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• The Routinization of Destigmatization: H.R. 4470 and HIV testing

  By Drew Gibson on May 5, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  By Drew Gibson About two weeks ago, a bill was introduced in the US House of Representatives as is common practice in Washington. This bill—H.R. 4470—was introduced by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and has been called the Routine HIV Screening… Read More ›

• Shakespeare, LGBT & What it Means to be “Normal”

  By Drew Gibson on April 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Pretty much anyone who has lived in an English speaking nation is somewhat familiar with Shakespeare. Whether you played Bottom in a high school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, wrote your doctoral thesis on ageism and dementia in King… Read More ›

• Don’t Say Gay: The Discrimination of Silence

  By Drew Gibson on April 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Drew Gibson During my senior year of college I got a job helping start up a Boys and Girls Club in my hometown of Cincinnati. I had no prior experience working with kids, but they hired me anyway because… Read More ›

• Who is our Keeper?

  By Drew Gibson on April 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Drew Gibson This past week, in my home state of Ohio, Representative Ron Amstutz sponsored a now-adopted bill which prohibits the distribution of any funding to Planned Parenthood of Ohio or any of its affiliates from a number of… Read More ›

• The Meaning of Leadership in HIV

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

  

  The Human Immunodeficiency Virus: a retrovirus only 120 nanometers in diameter. It is 60 times smaller than a red blood cell and yet has killed more people than World War I, The Civil War and The Vietnam War combined. The… Read More ›

• Women & HIV in Baltimore

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

  

  A recent article in The Baltimore Sun[1]brought to light a recent study that showed 6 major American cities (Baltimore, New York, Atlanta, Newark NJ, Raleigh-Durham NC and Washington DC) had rates of HIV prevalence for black women that were more… Read More ›

• Zero New Infections

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

  

  Listed Below is a summary of the Baltimore HIV/AIDS Strategy Targets for 2015 with regards to reducing the number of new HIV infections in Baltimore City over the next three years: • Lower the annual number of new infections by… Read More ›

• Your Part in Getting To Zero

  By Drew Gibson on April 5, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  The idea of “getting to zero,” may mean many things to many people. For some, it represents the hope that one day there will be an end to discrimination and prejudice based on a person’s HIV status. For others, like… Read More ›

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