This week in HIV/AIDS: December 22, 2014
This week, I start a new series of posts regarding HIV/AIDS, where weekly, I’ll post about one or more related items I’ve seen in my news feed or elsewhere.
Articles by: Thomas Waters
KYS, Stigma, HIV, and Hornet
I received an email today regarding HIV and stigma partly in reply to a series of posts I wrote about HIV back at the end of November: 2014, HIV and the Gay Community Who deserves HIV/AIDS? HIV and accountability HIV and PrEP The email came from Sean Howell, CEO at Hornet, an online gay men’s dating app. The app has what Sean called the KYS (Know Your Status) feature and grew out of much work with[Read More…]
Guest Post: What’s it like coming out in different areas of the country?
Blogger’s note: a few weeks ago, I received a request from someone who wanted to write a guest blog post for my blog, and the post that resulted from that request is below. I have not used guest blog posts at all, and I was hesitant at first but decided to accept a post anyway. From my perspective, I was handed an opportunity and I could take it or not. The opinions expressed are strictly[Read More…]
Are you a good trans ally?
Controversy is swirling regarding Kate Pierson’s new song, “Mister Sister,” and there is perhaps much that can be said about that. But to do so feels as if one might be wading into a whole lot of ugly. So, I was pleased to see a post in my news feed the other day about being a good trans ally. In the controversy, it becomes clear there is much that the trans community doesn’t need or doesn’t[Read More…]
Is coming out easier in 2014?
The linked article and video are worth your time so I’m hoping you take some time to read and watch. I saw this on Facebook, and it prompted me to post about something that has been on my mind for a while. Do you think it is any easier for youth to come out as gay or lesbian today than it was in the past? The general thought is that it is easier because there[Read More…]
HIV and PrEP
One of the biggest developments since they first determined that HIV was the retrovirus that causes AIDS, was the development of a prophylaxis that uses two drugs currently used to treat HIV. However, in the case of PrEP, the drug is taken once a day, and everyday to prevent the HIV retrovirus from getting established within the body. I have tremendous concerns about PrEP, however, I also understand the advantages it offers. It is blasphemous[Read More…]
HIV and accountability.
In my first post about HIV/AIDS the other day, I mentioned an HIV poz guy who was misquoting me on Facebook. The difference between what I actually said ( and meant) and what he claims I said is small but very significant. He is accusing me of blaming HIV poz guys, and in reality, I am calling for the whole of the gay community to be held accountable for rising HIV rates. The whole of[Read More…]
Who deserves HIV/AIDS?
There was an interesting post that I’d read yesterday, which linked Harvey Milk and the struggle against HIV as two connected precursors in the movement towards Marriage Equality. This is an idea that deserves consideration, and I hope you read the post. I’ve often wondered, if there would be a strong gay male identity or community if there had been no AIDS epidemic. I suppose there would have been something. However, a real sense of[Read More…]
A Gay Man Sees L’Hotel
Currently running at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, is a world premier comedy by Ed Dixon and directed by Ted Pappas. The price of admission is cheap when you stop and consider the opportunity to be face to face with a whacky variety of great people ranging from Victor Hugo to Jim Morrison. My husband and I left the theater debating if the show is really a comedy, but if you are looking for laughs, a[Read More…]
Queer Films: a list and an exercise in sharing who we are.
But in the midst of this ‘life as political advocacy,’ there is the real stuff that is just life, and most central to that is anything connected with how we come to understand ourselves and who we are as human beings. This list of films is one small part of that as these individuals share films that were important to them.