HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community: Viewpoints

Is It Homophobia or "Heterophobia"? Tell Them That It's Human Nature. A Blog Entry by Reggie Smith (May 24, 2013)
"The activism of the LGBT community has, thankfully, created more safe spaces for all of us to heal, but many heterosexuals fear being identified as gay, so they will not come and share information, even to fight for their own lives and the lives of our families."
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Sign an Open Letter to Tyler Perry: Stop Stigmatizing People With HIV (May 20, 2013)
From Positive Women's Network of the United States of America
Why Does Mainstream Media Continue to Throw Young Black Gay Men Under the Bus? (April 28, 2013)
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Tyler Perry's Temptation Sentences People With HIV to a Lifetime of Stigma and Isolation: A Blog Entry From U.S. Positive Women's Network (April 16, 2013)
"As partners, sisters, mothers, daughters, teachers and lovers living with HIV, we denounce Perry's portrayal of HIV as a punishment for bad behavior."
From Positive Women's Network of the United States of America
Is AIDS in Black America More About Behavior or Institutional Factors? (February 28, 2013)
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The Epidemic Will Not End Without Heterosexual Black Men (February 12, 2013)
From Campaign to End AIDS
Black HIV/AIDS Awareness: Eight Points to Keep in Mind (February 8, 2013)
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Aware Enough (February 6, 2013)
From AIDS United
One of the Most Disempowering Moments of My Life (November 14, 2012)
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Trigger Warning: Understanding Cicely Bolden -- A Blog Entry by Mathew Rodriguez (November 3, 2012)
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