• Your Life, Your Priorities…Understanding End of Life Choices

    Your Life, Your Priorities…Understanding End of Life Choices

      Thom Bettinger, End of Life DoulaA special Saturday edition of the Roundtable  On Saturday, July 23, the LKAPS Roundtable welcomed Thom Bettinger, an end-of-life doula and longtime hospice volunteer. Thom explained what we need to do to ensure that our end-of-life wishes are understood and followed by friends, family, and healthcare professionals. Some of…

  • Knowing Me, Knowing You: Casey Jones

    I received my positive diagnosis the second week of July 1992. At the time, it never occurred to me how that would change the trajectory of my life, or that I would have a life.  I was given until the ‘end of the year.’  I was living with my spouse (“Sam”) of almost seven years,…

  • Announcing…the Roundtable!

    Announcing…the Roundtable!

      Merriam-Webster defines “roundtable” as a conference for discussion or deliberation by several participants. The Roundtable is our online discussion group, where we make connections and build community through conversation. Roundtable peer coordinators facilitate discussions of topics both serious and fun that include and allow everyone to participate. The Roundtable meets weekly on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM on Zoom. Subscribe to the LKAPS newsletter…

  • Let’s Kick ASS Palm Springs co-sponsors this year’s Aging Positively + Reunion Project Conference

    Let’s Kick ASS Palm Springs co-sponsors this year’s Aging Positively + Reunion Project Conference

    Let’s Kick ASS Palm Springs is taking an active role as co-sponsor of this year’s Positively Aging + Reunion Project Conference on Saturday, September 18 — which is also National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. The conference takes place virtually on Zoom from 9 AM to 2 PM, and is free and open to the public. Our…

  • Dr. Loftus speaks to LKAPS members about COVID Delta variant and vaccine boosters

    Dr. Loftus’ speaks to LKAPS community members on August 22, 2021.  Dr Loftus educates our community about COVID-19, vaccines, COVID variants, vaccine boosters, and how it affects people Living with HIV/AIDS. This is the fourth time Dr. Loftus has spoken to our group the talks are very informative.  Thank you Dr. Loftus.

  • Knowing Me, Knowing You: Camden Orgain

    Camden Orgain is a professional pianist who has worked in New York City, San Francisco, Provincetown, and Palm Springs. He agreed to a special performance for LKAPS members as a unique way to make his acquaintance. Camden is performing Schumann’s Waldszenen (“Forest Scenes”) Op.82, No. 1: Entrance. Camden writes: “I ran a concert series in…

  • Knowing Me, Knowing You: Brian Alec Thom

    My HIV journey was no “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” — it was more like “Ebb Tide,” rushing in and rolling out. I remember being told that good things come to those who wait. This turned out to be true for me, but it was impossible for me to believe in my twenties.  I moved to…

  • Knowing Me, Knowing You: Lorenzo Taylor

    I spent most of my life being an advocate for social justice.  I was born in Birmingham, Alabama, during the movement for racial equality that centered in that city.  In college, I was part of a group that fought Georgetown University for the right of gay students to organize a formal campus social group.  I…