Colleges and universities in the New England area were recently spammed by conservative groups, who blamed the appearance of sex educators on campus for HIV infections rates... absolutely absurd. "In yet another attempt to shut down access to quality sex education,...
HIV/AIDS
Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Day
Here's a tweet that has a little more impact than my Super Bowl Blacked Eyed Peas swipe from yesterday: BETNews FACT: The rate of HIV diagnosis among black men is eight times that of whites, and the rate for black women is 19 times that of whites. There are many...
Regan’s Huffington Post Article
Check out Regan Hofmann's article on the Huffington Post, "The Alarming State of AIDS in America". In it she writes: "The critical questions are: Who can, will and is responsible for funding the survival of low-income Americans with HIV? The federal government (by...
Would You Eat a Condom for a Good Cause?
Saw this on Bob Bower's newsfeed over on Facebook, and just had to share the link. "Demon Chef" Alvin Leung created a dish called "Sex on the Beach", and it's entirely edible, with proceeds going to an AIDS organization in Hong Kong where it's available. Read the...
Let’s Talk About Sex Education
My life is pretty damn good- as a default setting I walk around on Thankful. The universe has taken care of me every step of the way and, although I've had some serious obstacles along the course, there's never been the absence of a giant safety net underneath of...
The ADAP Crisis Explained… and How to Help!
Recently I blogged about the ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) crisis in this country and, in particular, in Florida. I also shared an interview that Mark S. King of My Fabulous Disease conducted with Sean Strub. Well, Mark is back. In January a group of HIV...
Hemo2Homo: The War for the AIDSges
Some of you may have noticed my thoughts on Black Swan weren't the usual Hemo2Homo Connection. It's not because Steve and I have "broken up" as your favorite living-with-AIDS movie review duo, it's because we're too lazy to organize ourselves. Instead, we've found it...
Black Swan and HIV
I finally managed to see Black Swan, which is one of those movies I was excited to see until it got overexposed, as if something popular somehow loses it's ability to be any good. That just isn't true, but my subconscious movie buzz does seem to suffer if I hear too...
Limbaugh Rewriting AIDS History
Media Matter has posted a recent bout of verbal diarrhea suffered by Rush Limbaugh, a chronic sufferer of TOAS (Talking Out of Ass Syndrome). Last week, Limbaugh stuck up for Ronald Reagan's blind-eye approach to the emerging AIDS epidemic in the 1980's... On...
The Gambia: Another Fake Cure Story…
These fake cure stories are really starting to piss me off, and this one is particularly egregious. It's the President of The Gambia, Jammeh, who has been affectionately dubbed "The Kanilai Monster" for his less-than-warm and fuzzy approach to rule. This article in...