Well, here’s a blog post that shows exactly what HIV + people can expect to endure if their status is known publicly.

Shopping is serious business and I’m working up an appetite.  Chicken teriyaki looks good and as it came time to place my order, the cashier looks at my shirt [which reads HIV Positive], backs up and walks off.  She went back to the kitchen and in a conversation that was heard by everyone tells her manager she doesn’t want to take my order because she doesn’t want to catch my cooties.

Honest to God, that’s a direct quote.

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According to a post on AIDSmeds.com:

What sexual accoutrement retailers can’t tell you is whether a lube will increase, decrease or have no effect on your chance of becoming infected with HIV if the condom breaks or you decide not to use a condom in the first place.

Find out more here!

According to a post on GBM News:

To develop and implement Regional Advocacy Networks that mobilize communities on state and federal  HIV/AIDS policy issues throughout the United States, AIDS United has hired grassroots organizer and HIV/AIDS policy advocate  Jessica Terlikowski.  Terlikowski will assume her role of Director of Regional Organizing on March 1, 2011.

Read more here!

But researchers think they may have found a way to wake those cells up, which could allow antiviral HIV meds kill them.

According to AIDSmeds.com:

A new clinical trial has just gotten underway to test the ability of Antabuse (disulfiram)—a drug used for years to treat alcoholism—to flush out the hidden reservoir of HIV that evades both the immune system and antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. Though the trial will be small and isn’t seeking to cure the study participants, it could help propel HIV cure research forward.

Read more here!

According to a post on POZ.com:

The Congressional Republicans have claimed that one of their first orders of business will be to attempt to repeal health care reform: namely, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law on March 23 of 2010–a bill that was amended by The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act on March 30, 2010.

This could have grave effects for those who are HIV+.  Find out why at: POZ.com!

So, why not an app for STD’s?

According to a post on BoyNotes:

The UK has announced plans to develop technology that would enable a computer to diagnose STI’s.  Researchers say that their end product will be about the size of a standard USB chip and will even plug into mobile phones.  The user would either put saliva or urine on the chip and let it go to work, much like a pregnancy test.

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B-cells and neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) might control HIV levels better than scientists previously suspected, according to a single-patient study reported in the October issue of Nature Communications. The intriguing finding, the authors note, could open a new avenue for both preventive and treatment vaccines for HIV.

More here!

Regardless of whether or pride let’s us acknowledge that are not.

Herndon Davis has a great post on his Blog that addresses this very issue and examines whether or not suicide is becoming an epidemic in the U.S.

According to his post:

If you’ve ever considered or attempted suicide please stop, recognize and remember that Life is your only option and solution. In fact Life provides you with a brilliant light, a wonderful love and a never-ending hope to see you through your tomorrow and to embrace the blessings that await you here on earth. Regardless of where you live or your personal circumstance there are 24 hour hotlines to support and assist you.

Please read more here!

One such example is during a recent episode where she featured a Black woman who became infected with HIV by her “Down Low” husband.  The show was eerily similar to a 2004 broadcast featuring J.L. King that spread mass hysteria amongst Black women nation wide, instilling the unfounded fear that “all” Black men were on the D.L.

But this show hasn’t gone unnoticed and some, who are more than qualified to do so, are speaking out.

According to a post on Living Out Loud with Darian, Dr. David Malebranche, M.D. is one of those people.

To be quite clear, I wasn’t horrified or disgusted by the fact that this unfortunate Black woman had contracted HIV as a result of her husband’s secretive “Down Low” infidelities with other men. As a Black gay male, physician and public health advocate who has dedicated the past 12 years of my life to the behavioral prevention and treatment of HIV in the Black community, I have heard stories like your guest’s on this day more times than I would like to admit. To the contrary, the acidic taste of bile that coated the back of my throat as I heard her story was in response to the superficial and sensationalistic manner in which you handled the topic, and how it was apparent that you and your staff have learned absolutely nothing in the 6 years since you originally interviewed J.L. King on your “Down Low” episode in 2004.

Read the entire open letter at: Living Out Loud with Darian!

OutMaturity.com is a great gay blog that addresses the issues of getting older and provides some great tips on how we can get the most out of life…after all, it’s not the years in your life that counts as much as the life in your years!

According to one post:

Please note, eat fruit on an empty stomach. Fruit do not digest properly while with other foods in your digestive track. This will promote weight loss, more energy and a major role in detoxification.

Fruit digests faster than carbohydrates and goes straight through your stomach to your intestines. So if it’s blocked with a complex carbohydrate, your whole meal will turn acidic.

More at: OutMaturity.com!