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by Charles Stephens
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February 07, 2012 11:49 |
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 Both tragedy and triumph have shaped and contoured the South as determinedly as the red clay dirt and the thick humidity. While African-Americans have certainly made progress, one only has to look at the HIV/AIDS rates among African-Americans in the South, particularly the Deep South, to see that there is still a considerable distance to travel.
The needle has moved yes, but so has the need. If HIV/AIDS is to be addressed among African-Americans, the South has to be prioritized.
Statistics show that African-Americans are disproportionately impacted by HIV in the United States. Despite being only 14 percent of our country's population in 2009, African Americans accounted for 44 percent of all new HIV infections in that year.
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by Mark S. King
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January 06, 2012 00:00 |
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This may be the defining HIV issue of our time, and it is a true test of our compassion and understanding of both HIV stigma and the law.
Around the country, and without leadership or guidelines from the federal government, individual states have taken it upon themselves to draft laws that “protect” people from those of us with HIV.
Whether using bio-terrorism statutes or simple “assault with a deadly weapon,” people with HIV who do not disclose their status to their sexual partners are risking arrest and prosecution.
You’re already having a visceral response to this scenario, aren’t you? You may have the vague feeling that anyone who doesn’t disclose their HIV-positive status to a partner probably deserves to be punished. Don’t worry: you’re not alone.
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by Letter to the editor
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September 30, 2011 00:00 |
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Data from the iPrEx study of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in gay and bisexual men and transgender women has led to debate about whether and how PrEP should be used.
Unfortunately, some of that debate has been fueled by groundless assertions that men who have sex with men (MSM) will misuse PrEP, spreading drug resistance if PrEP is made available.
A paid ad campaign by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has contributed to spreading false information both about PrEP and the commitment of gay/bi men to care for themselves and others. We reject those false assertions and call for a factual discussion of pros and cons of PrEP in our community.
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by GA Voice readers
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September 16, 2011 00:00 |
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GA Voice readers were divided over the case of D., a second grader in Townsend, Ga. (www.thegavoice.com, Aug. 26; update in print edition, Sept. 2).
Labeled a girl at birth, the child began living as a boy last year. Tommy Theollyn, D’s parent who is also a female-to-male transgender, wants him to be able to use the boys’ bathroom at Todd Grant Elementary School, but the McIntosh County Public Schools superintendent refused.
D, who was previously home-schooled, is now being homeschooled again. Meanwhile, a petition Theollyn started on Change.org has more than 31,000 signatures asking for D. to be allowed to use the boys’ bathroom at school.
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by GA Voice readers
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September 02, 2011 00:00 |
Readers debate the fate of women indicted for public indecency at Columbus State University.
Re: “Women indicted for having lesbian sex in Ga. college library” (thegavoice.com, Aug. 25)
"This is a case of discrimination if I ever saw it, at least on the surface. I know heterosexual folks who have been caught and only been given a citation and a fine, not arrested. Granted they were not in Columbus, Ga., but geez! The cop was probably wanting to watch and they said no so he arrested them."
"It’s not a case of discrimination because they were literally caught “in flagrante” and public sex between any two people is simply illegal. They shouldn’t get away with it just on the assumption that heterosexuals might have. That’s looking at the case without assumptions. If we’d like to add assumptions, assume two appropriately embarrassed and reasonably nice lesbians might have gotten away with a warning. Two man-hating lesbians who disrespected the police officer for interrupting them would have been arrested and charged."
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