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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.

• Deep South Trailer

  By Drew Gibson on June 3, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  I had to upload the trailer to what looks to be a remarkable film about the HIV epidemic in an area of the US that rarely gets press, but badly needs it. deepsouth is a new documentary about the struggles… Read More ›

• It’s Petition Time Y’all!

  By Drew Gibson on June 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Hey, I know what you were just thinking to yourself: “Gosh. I’ve just got a terrible urge to advocate for something and maybe even sign an e-petition, but I have no idea where to look.” Well, look no more my… Read More ›

• Billboard Awards: LGBT Edition

  By Drew Gibson on June 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I was struck the other day by a piece in The Huffington Post outlining the recent interstate faith dust-up going on in North Carolina (not literally struck, that would be absurd. HuffPo can’t bludgeon it’s readers…yet) As you hopefully know,… Read More ›

• Holding HIV Down

  By Drew Gibson on May 31, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  What does it mean to suppress something? Like so much of our language, the word itself comes from Latin: suppressus, from supprimere. It meant to hold down—to push under. The word sounds violent and malicious, like leaning your weight upon… Read More ›

• Out of Africa: The Origins of HIV

  By Drew Gibson on May 28, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  By Drew Gibson It would be tempting to describe the southeast corner of Cameroon as a land that time forgot, but it would also be a disservice to the people still living there. You see, in order to forget something,… Read More ›

• Chartering a Course for Disaster

  By Drew Gibson on May 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Drew Gibson Why would he go there? Why in the name of all things bright and beautiful would Mitt Romney spend an hour or two in the heart of West Philadelphia? I realize that Pennsylvania is a crucial swing… Read More ›

• Groping Our Way Through The Darkness

  By Drew Gibson on May 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Drew Gibson For the foreseeable future our national discourse will be dominated by incessant chatter about the upcoming presidential election in November. There will be debates and stump speeches with candidates promising things they can never deliver. We will… Read More ›

• It Can Never Happen Again…The Golden Dawn

  By Drew Gibson on May 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  On Wednesday, a state delegate from Baltimore’s 7th district, Patrick L. McDonough, thought it necessary to put out a news release asking Maryland State Police to intervene in the Inner Harbor to contain “roving mobs of black youths.” Now, lest… Read More ›

• Isentress Distress

  By Drew Gibson on May 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I am not a doctor. Nor am I a pharmacist or a nurse. Heck, I’m not even technically a social worker until (and if) I graduate from the University of Maryland-Baltimore SSW next year. However, I have been a citizen… Read More ›

• The President “Evolves” Just in Time: Same-Sex Marriage and The Fight for Equality

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

  

  By Drew Gibson To hear President Obama and his cabinet speak of his “evolving” stance regarding gay marriage, one could be forgiven for assuming that the President was speaking of his own personal views towards the issue. Yet, in a… Read More ›