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December 1 is World AIDS Day
Wed, 2010-12-01 14:56
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bagkitty
December 1 is World AIDS Day
Wed, 2010-12-01 14:58
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bagkitty
and AIDS Action Now has released a video. It is a particular interesting take on life and death and AIDS under Harper.
Wed, 2010-12-01 15:05
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bagkitty
New York activists highlight the relationship between AIDS and poverty too.
Fri, 2010-12-03 18:24
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For World AIDS Day I provided a video commentary on Rabble TV: "Criminalizing people with HIV doesn't protect public health"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pf60E3n2IM
Sexually active people with HIV are not intrinsically devious and dangerous. No more so than all redheads are. Or any other definable group.
Has a person with HIV *ever* deliberately deceived someone about their status and intentionally, maliciously passed on the virus? Yes. But in Canada, the law casts the net far, far wider than that, locking up people with HIV who've never harmed anyone.
Establishing clear prosecutorial guidelines relating to HIV disclosure will protect public health and promote open conversations about sexuality and health more than the rush to imprison.