-shows-best-way-beat-hiv-stigma</id>
    <updated>2019-02-20T13:46:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy says the public has to know what HIV looks like in 2019, not 1989.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/66121_UU-logo-without-sponsors-b.jpg_a04447d7-33b2-488f-8acf-b6043c63134d.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Looking Back on “Philadelphia” and How It Changed My Life]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/blog/looking-back-on-Philadelphia-and-how-it-changed-my-life</id>
    <updated>2018-12-04T17:42:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy remembers going to the movies and crying, knowing he had found the key to handling his HIV diagnosis.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/61781_philadelphia-1993-hanks-washington-triStar-pictures.png_2eaa6ecf-3857-41c4-b897-f5322f7eb310.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Value in a Personal Story]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/blog/the-value-in-a-personal-story</id>
    <updated>2018-11-09T16:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy asks: Should we value the story-telling of celebrities living with HIV over that of the less famous?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/60354_Charlie-Sheen-shutterstock-106231562.jpg_80ea2ec1-b04f-441c-9371-6d5752241ca1.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Privilege of Being a Gay White Male]]></title>
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    <updated>2018-09-20T17:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy is a privileged GWM. He’s not sure how to feel about that, but when it comes to HIV advocacy, he’s got some ideas.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/57391_iStock-842732516.jpg_9de09cc2-c305-4b35-97ea-d8acc17421a6.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Does Define Me: There, I’ve Said It.]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/blog/HIV-does-define-me</id>
    <updated>2018-08-17T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bob Leahy looks at the ways HIV can shape our lives, whether we like it or not.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/55318_bob-leahy-blog.jpeg_265c9af0-0eb9-4091-a302-ea53984a2166.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Newest “Ism” to Challenge Is Ageism]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/blog/the-newest-ism-to-challenge-is-ageism</id>
    <updated>2018-07-11T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sexism and racism are widely recognized and tackled, but ageism often goes unchecked.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/53258_holding-hands-iStock-875887698.jpg_7c23b076-be09-41f3-85e0-c76c64f85a85.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Navigating Mixed Messages About HIV]]></title>
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    <updated>2018-06-01T13:25:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Bob Leahy]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[We are required to both downplay the seriousness of HIV and to stress its terrible impact. Here’s the view I favor.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/50783_leogo-men-faces-iStock-579434558.jpg_73de9d1f-9af9-4e2b-b114-8308108d60a8.jpeg" />]]></content>
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