BlazerCast for September 1, 2009: A prevention specialist at AIDS Alabama and equal-rights advocate for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, The Rev. Tommy Watkins Jr. is a doctoral candidate in the UAB School of Public Health. He has been awarded the scholarship created by George Lee Howell Jr., M.D., and the Billy R. Cox Foundation in honor of the late Billy R. Cox, a beloved Birmingham AIDS activist and gay-rights leader.
