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Testing policies and guidelines
Complaints over Kaiser Permanente's involuntary HIV screening may hint of things to come: critics

For some people HIV testing remains a touchy subject, while others only want to be tested anonymously for privacy reasons. But Kaiser says that despite member complaints, the test records won't be deleted. Critics say the episode is a taste of things to come.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Oregon Live
History of HIV and AIDS
WATCH: Groundbreaking New Film Tackles HIV/AIDS In The World Of Dance

Test, a film set in San Francisco during the height of the AIDS crisis in 1985, focuses on a prestigious dance company dealing with the spread of HIV and its effects on the lives of its performers.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Huffington Post
Experiences of stigma
The Sound of Stigma

An essay by Mark S. King—an AIDS advocate, an author and a blogger living with HIV since 1985—on why HIV stigma among gay men persists.

Published
14 May 2013
From
Poz
Ageing and HIV
Michelangelo Signorile: The First AIDS Generation: Grappling With Why We're Alive and What It Means

I was escaping the epidemic by immersing myself in the politics and urgency of it, which seems paradoxical but really does make a lot of sense .I gave myself a special dispensation on grief and heartbreak. There was no time for grief, especially when anger and indignation was so much more empowering. Of course, what I'm painfully learning 25 years later is that you can put grief off, but you can't ever escape it.

Published
10 May 2013
From
Huffington Post
Epidemiology and behaviour
Up to a third of HIV infections in European gay men may have come from another country

A study (Frentz) that looked at genetic similarities in the HIV from recently diagnosed people in 24 European countries found that among ‘clusters’ of closely related

Published
10 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
HIV and criminal law
US: REPEAL ACT to modernise HIV criminalisation laws reintroduced with bipartisan support

Yesterday, California Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Democrat) was joined by Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican) to introduce a new version of the ‘Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act’ (the ‘REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act’, or the ‘REPEAL Act’) first introduced by Congresswoman Lee in September 2011.

Published
09 May 2013
From
HIV Justice Network
Immigration
Queen's Speech signals a new Immigration Bill is on its way

Today we learned that Government is preparing a new Immigration Bill - despite ministers' acknowledgement that much of the detail behind the headlines is still missing. One aspect may be further restrictions on migrants' use of the NHS.

Published
08 May 2013
From
Migrants' Rights Network
Immigration
NAT comment on the Queen's speech and the impact it could have on people living with HIV

NAT (National AIDS Trust) responds to the announcement in the Queen's Speech today that migrants will face further restrictions to accessing NHS services. The Government has provided no evidence of the 'health tourism' which the restrictions on migrant access to the NHS outlined in today's Queen's Speech are meant to address. 

Published
08 May 2013
From
NAT press release
Combatting stigma
Chinese Women With HIV Suffer Harassment and Stigma

Human rights and press freedom are crucial if China is to achieve its stated AIDS prevention goals, particularly when it comes to safeguarding women and children, a leading AIDS specialist has said.

Published
08 May 2013
From
Radio Free Asia
Telling people you have HIV
Out, but not about that - New York city council candidate comes out as HIV positive

In a sign of how much has changed over the past two decades, Corey Johnson had not given much thought to his medical condition in the context of the Council race; in a sign of how little the emotional climate around the disease has altered, Mr. Johnson had not, as it happened, told his mother.

Published
07 May 2013
From
New York Times
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