HIV/AIDS & the "Down Low"
 Rapper Comes Under Fire for His Comments About the Down Low (September 15, 2011)
From The Body
 United in HIV! A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (June 1, 2011)
"Even when we have a family member that is openly gay, we don't create space in our families for them to live and breathe freely. Do we ask them if they have a partner? If they are lonely? If they are happy? ... This don't ask, don't tell policy in our community is unhealthy and it is killing our brothas."
From The Body
- The Tennessean Fails at Fully Addressing the State's Epidemic, Blames Down-Low (April 19, 2011)
In The Tennessean
- When You Know Better, You Do Better, Part 2 (October 20, 2010)
The second in a series exploring issues raised in the recent episode of the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
- Oprah Misses the Mark on HIV/AIDS ... Again: A Blog Entry by Kellee Terrell (October 13, 2010)
From The Body
- When You Know Better, You Do Better, Part 1 (October 12, 2010)
The first in a series exploring issues raised in the recent episode of the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
- What Oprah Did Not Tell You About HIV and the "Down Low": A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (October 8, 2010)
From The Body
- Men on the Down Low (Summer 2010)
To read PDF, click here.
In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- When Will the Media's Obsession With the "Down Low" Die? A Blog Entry by Kellee Terrell (July 8, 2010)
From The Body
- Your HIV DIVA Reports on the DIVA Awards! A Video Blog Entry by Sherri Beachfront Lewis (March 3, 2010)
From The Body
- HIV in Black Women: It's Not About Men on the Down Low (March 1, 2010)
From Black AIDS Institute
- Official Says "Down Low" Men Not Responsible for High HIV Rates Among Black Women (October 15, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Questions and Answers: Men on the Down Low (October 19, 2006)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Almost One in 10 Straight Men on the "Down-Low," Study Finds (September 20, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Black Journalists Criticize Media Coverage of "Down Low" Phenomenon, Say Articles Wrongly Link Behavior to Blacks, Increase in AIDS Cases (August 9, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- My Kind of Life: Daddy Dearest on the Down Low (May/June 2005)
Carlos Perez, a Hispanic, openly gay man, writes about his Cuban-born father -- a gay man Carlos says had no choice but to live life on the down low.
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Bisexuality, Lies and HIV: The Pain and Necessity of Disclosure -- and Acceptance (March/April 2005)
A cautionary story for all HIV-positive guys who sleep with both men and women, and for the HIV-negative women they sleep with who may not know about it.
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- A New Surge of Interest Hits "The Down Low" (January 2005)
Part of HIV JournalView's Top 10 Research Reports of 2004.
From The Body PRO
- Opinion Pieces Respond to Book Discussing Black Men "On the Down Low" (June 2, 2004)
J.L. King's book "On the Down Low" provoked responses by Gregory Kane in the Baltimore Sun and Roni Rabin in Long Island Newsday.
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Unique, Endangered Program Discovers HIV Outbreak in "Real Time" (February 11, 2004)
[Archived Article]
A review of the novel STAT program, its findings and the broader issue of black men "on the DL".
In The 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- The Lowdown on the "Down Low" (January/February 2004)
An Atlanta-area forum brings together AIDS service organization workers to talk about this issue.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Media Examine African-American Men on "Down Low" (August 4, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- St. Louis: Some Gay Black Men Are Keeping a Deadly Secret (April 25, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- African Americans and "The Deadly Secret" (November 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Working Lunch: Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Other MSM -- A Special Focus (February 19, 2001)
In The 2001 National Conference on African Americans and AIDS, from The Body PRO
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