I hope everyone is practicing safe(r) sex.
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The first national study of four common sexually transmitted diseases among girls and young women has found that one in four are infected with at least one of the diseases, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected [...]
Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls
Day Laborers Offered Money for Sex
A New American Media article sheds light on a rising, but not necessarily newfound, concern among the rising HIV/AIDS rate among day laborers.
Bienestar, an organization devoted to educating, preventing and treating HIV and AIDS in the Latino community, has launched a program geared specifically toward day laborers.
“As the day ended, people would come, other men [...]
‘Black MSM Have Higher HIV Rates Despite Similar Risks’
According to a new study released at the 2007 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, “ Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are seven times more likely than their white counterparts to be infected with HIV.”
The studies found that black MSM were no more likely than white MSM to have [...]
In the news 11/20-11/30
AIDS Monastery Ordered Closed In Myanmar
During the junta’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists, the state regime closed down Maggin Monastery, a hospice that provided treatment to AIDS patients. No reason was given as to why the monastery was closed down.
Source: 365 Gay News
Clinton Calls For Sweeping Action On AIDS
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed a broad agenda [...]
Then and Now
I feel a lifetime has transpired since I first found out that I was HIV-positive July 2007. Although it is largely blur between now and the, I can still remember our first meeting quite well. We were sitting in a small, stuffy windowless room. He cleared his throat several times as he tried making small [...]
Our first press coverage!
The Pacific Citizen, an award winning Asian Pacific American newspaper, published an article describing the HIV Youth Project’s origins.
Read the article online here: Pacific Citizen