NYC Department Of Health HIV Prevention Ads Target Gay And Bisexual Men

Opposition emerges to graphic NYC Department of Health HIV prevention ads targeting gay and bisexual men.

30 States Have Laws Criminalizing HIV Exposure, Transmission Or Nondisclosure

LINK:
http://www.inthelifetv.org/

The Stigma Of HIV/AIDS Has A Negative Impact

LINK:
http://www.inthelifetv.org/

World AIDS Day 2010: "Heroes In The Struggle"

Hairdressers Against AIDS Launches

On Wednesday some 500 hairdressers from across the country are trading in their shears for red ribbon-themed accessories and flipcams to pound the pavement in support of the U.S. launch of Hairdressers Against AIDS, a global campaign sponsored by the L'Oreal Foundation in partnership with UNESCO and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. The initiative, which began in South Africa in 2001, uses the universal bond between hairdressers and their clients throughout a multibillion-dollar industry to promote dialogue about HIV prevention in nearly 30 countries in every region of the world, including China, Russia, Brazil, France, the U.K., and Indonesia.

Streaming videos and PSAs in Times Square, in taxis, and on the campaign’s website and Facebook page represent the beginnings of an estimated $1 million effort that will also rely on trade shows, advertising, and educational materials to spark 110 million conversations about HIV/AIDS in the United States in 2011. The initiative will tap some 500,000 hairdressers in the L'Oreal network who speak to 20 million clients per week.
Sponsors call it perhaps the largest HIV/AIDS mobilization campaign in U.S. history.

Konnie Huq: If I Had HIV, Would You Kiss Me?

85% know that you can't get HIV from kissing, yet 69% still won't kiss someone with AIDS or HIV.

People We've Lost to AIDS

Since this video was posted on YouTube in Dec. 2008, we have lost many more souls to this dreadful disease.

The most painful symptoms of HIV and AIDS

2010 Gay Men's HIV Cruise Retreat

Scientists See Advances in AIDS Prevention Ahead of World AIDS Day

Annie Lennox World AIDS Day message 2010

Sports History: Glenn L. Burke Black-Balled From Baseball

This is the movie trailer for a documentary titled, "OUT" about Glenn L. Burke who was black-balled from baseball due to his open sexuality and refusal to be pushed back into the closet. He openly dated Tommy Lasorda's son and created a scandal and later died of AIDS complications.

Annie Lennox's Positive Message About HIV/AIDS

Who's In Control?

Play Safe

Always play it safe.  Condoms remain the single most effective barrier against HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis.

Kissing Doesn't Kill: Greed And Indifference Do.

It started with ACT UP.

actup.org is an evolving web site that is based primarily upon a vision described in Larry Kramer's "We Are Not Crumbs; We Must Not Accept Crumbs" speech and extends the reach of his vision to include readers and speakers of many different languages.

AIDS at 25 - 1989 ACT-UP SF March - GLBT Historical Society

AIDS at 25 - Bobbi Campbell - GLBT Historical Society

Some Truths About STDs & HIV/AIDS - There's No Such Thing As 100% Safe Sex

The only way to be 100 percent safe from any disease is to live in a sterile bubble and never have contact at all.
The only way to be 100 percent safe from a sexually transmitted or even a socially transmitted disease is to never kiss anyone, never hug anyone, never shower with anyone, never share clothing, razors, toothbrushes, or combs, never have any kind of sex at all with anybody!

Abstaining from sex is the only way to be 100 percent confident of avoiding STD infection.

Q. What is the next best thing to 100 percent safe sex?
A. 99 percent safe sex.

Condoms, when used properly, are highly effective, and can be up to 99 percent safe from the following diseases spread by fluids: HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis.  Condoms remain the single most effective way to prevent sexually transmitted dieseases, aside from total sexual abstinence, of course.

Condoms are never quite as effective against diseases that are spready by skin to skin contact such as: genital herpes, human papillomavirus [HPV] infection, syphilis, and chancroid.  Other than total sexual abstinence, there may not be an effective way to prevent skin to skin disease transmisson.

Did you know that there have never been any reports of HIV transmission by kissing?

Kissing and/or swapping saliva can, however, give you the following viruses: herpes simplex type 1 (coldsore) virus, herpes virus type 2, Epstein-Barr Virus also known as human herpesvirus 4, mononucleosis, Cytomegalovirus, Streptococcus, common cold viruses, influenzas of all types, measles, meningitis, Gingivitis, pyorrhea, candidiasis or thrush, Coxsackievirus, hepatitis viruses A, B and C, gonorrhea, syphilis or chlamydia.

Just hugging can be quite dangerous in fact...

The following can be contagious from bedding or sharing clothing or towels: Crabs or Pubic Lice, Molluscum contagiosum, Scabies.

Did you know that, when it comes to HIV, that blood is more dangerous than semen?  And semen is more dangerous than pre-seminal fluid.
The concentration of HIV determines whether infection may happen. In blood, for example, the virus is very concentrated. A small amount of blood is enough to infect someone. A much larger amount of other body fluids is needed for HIV transmission. (source)

...and it must get into the bloodstream.

It is not enough to come into contact with an infected fluid to become infected. Healthy, unbroken skin does not allow HIV to get into the body; it is an excellent barrier to HIV infection.

HIV can enter only through an opening in the skin such as a cut or sore, or through contact with the mucous membranes in the anus and rectum, the genitals, the mouth, and the eyes. (source)

How much risk are you willing to take?

No-risk safer sex play includes:
masturbation
mutual masturbation
cybersex
phone sex
sharing fantasies

Low-risk safer sex play includes:
kissing
fondling — manual stimulation of one another
body-to-body rubbing — frottage, "grinding," or "dry humping"
oral sex (even safer with a condom or other barrier)
playing with sex toys — alone or with a partner

The highest risk kinds of sex play are:
vaginal intercourse
anal intercourse

Here are some very good sources of information:
How HIV Is Spread
Frequently Asked Question About Condoms And Spermicides
How condoms protect against HIV, chlamydia and more
CDC: Condom Effectiveness - Condom Fact Sheet
Diseases Spread by Kissing
HIV from kissing?
Kissing and HIV
How Safe Is Your Oral Sex?

If You Are HIV Negative, Would You Kiss Someone With HIV/AIDS?