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GayThe CDC (Finally) Makes It Official: Gays and Other MSM Are 50 Times Likelier to Have HIV Than Women Or Straight Men
by Walt Senterfitt
Mon, 08/24/2009 - 9:54pm   CDC official Dr. Amy Lansky announced today at a plenary session of the
National HIV Prevention Conference the CDC's finding that gay men and
other MSM have AIDS at a rate more than 50 times (that's right, FIFTY
TIMES) greater than women and non-gay/bi men. This confirms in
emphatic terms that of all the disparities and disproportionate impacts
in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the greatest one is the extraordinarily
disproportionate impact on gay and bisexual men (MSM) -- of all races
and ethnicities, though the most disproportionate impact is on African
American gay, bi and other MSM. As the CDC 's incidence estimates released last year revealed, MSM constitute more than half of all new cases of HIV and are the group in which the number of new cases each continues to slowly increase. What's new today is that the CDC has calculated *rates* of HIV/AIDS prevalence among MSM, not just raw numbers. Lansky says the CDC estimates that there were 692.2 new HIV cases in 2007 per 100,000 MSM. Having a rate as well as the raw numbers allows comparisons for the first time to other population groups at risk, such as women and heterosexual men. read more » Acting Up in the 21st Century
by Diana Scholl
Thu, 03/12/2009 - 1:08pm During CHAMP's March community forum to create intergenerational dialogue within the AIDS movement around the ACT UP Oral History Projects, we watched an incredible video compilation of ACT UP protests from the early days of AIDS activism, put together by panelist and ACT UP Oral History Project co-creator Sarah Schulman. An opening scene showed people sitting in the very same room at the LGBT Center that we were sitting in. The room was hadn’t changed in 25 years. The crowd was even pretty similar-mostly white faces. The only difference was the most recent forum, while a good turnout for a 2009 event, didn't draw as much of a crowd as the standing-room only ACT UP meetings of yore. This sort-of déjà vu seemed a metaphor for AIDS activism today. Watching the video, I was struck how some of the slogans-"AIDS Budgets Kill!"-and chants-"Act Up, fight back!" can be found in many of the rallies I've attended over the last two years. As a young person new to the movement, it was incredible seeing the uncanny similarities that I hadn't fully grasped until I saw it firsthand. ACT UP Philadelphia member Pascal Emmer noticed the similarities too when he first became involved in queer activism. "Most of our works and rhetoric was borrowed from earlier movements, but it lacked a historical context,” Pascal said. Emmer and his friend Jessica Rodriguez joined ACT UP Philadelphia where they started the group's oral history project to highlight the stories of the movement and preserve them for memory so these stories aren't lost. read more » CHAMP Activists Bring HIV Prevention Justice to the Heart of Creating Change
by Vanessa Brocato
Wed, 02/04/2009 - 2:46pm  Like any good revival, Creating Change generated spirits on fire, weeping and dancing for AIDS activists and LGBTQ leaders across the generations. CHAMP facilitated eight sessions exploring the facts, fictions, politics and deeply rooted social causes of the epidemic in this country. And we took action then and there at the largest annual advocacy meeting of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and allies from across the country held in Denver last week.Together we are working to address the ways that institutionalized fear and hatred of sexual diversity makes our communities more vulnerable to HIV by supporting and strengthening local community leadership, weaving national networks, and building the movement for HIV prevention justice to challenge this deep and persistent structural vulnerability. read more » Delaney on Gay and PLWHA contributions to humanity
by Mark H
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 1:13pm At last year’s Positive Living conference in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Martin provided the annual treatment update. Martin only missed one meeting in the conference’s eleven-year history, having had a heart attack a week before the event. Positively Living is one of very few U.S. conferences remaining that are targeted specifically (and almost exclusively) to PLWHAs. A member of the audience was so inspired by Martin’s remarks concerning the role of activism in the history of HIV/AIDS that he approached Martin and conference organizer Butch McKay about creating a session on the subject for this year’s event. |
About the HIV PJAThe HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA) is a network of organizations advocating for effective and just HIV prevention policies for the United States. We grew out of the successful 2007 Prevention Justice Mobilization, which united hundreds of groups across the country at the intersection of HIV/AIDS, human rights, and struggles for social, racial, gender, and economic justice. The HIV PJA is coordinated by Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) in collaboration with AIDS Foundation of Chicago, and SisterLove.
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