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Liz Highleyman is a San Francisco-based freelance journalist and medical writer who has written extensively on HIV, sexual health, queer politics, censorship, the sex industry, and the history of sex and sexuality. She is currently senior staff writer for HIVandHepatitis.com. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Bay Area Reporter, POZ, Drummer, and most recently Smash the Church, Smash the State!: The Early Years of Gay Liberation. She attended Harvard School of Public Health and is a certified Emergency Medical Technician.