“The Senate is near to pass ng a massive $50 billion Emergency Plan for HIV/ AIDS Relief - a bill whose priorities are based on myth, just like virtually all anti-AIDS efforts worldwide…” Thus begins Michael Fumento’s sickening op-ed on how our government’s “wasting” money on HIV/AIDS, because straight white Americans aren’t the most at-risk. And since the lives of blacks, Africans, gays, Asians and the rest of the gang don’t matter, Congress should curtail this “abominable unfairness.” Fermento’s so sick, even Jesus is flipping him off. [NY Post] ...

Benkof thinks so. Internationally, one could make such an argument. But it’s easy to support AIDS work in Africa where its a mostly heterosexual disease. But domestically, President Bush’s proposals for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention haven’t been keeping up with demand. This is especially true among young, African-American men who simply aren’t responding to the White House’s abstinence only messages. They have been the driving force behind recent increases in HIV infections, making up 49% of new infections in 2005. What do you think? Is Bush the best, worst, or somewhere in between? ...

The gays have loads of reasons to hate on President George W. Bush. He and his cronies did, after all, use us for political gain and continue to poo-poo on the idea of same-sex marriage. Despite all that, however, Bush does deserve some lavender love, says activist David Benkof: It is unquestionable that George W. Bush has done more to fight HIV/AIDS than any president in American history, including Clinton. The people pushing Bush to fight the epidemic at home and abroad are overwhelmingly conservative Christians — the same people we keep hearing gay leaders tar as narrow-minded and ...

Andrew Sullivan has been closely following the progress of legislation to end the U.S. ban on HIV+ individuals travelling to the United States.In Wednesday's Washington Times Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) published an op-ed promoting their HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration ActToday, HIV is the only medical condition that renders people inadmissible to the United States. In fact, we are just one of 12 countries that prohibit, almost without exception, HIV-positive non-citizens from entering the country (China has recently overturned its ban). This policy places the United States in the same company ...

Sheesh! Hasn’t HIV had enough? Isn’t it time to, like, just go away? Apparently not, because the Center for Disease Control just released some startling data: The latest data on HIV infection across 33 states finds new diagnoses jumping by 12 percent annually between 2001 and 2006 among young gay and bisexual men. Researchers at [CDC] say the rise is “especially concerning” for young black men aged 13 to 24 who have sex with men. For this group, the annual rate of new HIV diagnoses rose by 15 percent annually, compared to a 9 percent and an 8 percent annual ...

The Press Release:COME MARCH WITH ACT UP/NY FOR PRIDE 2008!Sunday, June 29 - 11:30am56th Street at 6th Avenue917-653-7267 (cell)This year we will be focusing on getting the word out about ourexciting new harm reduction campaign that we are launching in printand on the web. Infection rates in NYC are up by 33% since 2001 amongyoung gay and bisexual men under 30 years of age. Prevention effortsare hampered by years of abstinence only teaching, which hasaffected even AIDS organization's educational materials which oftenare timid. Our first effort will be published in this weeks Gay CityNews showing an inviting young man ...