Breaking News! http://www.teamthemovement.com MIKE STOBBE,AP Medical Writer Saturday, July 24, 2010 ATLANTA (AP) — Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind. The study, released Monday, suggests that HIV is epidemic in certain poverty-stricken urban neighborhoods. And, more significantly, poor heterosexuals in those neighborhoods were twice as likely to be infected as heterosexuals who lived in the same community but had more money. Federal scientists found...


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© 2010 Amnesty International USA Entire Article Taken From: http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGUSA20080606001 Uganda: Amnesty International condemns attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people Amnesty International is concerned at continuing harassment and attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) human rights defenders in Uganda, and today called on the Government of Uganda to ensure the safety of LGBT human rights defenders in Uganda and to end the harassment of LGBT people by Ugandan police officers. On 4 June 2008, three LGBT human rights...


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Copyright 2010 The Bilerico Project. Entire Article Taken From: http://www.bilerico.com/2010/01/is_hiv_motive_for_a_hate_crime.php n Christmas Day, 2009, gay, HIV+ Louisiana bar manager Robert LeCompte was found dead in his club, stabbed more than ten times with "a very long knife." More than four thousand dollars was missing, and the killer(s) left a note saying that LeCompte had transmitted the virus to his killer. To date, the weapon has not been recovered and no suspects have been named. The sheriff is "99.9 percent sure this is not a hate crime," even though LeComte's HIV status was well-known...


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Entire article from: http://www.ehow.com/how_2056091_protect-yourself-from-hiv-aids.html How to Protect Yourself From HIV/AIDS Contributor By an eHow Contributing Writer Article Rating: (15 Ratings) HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS. AIDS attacks the body's immune system, making the body vulnerable to many illnesses. HIV is spread when the blood, urine, feces or semen of an infected person enters an uninfected person's blood stream through cuts, scrapes, punctures, abrasions or tiny breaks in the skin. Read...


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Article taken in its entirety from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20100405/bs_bw/1015b4173056260350;_ylt=AgRLpYV0aTItBgPns7tG6S.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNuY21hZHByBGFzc2V0A2J3LzIwMTAwNDA1LzEwMTViNDE3MzA1NjI2MDM1MARjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzEwBHBvcwM3BHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDd2lsbGFuYWlkc3Bp The 30-year war on AIDS has produced its share of notable victories. In the U.S., behavioral changes and combination drug therapies brought down the AIDS-related death toll from a peak of nearly 52,000 in 1994 to about 14,600 in 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention....


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