Tag: HIV

The Can’t Pass It On campaign feature an image of two men lying together along with the message that people on effective HIV treatment with an undetectable viral load can’t pass HIV on – proven by the landmark PARTNER and PARTNER 2 studies. Posters from the campaign have appeared on billboards and phone boxes across the country, but some have been targeted by unknown vandals who are whiting out the image of two men lying together, in what appears to...

(stock photo via Depositphotos) Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson will soon begin testing an experimental HIV vaccine in the U.S. and Europe sometime this year, according to Bloomberg News. The experimental vaccine, described as a “mosaic-based preventative immunization,” is made up of four components that target several strains the HIV virus. The vaccine utilizes an altered cold virus to create a group of “mosaic” proteins that will elicit immune responses to a variety of strains. Approximately 3,800 men who have sex with men...

This just in: Michael Johnson (a.k.a. “Tiger Mandingo”), who was unfairly sentenced to 30 years in prison by a homophobic jury for not disclosing his HIV status to his sexual partners, has been released from prison 25 years early. Just to recap: Johnson was accused of “recklessly infecting” multiple male partners with HIV while he was a student at Lindenwood University in Missouri in 2013. In 2015, he was sentenced to 30 years by a jury pool stacked with white heterosexuals,...

(image via Depositphotos) A survey from the UK shows 48% of respondents say they would be uncomfortable kissing someone who is living with HIV, even though 97% of those diagnosed in the UK are virally supressed thanks to modern antiretroviral medications. The survey, commissioned by the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and executed by YouGov, found high levels of stigma still abound when it comes to HIV. Multiple studies have shown that people living with HIV and on effective treatment report viral levels...

(image via Depositphotos) A survey from the UK shows 48% of respondents say they would be uncomfortable kissing someone who is living with HIV, even though 97% of those diagnosed in the UK are virally supressed thanks to modern antiretroviral medications. The survey, commissioned by the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and executed by YouGov, found high levels of stigma still abound when it comes to HIV. Multiple studies have shown that people living with HIV and on effective treatment report viral levels...

HIV virus (image via Depositphotos) For the first time, researchers have found a way to eliminate HIV from living animals. The approach combines two new technologies: slow-release antiretroviral therapy (known as LASER ART) which first suppresses the virus, then gene editing (known as CRISPR-Cas9) which effectively ‘slices out’ HIV-infected DNA. Dr. Kamel Khalili, at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, told the local CBS News affiliate that, “For the first time, we were able to eliminate completely replication competent...

Photo by streegar on Unsplash HIV rates are on the rise for straight people while they’re declining for LGBT people… at least in Australia. The 2018 surveillance report by the Kirby Institute has given us an updated look at the situation around HIV and STIs in Australia. Turns out, infection rates in the country are at an 18-year low. There were 835 new HIV diagnoses in 2018, which marks a 23% decline within the past five years. Then splitting that up...

Today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., fast, HIV tests will be administered, no appointment needed, with results delivered on-site. HIV Counselors will also be on hand with information on prevention, early treatment and PrEP, a medication that offers an effective means of protection for those testing negative for HIV.Mayor Lori Lightfoot will participate in National HIV Testing Day by being tested herself at a South Side Walgreens.The National Testing Day Initiative is aimed at raising public awareness about the latest in HIV prevention, treatment and...

The Trump Administration once again thwarted HIV research to appease Evangelicals. Image by National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases via CT Post.The Trump Administration has recently announced that it will be shutting down an HIV research contract because the researchers use aborted fetus tissue, a move that was praised by the Family Research Council, a well-known anti-LGBTQ hate group, according to LGBTQ Nation. This is not the first time that something like this has happened, as the Trump...

Nikko Briteramos (screen capture via Legal Lambda)In October 2017, personal trainer Nikko Briteramos was surprised to be turned away at a barber shop because of his HIV status. Briteramos had been a customer at King of Kuts barbershop in the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles several times before. But apparently, another barber in the establishment who knew Briteramos shared his HIV status with the owner. And so, on that visit, owner Ramsy...

The Advocate, out Olympian Gus Kenworthy revealed he has raised $153,000 for his upcoming AIDS/LifeCycle ride.Kenworthy, 27, has pledged to raise $1 million to help fund programs at the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.AIDS/LifeCycle is a 550 mile ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It has raised more than $200 million for HIV and AIDS research and education since its start in 1993. Riders will begin cycling on June 2.Kenworthy, who came out in 2015,...

Plus, the ad video is wildly fun and wildly NSFW Celebrate Condoms wants to take on the world of safe sex by showing that simply because sex is safe, that doesn’t need to mean it’s boring. The company has a brand new product out that’s a world first: rainbow striped condoms. ‘We believe in a sustainable, ethical and harmonious world and are trying to put the FUN back into safe sex,’ Celebrate said in a statement. ‘Whilst condoms have traditionally been viewed...

You face a lengthy jail sentence if you threaten violence against someone LGBTI or living with HIV People found guilty of threatening or inciting violence against someone based on their gender identity, sexuality, race or religion could get a jail term of up to three years. Intersex people and people living with HIV/AIDS are also protected under the new laws. The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) passed the new laws in June which came into effect today. The Crimes Amendment...

A Portland man was arrested for threatening to bomb his gay neighbors. According to news source Koin6, court documents filed in Mutnomah County Circuit Court last week reveal that a man named Scott Wayne Smith was charged with one count of intimidation. Smith threatened to bomb an apartment complex called Hopewell Apartments where people living with HIV/AIDS reside. Smith apparently lives in a trailer on a friend’s property that’s located near the apartment complex. On top of threatening to bomb the building,...