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Virally Suppressed is a progressive blog and outreach movement centered around matters of HIV & social justice in America and across the globe.

• Canary in a Fascist Coal Mine

  By Drew Gibson on June 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I know it’s easy to get caught up in the 5 month Presidential bitchfest that is ahead of us, but in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter nearly as much as the incessant coverage would suggest. Obama’s policies… Read More ›

• Same-Sex Marriage: Conservative Edition

  By Drew Gibson on June 11, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  On paper, Paul Singer sounds like every other obscenely wealthy conservative voice in the United States. His resume reads like ½ of the New York Times obituaries ever written: Born in metro NYC he received his J.D. From Harvard Law,… Read More ›

• We’ve got a Pinterest page now!

  By Drew Gibson on June 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  That’s right. Virally Suppressed now has it’s very own Pinterest account and is slowly become ever-more internet literate. If you have a Pinterest account, come follow us. Our page is: http://pinterest.com/suppressthis/ If you don’t know what in the Sam Hill… Read More ›

• Host Countries: HIV & Prostitution in Euro 2012

  By Drew Gibson on June 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Sport is one of civilization’s most tried and true methods of escape. It is that rare outlet for our emotions and stressors that we can rely on with certitude. For the unending litany of rules and regulations in modern sports,… Read More ›

• Sharing Your HIV Story

  By Drew Gibson on June 8, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  During this year’s annual AIDS/LifeCycle bike ride in California, the LGBT story site I’m From Driftwood (www.imfromdriftwood.com) is interviewing bikers on the rode who are HIV+ and having them share what it was like to be diagnosed and what happened… Read More ›

• A Doctor’s Call

  By Drew Gibson on June 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  My grandfather was one of the last doctors in Cincinnati, Ohio to make house calls. I can still remember walking through the front door of my grandparents’ condo and seeing his medical man-purse—the ubiquitous black leather doctor’s bag—laying on the… Read More ›

• TB & HIV Looms Large in South Africa

  By Drew Gibson on June 6, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I stumbled upon a remarkable segment from the PBS Newshour on the dual threat of HIV and Tuberculosis in South Africa. As the report points out the “terrible twins of HiV and Tuberculosis” are inextricably linked in South Africa, with… Read More ›

• (Red) Rush To Zero!

  By Drew Gibson on June 6, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Hey! Do you like stuff? Do you want to reduce the number of HIV infections globally and locally? Well then, how would you like to have your stuff and eat…it…too? No, that doesn’t work. What about how would you like… Read More ›

• Southern Discomforts

  By Drew Gibson on June 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by Drew Gibson My interest piqued this morning when I saw a link to a BBC News Magazine article on the current fiscal crisis in Europe with the sub-header: “Lessons from US history for the crisis-hit eurozone.” I assumed the… Read More ›

• Sensing a Pattern Here?

  By Drew Gibson on June 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Courtesy of the National Association of People With AIDS and the blog From Here To Eternity (www.dgsmith.org) is a map of the states that contain the 2,357 HIV positive Americans who are still on ADAP waiting lists and still with… Read More ›