Posts Tagged ‘HIV’

AIDS Awareness Month: A Plea for Personal Responsibility Over Blaming Bisexual Men

AIDS Awareness Month: A Plea for Personal Responsibility Over Blaming Bisexual Men
The following post was originally published by Arielle Loren via Clutch Magazine. The piece is a powerful one, advocating for education, safe sex, and honesty regarding our sexual activities. Arielle Loren is a staunch advocate for taking the “blame game” out of sex and erradicating the...
December 14th, 2010 | World | Read More

HIV-Positive Man No Longer Charged with “Bioterrorism”

HIV-Positive Man No Longer Charged with “Bioterrorism”
Several months ago, Daniel Allen (shown right) found himself the target of bioterrorism charges, accused of attempting to initiate a biological attack on his neighbor. The weapon of choice? — His teeth. In an altercation with his neighbor, Winfred Fernandis Jr., Allen bit him on the lip. Upon...
June 3rd, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

AIDS Fight in Africa sees setbacks and challenges

AIDS Fight in Africa sees setbacks and challenges
(Johannesburg) Doctors are being forced to turn away people with HIV/AIDS – meaning they will fall ill and almost certainly die – in eight African countries as donors cut funding amid the global economic meltdown, an aid group said Thursday. Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, called...
June 1st, 2010 | NewsBites, World | Read More

More than 50% of new HIV cases in the U.S. occurred among young homosexuals

More than 50% of new HIV cases in the U.S. occurred among young homosexuals
NEW YORK — New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don’t seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, said “it is unacceptable” that 85 countries...
March 17th, 2010 | Health, NewsBites | Read More

UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV ‘nightmare’

UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV ‘nightmare’
(AP) — Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV “nightmare,” the United Nations’ AIDS agency chief warned Monday. Michel Sidibe appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international financing institution. He...
March 10th, 2010 | Health, NewsBites, World | Read More

Join the AIDS fight with just the click of a button

Join the AIDS fight with just the click of a button
(AP) — With a simple click, U.S. travelers buying airline tickets via some travel agencies and Internet sites can now donate $2 or more to fight AIDS in developing countries. The United Nations and former President Bill Clinton launched the donation effort Thursday called MassiveGood. It aims to...
March 8th, 2010 | Health, NewsBites, World | Read More

15-Minute Survey Tackles HIV/AIDS In Online Dating Community

15-Minute Survey Tackles HIV/AIDS In Online Dating Community
There is a unique study now underway to help determine which online strategies are preferred by webmasters, public health experts and users for how to reduce HIV and STD infections among gay and bisexual men, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) who meet partners online. Many sites already have...
March 5th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

BBC reports “changes” to Ugandan anti-gay bill

BBC reports “changes” to Ugandan anti-gay bill
Uganda’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill is likely to be changed, a minister has told the BBC. However, Deputy Foreign Minister Henry Okello Oryem did not give details of how he thought the final bill would be different to the current proposals. Uganda has come under intense international...
February 5th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Ypsilanti, MI to host 2010 Women Living Conference

Ypsilanti, MI to host 2010 Women Living Conference
The Women Living 2010 conference is coming to Michigan – and organizers are looking for volunteers and donations to help make it happen. Originally held in Illinois for the past six years, conference planner Barbara Marcotte’s move from Chicago to Michigan signaled the annual HIV-positive...
February 1st, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

HIV-positive Man Charged With Bioterrorism Gains Support from ACLU

A Clinton Township man accused of bioterrorism after biting his neighbor is garnering support from two national groups hoping the charges against him will be dropped. As previously reported, 44-year-old Daniel Allen and his 28-year-old neighbor, Winfred Fernandis Jr., got into a scuffle when a football...
January 22nd, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

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