As I was reading through The Washington Blade online, I ran across a post by Andrew Sullivan. I have to admit that my face started to get a little heated. But I didn't want to get pissed off without more information. So I followed his other links to get the whole picture. Let me give you the links you need to read, in order.
Read this first, then this one second, and finally this one last. I'll wait for you to come back.
Okay. Done? Good. Welcome back. Now ...
... while I understand the point that Andrew would like to have made (that testing HIV+ is no longer the immediate death sentence it once was), I agree with Gabriel 1000% in that Andrew is simply irresponsible in the exact words he used. Let me tell you why. Before 1996, I knew one ... count that - ONE ... person with HIV. He died of AIDS complications at too young an age. Since then, I have had three people I care deeply about tell me that they tested positive and I have learned of two acquaintances who also have HIV.
One before 1996.
Five after 1996.
Mr. Sullivan, this is NOT progress. This is NOT something to celebrate.
1 comment:
sucks to know you're a statistic, well an even bigger one now, but I'm glad you've taking an interest in knowing what's going on in this area. too many individuals don't, the gods know i should have.
o_O
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