Mark King lists five reasons to get your focus and fear off of your sex partner’s HIV status, and they miss nothing. Every one of these five points are worth learning by heart and living by in each and every intimate encounter.
Weekly post summarizing some of the recent news and info about HIV/AIDS
This week in HIV/AIDS, is an ongoing weekly blog series where I highlight news or commentary about HIV/AIDS in an attempt to increase the dialogue about HIV/AIDS within the LGBTQ community.
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.
We know so much about how HIV is spread, we ought to be able to stop the spread of HIV. Yet every year more gay and bi men become infected. Why is that? There is a perpetuating cycle of HIV infection.
I’m going to bet that many people read this type of confusing information and are left still unsure so they just give up and don’t get tested.
In my opinion, one of the main things that keeps the local LGBTQ community from accomplishing more, is that too many within our community (meaning both organizations and individuals) fail to become engaged in the larger social justice movement. Too many gays and lesbians seem to only care about their own issues, and are ignorant of, or oblivious to the way our issues are inextricably connected to broader issues such as economic justice, gender equity, worker’s rights, the peace movement, and all the other areas of the social justice movement.
Blog post articulates some of the changes you will see on thomascwaters.com, including a negative commentary on “Facebook Activism.”
Concerned about the safety and well-being of the LGBTQ community? Donate and volunteer at Persad Center https://persadcenter.org/ and/or other organizations that serve our community. Worried about food insecurity? A local organization that uses social media to move access food to places and people that can use it. Fantastic. Check out http://412foodrescue.org/ You can volunteer and support this organization! Committed to children’s education? Through this website – pick an educational project that inspires you and donate: https://www.donorschoose.org/ Feeling strongly about[Read More…]
The downside is that we are placing a lot of power in the hands of a single drug company, and I think we can be sure that decisions being made serve their financial bottom line far more than they serve the common good.