HIV

  • For black gay men in US the chances of contracting HIV are 1 in 2

    For black gay men in US the chances of contracting HIV are 1 in 2

    The leading UK newspaper The Guardian has made a mini-documentary about what they call the hidden HIV epidemic in America.  Reporter Leah Green went to Atlanta which has a very large black gay community and discovered that if you are a gay, black man in America today, your chances of contracting HIV are 1 in 2.  That is in sharp contrast…

  • HIV is: Just a part of me

    HIV is: Just a part of me

    HIV is: Just a part of me is a revealing campaign produced by Truvada maker Gilead Sciences and planned in coordination with several European HIV organizations including ARDHIS in France, BASELINE in the UK, and Plus Onlus in Italy. The campaign aims to improve understanding amongst gay and bisexual HIV positive men of eight potentially…

  • The extraordinary How To Make A Pearl

    The extraordinary How To Make A Pearl

    Landing in the queerguru office this morning was a new extraordinary short film from the documentaries division of The Guardian Newspaper in London. We intended to take a quick glimpse and come back and watch it later, but it was one of those remarkable stories that begged for our immediate attention, and so we viewed it…

  • I.C.E. set to deport HIV-positive gay man to Venezuela, where he can’t get proper treatment

    I.C.E. set to deport HIV-positive gay man to Venezuela, where he can’t get proper treatment

    Written By Daniel Shoer Roth of  The Miami Herald Posted with permission from Tribune Content Agency Ricardo Querales fears that his days are numbered.  He has HIV. Querales showed up in mid-January at the headquarters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miramar, Fla., to comply with a routine supervision order in place for several years as part…