January 2011
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POZ Blog "My Search for Support" by anonymous
As promised, I spent the first few weeks of this New Year searching for the right HIV support group. For someone like me, who doesn’t quite “fit” the HIV “mold,” this was a harder, more time consuming process than I thought it would be. The first organization I went to blatantly told me I didn’t belong. Although they agreed to meet with me, and completed the...
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Death Anus Ad from NYC Dept of Health
The New York City Department of Health’s “It’s Never Just HIV” advertising campaign, targeted to encourage HIV negative gay and bisexual men to use condoms, has prompted a conversation that is profoundly important and speaks directly to the heart of the problems with HIV prevention.
The ad features doleful, frightened or ashamed young men who are so attractive they look...
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Southern Discomfort
Extreme poverty, government funding shortfalls, natural disasters, immigration issues, language barriers and lack of transportation all fan the flames of the HIV/AIDS epidemic raging in the South. But it is stigma and discrimination—rooted in conservative attitudes and religious beliefs—that really ignite the fire. A look at what we must overcome if we don’t want HIV/AIDS rates in the...