Posted: 12/1/15 at 9:31pm
On this auspicious occasion, it's worth looking back at the man and the administration that ruined this country:
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/reagan-administration-response-to-aids-crisis
THIS is what we had to deal with.
Posted: 12/1/15 at 10:01pm
A landmark moment:
http://time.com/3503000/behind-the-picture-the-photo-that-changed-the-face-of-aids/
Posted: 12/2/15 at 12:35am
This made me sad.
Bruno was there, and Doris and Erica Gimple.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_X0cLV8t8
Posted: 12/2/15 at 5:37am
Every time I see that photo it is like a punch in the stomach.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 8:22am
Anyone who loves the arts should never forget: Almost an entire generation was wiped out in their youth.
This 2011 article called "The Generation Lost to AIDS" was first printed in Dance Magazine:
http://dancemagazine.com/news/The_Generation_Lost_to_AIDS/
Posted: 12/2/15 at 9:49am
Thank you for starting this thread, Namo, and for posting that photo which expresses so much of what we all went through during those trying times. Some of you know my special connection to that photo, and unfortunately, I/we all saw too often that so many dying and suffering had to do so alone because their families were nowhere to be found and their actual loved ones were not considered family. So many died alone and so much more taken from them besides their health.
There is an article in today's NYT reporting how infections in NYC are up and too many are going without treatment.
So much work still to do.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 10:54am
There was some really great news released yesterday not only about the efficacy of PrEP, but also about the willingness of young black men who have sex with men to make informed decisions about beginning the PrEP regimen if they are provided with non-judgmental information in spaces where they can talk honestly about the actual sex they are having.
Every level of stigma and shame is another potential infection. Let's make sure people around us know about PrEP, too many people still haven't heard of it.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/prep.html
Posted: 12/2/15 at 11:04am
...Or they just aren't using it. How can you make such a generalization? We don't know how many people do and do not know about PrEP or just decide not to go on it.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 11:23am
Posted: 12/2/15 at 11:28am
Updated On: 12/2/15 at 11:28 AM
Posted: 12/2/15 at 12:35pm
That sample size is quite limited, Kad. Not exactly a comprehensive representation of all homosexual men.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 2:25pm
Was at BAM last night for the Harry Shearer/Judith Owen's Christmas Without Tears Show. A portion of the proceeds went to the Elton John Foundation. Had performances by Alan Cumming, Mario Cantone. Fred Willard., Bela Fleck, Artie Lange and Peter Asher from Peter and Gordon who sang with Paul Shaffer.
Nice night for a good cause.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 2:58pm
BUT YOU DO???? YOU KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OF GAY MEN WHO ARE AWARE OF PREP AND JUST CHOOSE NOT TO USE IT???
That's what I thought.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 3:27pm
Actually, 'band, I was on a panel yesterday, a panel that was not all white people, and I heard the anecdotal stories of two executive directors of two national organizations that work with black and Hispanic men who have sex with men, and those anecdotal reports, FROM THE FRONT LINES, are what I based my report of good news on.
And what have you done to help the world lately?
Posted: 12/2/15 at 3:53pm
Wexy, sounds like a great event.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 4:24pm
To paraphrase Ed Grimley, interesting deletions, I must say!!
Accents are dealbreakers and context is nothing, round these parts.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 4:29pm
Updated On: 12/2/15 at 04:29 PM
Posted: 12/2/15 at 4:34pm
FindingNamo said: "To paraphrase Ed Grimley, interesting deletions, I must say!!
Accents are dealbreakers and context is nothing, round these parts."
Were selected posts deleted? Is that what happened? I was wondering why some of the responses were coming out of nowhere.
Posted: 12/2/15 at 11:44pm
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/grindr-polls-users-on-h-i-v-prevention-pill/
Good news from a poll of GRINDR users, which highlights the need for us to talk about PrEP with our friends, since so many primary care professionals do not.
