mtvU’s anti-stigma campaign, Pos or Not?, was profiled in the New York Times.
Hot or Not, a Web site where people submit photographs of themselves so that strangers can rate how attractive they are on a scale of 1 to 10, has spawned many imitators (plus a fair number of critics who view it as a [...]
NYT on Pos Or Not?
South Carolina bill to notify schools of students’ HIV status
The symptoms pointed to a possible diagnosis of HIV/AIDS for Dr. Tracy Macpherson’s teenage patient. Prolonged fever. Unexplained rash. And acknowledgment of risky sexual activity during the past few months.
Macpherson sent the teen for an HIV/AIDS test at the county health department.
But a state law requiring that HIV/AIDS test results be reported to a student’s [...]
Op-Ed: What’s a Girl to Do?
As new HIV infections among U.S. women keep rising, a new study probes America’s attitudes toward positive ladies. And the findings ain’t pretty.
In the United States, women now account for more than a third of new HIV infections and a quarter of new AIDS cases. The proportion of AIDS diagnoses among women has tripled [...]
My Mother vs. Me
My mother wasn’t as exactly enthused or encouraging as I would have liked her to be. She actually used the word “embarrassing,” seemingly speaking on behalf of the family — but on some level I rationalize her initial “frustration” was a knee-jerk reflex, but it does nothing to assuage my mounting guilt.
I signed up to [...]
AIDS group accuses airport guard of humiliation
Members of a Prince George HIV-AIDS support group say they were humiliated when airport security deemed them health risks as they waited to board a plane at the municipal airport last week.
The group of 10, all members or employees of Positive Living North, were on their way to a conference in Vancouver on March 28 [...]
Two Families Share Stories of Lost Ones Due to AIDS
In Angie Apodaca’s home, the presence of her son, Eric Apodaca, can still be felt.
Eric’s voice is still recorded on her answering machine. After five years since his death, Angie cannot erase her son’s voice.
Eric died at the age of 37 after losing the battle against AIDS.
In his teenage years, Eric confessed to his parents [...]
AIDS Advocates in New York Fight Racial and Economic Disparities
Somewhere in the decades since gay, white men first rallied to fight the disease that had plagued their community, African-American men and women found themselves in the midst of a sneak attack.
HIV, though eventually found in people as varied as hemophilic children to affluent sports stars, is not altogether colorblind. But it’s not a secret [...]
HIV-positive women not likely to reveal condition
HIV-positive women often do not reveal their diagnosis to current or possible sexual partners, to close friends, or to potential employers because of the stigma attached to the disease, according to a survey released Monday.
“Despite 25 years of progress in diagnosing and treating the disease, one in five Americans would not be comfortable with having [...]
Florida Group Launches HIV Awareness Campaign for Minority MSMs
Chris Lacharite never thought that in 2008 he would be asking an assembly of gay men to get the word out about the AIDS epidemic.
The HIV prevention manager for Compass thought that message was delivered a long time ago.
“I don’t know when it stopped, but it stopped,” he said last week.
The occasion was a “town [...]
South Park Dares to Add a Hint of Tragedy to Its AIDS Comedy
When ads for this past Wednesday’s season premiere of Comedy Central’s hit animated series South Park hinted that foulmouthed 8-year-old star Eric Cartman would be diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, few fans were surprised when it turned out to be HIV. After all, show creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker haven’t exactly shied away from [...]