Tag Archives: HIV
Safe Sex Poster Gallery
advocate.com has a brief gallery of safe sex posters though the years. From the article: The public awareness campaigns surrounding HIV/AIDS have been a staple of urban billboards, bus shelters, and LGBT magazines for decades. The messages promoting prevention and … Continue reading
HIV Prevention PSAs From CDC Inclusive of Relationship and Sex Partners
Joe Jervis, blogger at Joe. My. God., highlights several new Public Service Announcements (PSA) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on ways to start talking about HIV prevention with your partners. What I like about the below … Continue reading
Today in LGBT History: The Announcement of the Discovery of the AIDS Virus
MSNBC brings us a reminder of a dark time in the history of the gay community. After three years of a new, unnamed plague that devastated people’s immune system, science finally began to understand the virus that caused AIDS. In … Continue reading
Sounds Like…Abstinence Only; The Gay Community and the Truvada Conversation
ABC News via the Associated Press is reporting on the gay communities divide over the use of Truvada, which has been shown to help reduce new HIV infections: Truvada, produced by California-based Gilead Sciences, has been around for a decade, … Continue reading
Random Eye Candy: Entrepreneur Jack Makenroth
Makenroth is just one of the men featured in the article ’10 Amazing HIV-Positive Gay Men’ from HIV Plus magazine. But priorities changed for Mackenroth in 2007, when he became a contestant on Project Runway’s fourth season. He was never … Continue reading
Are Casual HIV Testing, Education Attitudes Contribute to Higher Infections?
The last HIV test that I had with my doctor the results were provided to me like so: Results come back in about a week. If you don’t hear from us within 10 days, then you don’t have to worry. … Continue reading
Today In LGBT History: A Memoir of the Early Days of the AIDS Crisis
Though a very engaging book trailer for Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS and Survival, author Sean Strub gives us a glimpse into a history that needs to be remembered. The first few minutes of the video are … Continue reading
Spanish Language Book Educates Kids About HIV
From HIV Plus magazine: Daniel is a young boy whose Aunt Nieves invites him and his parents over to her beachside house for the weekend. Before the trip, Daniel overhears his parents say that Nieves is sick. The story explains … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
Dallas Buyers Club is a film that shows that good movie making can still happen. The movie, staring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto follows the story of Ron Woodroof, a homophobic, Dallas party man who contracts HIV. We … Continue reading
