"We need to use the quilt to fight AIDS, and you do that by displaying the quilt in as many venues as possible," Jones said in an interview. "I want the quilt to be used to fight AIDS, and if this board doesn't know how to do that, I'm quite capable of doing that myself."
originally posted by xowie
Am I Infected? A Complete Guide to Testing for HIV.
originally posted by xowie
There are no condoms on the set. There's no toilet paper in the bathroom. The performers brought boxes of baby wipes. Soiled sheets litter the ground, creating a trail to the bed. For more than two hours, Taylor and Rain engage in unprotected sexual acts with a male performer. During a break, Rain asks director Thomas Zupko for her co-workers' HIV tests. Handed a stack of papers, she flips through the documents. One is missing--Taylor's. Rain asks repeatedly for her paperwork, but she balks. "I don't have [expletive] AIDS," Taylor finally says. "I am not [having sex with] you."Gritty LAT feature on the health consequences of an unregulated porn industry.
originally posted by xowie
The U.S. Central Intelligence agency reckons that in a mere seven years, by 2010, India will have the most HIV victims in the world -- somewhere between 20 and 25 million. China, it says, will have between 10 and 20 million.
The National AIDS Memorial Grove covers approximately 7.5 acres in the eastern end of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
originally posted by daiichi
On Sunday, hundreds of bloggers, diarists and other personal website publishers will link to resources about HIV and AIDS and reflect on how the disease has changed their lives as part of the Link and Think awareness campaign, an annual observance of World AIDS Day.Wired News: Linking, Thinking on World AIDS Day.
Monkeyfist’s WEF Protests News and Chronology links to a report of five women arrested in lower Manhattan for a banner drop (“Bush and big biz agree that people with AIDS drop dead”).
If you want to follow the WEF news at one site, this Monkeyfist page is probably your best bet.
"In India, there are three to four people sharing beds in hospitals, and two or three more on the floor, waiting for their shift. This is not an old epidemic. It is just starting. In 20 years, we could be talking about a billion cases of AIDS.''AIDS at 20: The Epidemic is Just Starting.
originally posted by xowie
David Furnish, Johnny Bergius and Janet Street-Porter are planning to summit Kilimanjaro today to benefit The Elton John AIDS Foundation.
originally posted by xowie
MetaFilter will be a definitive spot today. If you miss what it was or wonder what it could be, stop by. Which other weblogs are doing a good job with today’s Link and Think observance of World AIDS Day? Yours?
“Almost 10,000 people will die today from AIDS," says Eric Sawyer, founding member of ACT UP NY. (AIDs Coalition to Unleash Power is "a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis.")
randomWalks is observing A Day With(out) Weblogs today.