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Bigotry Watch

Watch: ‘Concerned Minnesotan Father’ Says Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Increases AIDS

by David Badash ● 2:43 PM March 12, 2013
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Mike Frey, a “concerned Minnesotan and father,” stood in front of House committee members today and insinuated that same-sex marriage increases the incidence of AIDS.

HIV/AIDS

Not-So-Confidential HIV Testing

by Todd Heywood at The American Independent ● 2:20 PM March 5, 2013
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The Michigan health department has been secretly collecting information on people who test for HIV at federally funded clinics. For a decade.

HIV/AIDS

Newborn Baby Cured Of HIV Say Doctors In Medical First

by David Badash ● 1:16 AM March 4, 2013
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A newborn baby has been cured of HIV in a medical first. The child, who at less than two days old had already been diagnosed with HIV with five tests, was deemed cured of HIV by the age of two and a half.

Health

Health Activists Warn Lack Of Lube Hurts HIV Prevention

by Kyle Knight ● 8:31 AM February 26, 2013
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Safer-sex messaging on condoms is universal but the generally poor availability of lubricants, and awareness of them, is hindering HIV prevention, health activists warn.

HIV/AIDS

‘If HIV Caused AIDS, Magic Johnson Would Be Dead.’ So Says Bryan Fischer, Again.

by David Badash ● 2:27 PM February 10, 2013
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Fischer, the public face of the certified anti-gay hate group, American Family Association, today, via Facebook, claimed, “If HIV caused AIDS, Magic Johnson would be dead. Doesn’t even look sick to me. How about you?”

Bigotry Watch

AIDS Is ‘Suffering Of Sin’ Says Liberty Counsel Leader On World AIDS Day

by David Badash ● 1:18 PM December 3, 2012
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Matt Barber on Saturday, World AIDS Day, claimed that AIDS is the “suffering of sin” for LGBT people, linking to an iconic 1990 image of a dying AIDS patient.

News

Hillary Clinton Unveils Blueprint For AIDS-Free Generation In World AIDS Day Speech

by David Badash ● 1:43 PM November 29, 2012
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Hillary Clinton announced her Blueprint for an AIDS-Free Generation. “HIV may well be with us into the future,” Clinton said, but “the disease that it causes need not be.”

Arts

Artists For Charity To Hold Art Auction to Support HIV Positive Orphans

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 11:03 AM November 29, 2012
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Artists For Charity founded a home for HIV positive orphans no one else would help. This Saturday, World AIDS Day, you have a chance to help them.

Analysis

On Our Radar – Abstinence Only Sex Education, The American Version Of The Taliban

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:03 AM October 14, 2012
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In Pakistan, the Taliban tries to keep girls uneducated and sexually repressed with beatings and bullets. In America, congress does the same thing with money. Today, abstinence only sex education and the lives it destroys are On Our Radar.

Celebrities

Paris Hilton: Gay Men Are ‘Disgusting,’ Most ‘Probably Have AIDS’

by David Badash ● 10:41 AM September 20, 2012
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Paris Hilton believes “Gay guys are the horniest people in the world … they’re disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS,” according to a report at TMZ.

Civil Rights

Infographic — I Am Gay: 5 Things I Fear

by David Badash ● 11:33 AM August 10, 2012
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The United Nations UNAIDS has released this excellent and heartbreaking infographic that details what LGBTQ people around the world are dealing with.

HIV/AIDS

Watch: Hillary Clinton Speaks At The 2012 International AIDS Conference

by David Badash ● 3:26 PM July 24, 2012
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Hillary Clinton spoke at the 2012 International AIDS Conference, announcing the United States is donating $80 million to help poor countries end new AIDS infections.

Bigotry Watch

American Family Association Pushing List Of AIDS Deniers — From 1991

by David Badash ● 12:28 PM July 22, 2012
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Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association Saturday was pushing a webpage — virusmyth.com — from 1991 that “questions” the “hypothesis” that HIV causes AIDS.

HIV/AIDS

FDA Approves ‘First Drug Approved To Reduce The Risk Of HIV Infection’

by David Badash ● 1:24 PM July 16, 2012
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FDA announces it has approved Truvada, “the first drug approved to reduce the risk of HIV infection in uninfected individuals who are at high risk of HIV infection.”

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