im def gonna be making apost baout this on my site, thnks cl for being socially conscious (also make sure uw atch b.e.t allday today to get facts/info from ur fave celebs about the plight of african americans living w/ aids, also there will be a special edition of 106 n park tonite)

~unoz~

yes everyone please make sure you wear your red…
get tested…
know your status…
knowing is beautiful…
you’ve seen the commercials…

also dun trust everyone b/c there are people out there, that want to infect/be infected with the virus!! so make sure u get tested, try abstinence,celibacy,sex pleasure, or if u do make luv go w/ ur partner to get tested every few months..especially if u think they may be creeping

There’s nothing wrong with asking your lover to get tested. If they wont do it…… then you walk…

I just don’t get it… why wont people wrap it up? Its..well..embarressing to hear we make up half of that population.

Yeah,. thanks for the post CL. Our people need to be made aware of what this dreadful monster is doing to our generation.

I’m wearing my red ribbon today to help in teh awareness and support those that are infected with HIV/AIDS and also for myself because I am affected, no matter how indirectly it may be.

My beautiful people, please protect and take care of yourselves.

I will be repping red all day, good looking out.

Wow I am in the top ten??? Woo Hoo! But on a serious note red will be the color of the day for me. I can’t stress enough the importance of getting tested. Having SEX with someone unprotected or protected for that matter is not worth your life. Seriously condoms are not full proof but better safe than sorry : /

Am definitely wearing my red ribbon today, AND a red top to be precise. It’s really heartbreaking to know that we (blacks and also South Africa)have the highest growing infection rate in the world.It will be a pitty for us, the black community to be wiped out by this desease.

I was watching a documentary last night of the AIDS orphans in Western Africa, I got so emotional I had to change the channel, many a times we need to really see this so we can get a ‘reality check’ and see the hurt and tragedy that comes with AIDS, most of the time, we tend to put it at the back of our minds, untill someone close to us dies of the desease. Please people, let’s all stand to together and fight this horrible desease and also support those who are affected and infected by HIV/AIDS.

Knowing is beautiful but the best way to protect your self is abstinence. Red is the color for me today. Be safe everyone.

So much has been said about this horrible disease but still our brothas and sistas r dying,common now ppl…know ur status and PRACTICE SAVE SEX!!!

AIDS is a terrible thing. Protecting ourselves is a must but im gonna have to jump on the conservative bandwagon for this, maybe we do need to calm the crazy fucking down if we killing ourselves like this. Maybe, we should just try and find the one that makes us happy and just settle down, its making me nauseous just typing this, but damn its probably necessary to get these numbers down. Look, truthfully sex has become nothing more than real pleasing exercise and it don’t mean nothing anymore. I’m just being real, i have been with a few females and i can’t say i ever cared much for most of them, no disrespect, but the wifey/good gf material is hard to find. I hate saying this cuz im a hoe, but maybe i need to change.
Also the lying in our community needs to stop, if ur gay, one of those DL brothas own up to ur shit and stop playing our females.

There’s a way for people to help those who have aids and cannot afford to buy medications or food for that matter. Motorola has a new “red phone.”Their idea was to get big companies to help the fight against “AIDS in Africa” by creating red-themed products that would in some way financially contribute to African AIDS programmes. Which I think is Brilliant! Please go out and support support support!!!

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk...e_red_motorola_slvr.shtml

I will wear something red today, no doubt.

KNOW YOUR STATUS and PRACTICE SAVE SEX!!!!

When I got tested last month, they had the stats posted of the number of cases in our 7 cities, very alarming and scary. Everyone should be tested at least once a year. It should be mandatory. I worked at a plasma center, and the most cases we had were black male and female 18-23. Very hurtful to see a person break down when they are told they are infected.

Thanks Angel La, that’s pretty important information. We can’t hear it enough until we take heed and get tested often.

Talk about “ring the alarm”…Those facts are very alarming… The #’s are steady rising amongst us. Everyone please please please rap it up.

datdude and glinva yall said it best. guys need to stop lying about fucking guys or stop bed hopping every hoe you see and coming home to your girlfriend/Wife, and females need to really be careful out here. The numbers dont lie

Knowing beats not knowing. Everytime you engage in sex you put you and your partned at risk. A lot of the people have contracted HIV don’t even know they have it. Educate yourself. Call around, there should testing centers in your area (some of which are free).

A peace of mind is priceless….KNOW YOUR STATUS.

I also want to add my thanks to CL for posting this. My uncle died of AIDS back in the 80’s when he was only 27. My dad, who was the epitomy of strength and toughness, came home from seeing him when he was dying almost in tears saying that my uncle was really suffering and he wouldn’t wish that on anyone. They wouldn’t even let us kids see him in his last days, though we did spend time with him after his infection.

Even knowing what I know about AIDS, it is MIND-BOGGLING that AIDS is the leading cause of death among young blacks!!!! And that WE represent over half of all new cases, even though we only make up roughly 13% of the U.S. population. Man, we can do better than this. SMH

1. WRAP IT UP

2. STOP CREEPING ON THE DL

3. STOP SLEEPING INDISCRIMINATELY WITH FOLKS

4. GET TESTED, and MAKE YOUR PARTNER GET TESTED BEFORE YOU SLEEP WITH THEM.

AIDS is a horrible disease, and that fine girl or fine dude could have the disease and not know it. AIDS can incubate for like 6 months after contraction. It can take over a DECADE to show symptoms of this deadly disease.

HIV and AIDS are two different things. You can have HIV without having AIDS. HIV means you carry the virus, and you can pass it on, but you might not develop full-blown AIDS which is the killer. So you cannot tell whether or not someone has the disease just by looking at them or because they don’t feel sick. You could be a carrier of the virus and not even know it. Please people…get tested. I have been, and it is worth knowing.

@ 11,18

Totally agree

I saw a show on Oprah and it was about Aids infection at the end of it they had a piece about brothers on the Down LOw (very shocking).

Anyways this comment is for al the gay brothers out there who are on the Down Low.
If you are gay just say so, it is just ridiculous to pretend you hetero sexual and have unprotected sex with your wife/girlfriend who thinks she is in a monogamous relationship.And then to get infected and give Aids to her as well. Thats just plain wrong your not only making yourself a target to get HIV/aids you are putting her at risk as well and she could lose her life in the process ( so what you doing in fact is killing her )

Also to al the promiscious people out there it not only shows that you have low self esteem if you sleep around with everybody also you are putting your self at risk !! so make sure you use a condome wrap it up PLEASE !!

SAFE SEX !!!!! and even better NO SEX >>> NO Problem

I AM A NURSE AND DURING MY 1ST YEAR IN NURSING I TOOK CARE OF A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN IN HIS EARLY 30′S AND HE HAD FULL BLOWN AIDS. AND THE SCARY THING IS THIS: HE LOOKED COMPLETELY NORMAL. NO LEISONS, NO WEIGHT LOSS– NOTHING. IT SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME BECAUSE HE COULD EASILY BE AT THE CLUB AND AS FINE AS HE WAS, HE COULD SCOOP UP A FEMALE QUICK. I HEAR PEOPLE SAY ALL THE TIME, HE/SHE AINT GOT NOTHING—HOW DO YOU KNOW??? YOU SURE CANT GO BY THE WAY SOMEONE LOOKS. PLEASE GET TESTED. PLEASE MAKE YOUR SIGNIFIGANT OTHER GET TESTED–WRAP IT UP–AND LADIES DON’T BE SCARED TO TELL MEN TO WEAR A CONDOM. THAT CAN’T BE STRESSED ENOUGH.

Good post angel la!! Although it will fall on many deaf ears.. @ 11 as long as you wrapping it up I mean do you !!! I know a female my age (24) with Aids.. She dont even look like it. She look normal, but she do be honest with men about here atatus and not surprising to me they still want to be with her. Now that’s the scary shit right there.

I’M REPPIN RED
I’M NEGATIVE AND IT’S A TESTIMONY BEHIND THAT
PROTECT Y’ALL SELVES…BE SAFE…
LUV Y’ALL

IT AINT HARD NOT HAVE SEX, SHIT I BEEN CELIBATE FOR A LONG WHILE NOW. AND THIS IS EVEN MORE CONFIRMATION THAT I WILL WAIT TILL I GET MARRIED. MY HOE DAYS R OVER!

Abstinence is the key.

If not wrap it up.

Women, don’t give away your power and your (self) worth by laying with everybody.

Men, the best part of you is not between your legs. It is in your mind and hands.

Know your status.

I’d rather have a “PEACE” of mind than a “PIECE” of mind any day!

Black people we have got to WAKE UP!!! AIDS is no joke. Sex is beautiful but it is not worth loosing your life over. It cannot be said enough get tested, and use condoms. And we must spread the word to the younger generation. Your kids, nieces and nephews etc.let them know AIDS is a MONSTER.

#25

I ain’t no hoe, but I am going on 3 years now.

It’s been 2 years 5 months and 4 days and lovin’ it!

I got the LOOP to keep me statisfied…..lol

This fact right here caught my eye….damnnnn. I wonder out of that 100 how many are black?????

Every day in the United States, about 100 people of color become infected with HIV

27 u r exactly rite
the younger generation has to wake up
the majority of new infections are with people 18 to 24
there was just a 16 year old murdered in the city that i live in because he infected two men
that’s just unacceptable
kidz please wait…and if not U MUST WRAP IT UP!!

I think everyday should be World AIDS Day. It’s a shame that this has become a “managable disease”. I don’t think a lot of people even take it serious anymore.One of my biggest fears is becoming a statistic, whether it be to black 0n black violence, disease or otherwise.

@31 I totally agree that people don’t take AIDS seriously anymore. With people like Magic (no offense) living with HIV for 15 years and all the stories of people living w/it for a long time they don’t realize that it is still a death sentence.

WOW I HAVE ON RED AND DIDNT EVEN KNOW I WAS REPPIN! I WORE IT CUS TODAY’S MY JOBS CHRISTMAS PARTY

HOLLA FOR WORLD AIDS DAY!

Great post! WRAP IT UP! EVERYDAY SHOULD BE WORLD AIDS DAY!!!

Everyone should get tested. These facts on blacks are disturbing. This infection is killing everyone. Everyone should get tested, Blacks, Whites, Asians, everyone. Be informed. And Be safe.

I MUST MAKE A CONFESSION NO MATTER HOW PEOPLE MAY JUDGE ME CAUSE THIS IS TO HELP SOMEBODY. I AINT NO HOE, AND LIKE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY LIKE MYSELF, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SLEEP WITH MANY FAMOUS MEN. AND YES I GAVE IN A COUPLE OF TIMES. MOST RECENTLY IN OCTOBER WAS RAPPER TERRENCE A.K.A IM NOT TELLIN, BUT I SAID THAT TO SAY THIS, I FELT SO EMPTY AFTERWARDS. HE OFFERED ME MONEY AND GIFTS AND TOLD ME WHEN HE COMES TO MY TOWN, HE WANTED ME TO 1 OF HIS “MISTRESSES”. I GREW UP IN CHURCH AND I KNOW BETTER! SO IN THE WORDS OF JUANITA BYNUM I AM TAKING MY BODY BACK AND NO MORE SHEETS!

Don’t take this the wrong way, I’m just trying to educate.

#21, your comment is very ignorant and insensitive. It’s not so easy to just say ‘ok, i’m gay’. That means you’re welcoming prejudice, exclusion, risk of abuse, etc. No one wants to go through that.

Should all that have been raped say so? Should all that have herpes wear a headband? Should all who are agnostic wear a special ribbon daily? No.

And not every guy who is gay is DL. DL means you live a straight life, you don’t do ‘gay’ functions, friends, etc…very very few guys are DL. Most are just DISCREET! Everyone should be discreet in all that you do.

So, all in all, think before you speak.

Taj The Photographer said:
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I think everyday should be World AIDS Day. It’s a shame that this has become a “managable disease”. I don’t think a lot of people even take it serious anymore.One of my biggest fears is becoming a statistic, whether it be to black 0n black violence, disease or otherwise.

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Such Magnificence said:

Taj me too…and alot of people aren’t taking HIV seriously anymore 1. b.cuz so many people have it and 2. people are living longer due to the newer medicines and such.

I’m not gonna lie I am scared straight…I say reading updated stats on HIV and other STDs b.cuz I want to know whats out there and I want to protect myself.
I am always preaching safe sex and abstinence b.cuz you just don’t know…even if you have been with the same lover for years what if they slept around on you. There is always that damn “what if”.

My 15 year old god-sister’s first boyfriend and sexual partner who is only 16 gave her THREE STDs!!!

Not one but THREE STDS…and we have to wait 6 months and pray he didn’t give her HIV! Shit is too real out here…

*I stay reading*…sorry about the typo.

dont have sex in the dark and get tested together…before engaging in sexual activity with one another is the best advice i can give… carry your stat in your (wallet/pocketbook) like you would any other important docutment

@32, I disagree with you. It’s not a death sentence. Alot of you may know me by another name on here, but I’m anonymous now, because I found out I was HIV positive 1 yr ago. When I didn’t know much about it I was scared and just figured I’m going to die. Now that I’m alot more knowledgeable about the disease I know that you can still live a full life. But you have to take care of yourself, and know your status early enough. There are people that have lived 35 yrs and with the new medications can live up to 50 yrs with the disease.

But it does have a downside. Since I’ve been diagnosed, I can’t just walk up to people or someone I might be intersted in and see what happens. Now I think about how and when should I tell that person I’m positive. Most people act nice and say they’re ok with it, while others, who dont know anythng about the disease ( like I was before I got it) get scared and disapear. It can be lonely. But I feel like the old person has died and a new one has come into existence. I’m a more driven person, and set on accomplishing my goals. I’m more health conscience now. In a weird way being pos. is a gift and a curse for me. There are even ways that you can still have kids.

I believe everyday they’re gonna find a cure. This disease is only about 25 yrs old. Majic said on Oprah when he first was diagnosed 15 yrs ago there were only 3 pills he could take, now there are 24. With that being said. Still be careful. I never thought it would happen to me. And I wish I knew someone close who had it. It would make me more aware of this disease. But in the black community, we dont talk about it, just like we dont talk about homosexuality in the church. These issues aren’t going away, so we need to be accpeting of people in this world. Black people have a big problem with that.

Just be safe, cuz as much I’m safe now, there are kats out there that know their pos, don’t care, or don’t know, and pass it on!

If you have any questions, you can hit me back on here or email me at junkyspammail@yahoo.com. The more you know about this the smarter you’ll be.

My god-sister learned on her first experience…sex ain’t nothing to play with.

I’m not ashamed to say I get tested…even though I was involved in a monogamous relationship. My mother almost died when she found out I get tested…she was like why are you doing that?

I had to put her up on game for real…I don’t understand why people are ashamed to get tested. Its not only sexually responsible but socially responsible as well.

I know I’m going to want to get involved in another relationship one day and I want to be 100% positive about my status. I pray that others would do the same…like someone on here stated before condoms DO NOT guarantee 100% protection okay.

Damn sisters! Y’all gotta take control of yourslves! Tell that nigga, NO! Stay away from drunk nightclubing fools! Party at home with yo family and neighbors! Be more deliberate in the relationship and look for alternatives! Sisters don’t deserve to be hit so hard by this $#!T!

Damn gay azz niggas and down low brothers! I wish Angel La had more statistics on these guys that go both ways! That wicked $#!T just ain’t right! It’s a pitiful shame that a man or woman would know that they’re infected and pass it on!

One day the government should require infected men to be marked! A simple tattoo on the his hip would identify these murderers and curve the spread. If someone has infected you, sisters…I think you should expose his azz! I know it will cost you some dignity, but future generations will reap the benefits.

For a women the virus is like a hollow point bullet! Sure to kill! A womens body provides the perfect environment for the virus and the desease to exist! I wish someone would post the HIV statistics on black college campuses! You’d be amazed to hear numbers as high as 40%!

Developing…!

#41 thanks for sharing your story. I don’t think that HIV is a death wish…but it is not too be taken lightly.

I must admit your story is very enlightening and positive…I think its great that you are keeping it real with people by being straight up about your status and offering your email addy to enlighten others.

FATHER GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS I ASK AND I PRAY FOR PEACE OF MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT. U HAVE BLESSED ME THIS FAR AND HAVE SPARED MY LIFE! U HAVE TAUGHT ME AND MADE ME LEARN NOT TO GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION. AND YES, I KNOW EVERYTHING IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE, BUT MY LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND I LOVE IT! ALL THE FORNICATION IN MY LIFE HAS HELPED ME. AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN PROMISICOUS, EACH TIME I TOOK A CHANCE. BUT STILL IN ALL, GOD U SHOWED YOUR MERCY AND GRACE ON ME AND FOR THAT I AM FOREVER MORE THANKFUL.

TO DA REST OF YALL, I MEET AND SEE FINE MEN EVERYDAY AND BE LIKE DAMN!!!! I WORK FRONT DESK AT A HOTEL SO I SEE ALL KIND OF MOFO’S. I AINT GON LIE, I BE WISHIN I CAN DO WHAT I DO BUT WE LIVIN IN A DAY IN TIME THAT THIS WORLD JUST AINT SAFE NO MORE. IN FACT, ITS GETTING WORSE. I LOOK GOOD AND I AM HEALTHY AND I WOULD LIKE TO STAY THAT WAY. YOUR PAST IS NOT WHAT MAKES YOU, BUT YOUR PRESENT IS WHAT’S GONNA ENLIGHTEN YOUR FUTURE. BE SAFE YALL AND LEARN FROM 1 ANOTHER.

The problems is our babies are having sex. I’m sorry, but if you are under 17 or 18, while your body is physically able, your mind cannot fully comprehend the life-long consequences of your actions.

16 year olds are not ready to take care of babies, and they are not thinking about getting deadly STDs like AIDS. They just don’t completely grasp the severity of having sex. That is something that comes with age and experience. Our society has sexualized our children in videos and movies, and they think they are grown, but they aren’t!

#37, I agree with #21. She didn’t generalize about all gays, she was very specific and said to brothers on the DL who are basically BI, and PRETENDING TO BE STRAIGHT when they are not. I’m sorry, but I don’t care what their fears are, but it is selfish and wrong to lie to someone about your sexuality. Be honest and let them decide if they want to deal with that. It’s never OK to lie about your sexuality to your partner. If you grown enough to put your woman at risk by lying, then be man enough to deal with the consequences.

43
what do u mean by gays and dl brothers
women need to understand that there is a difference between gay and bisexual men..that’s why there is so much dl creepin and infection
gay men do not pose a threat to females as far as infection is concerned…they are sleepin only with other men…and actually infection rates among gay men are down….its man to woman contact by BI SEXUAL brothers that it whats infecting us women

Just a bit of info:

Every 3 months or so, I get my CD4 and my viral load checked..

CD4 is the white cells in your immune system that keep it going, a healthy person is generally aroun 800-1000

Viral Load is how much the virus has multiplied in your body. I’m not 100% but I think when your CD4 count hits around 200 and your viral load is around 200,000 then you’re classified as having AIDS.

Because eating fatty and unhealty food breaks your immune system down, it’s very important to eat healthy and to stay away from high fatty foods, also regular excercise…things we should be doing anyway.

Most people with HIV don’t look it. The people that are just hella skinny usually just need to gain weight. I get hit on like everyday. I think that’s what makes it hard, cuz in my mind I just think “If they only knew”.

The doctors like to say in about 10 yrs of infection, basically you can die. That’s an old statistic. I had to talk to other people to learn that you can live longer. Magic is one example.

Just because u have HIV doesn’t mean you can have unprotected sex with another person with HIV, you can reinfect yourself. The other person can have a different strain of HIV than you have.

When I think of some more, I’ll put some more up…

I decided to make a yearly commiment (they will take it out monthly)to donate money to the Children w/ AIDS fund. It dented my pockets a lil’, but its worth it!!!!

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Now, I hate those dayum stats.

(1) WE ARE A MINORITY

(2) THERE ARE MORE BLKS IN AFRICA THAN THE US AND SO OFCOURSE MORE BLK CHILDREN WOULD HAVE IT…MANY OFTHEM LIVE IN AFRICA

(3) THEY ARE REALLY SNEAKY B/C THEY DISTINGUISH BTW BLK AMERICANS AND BLK AFRICANS

(4) THEY ARE JUST WRONG WRONG WRONG AND MY BLOOD BOILS EVEN THINKING ABOUT TYPING MY JUSTIFICATION B/C IT WOULD BE LOOONG, SO ILL REFRAME

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People, of any color, plz get tested! It only takes 20 minutes of your life to find out ur status and the wait/worry will be over. Most clinicians get over 80% of a neighborhood to get tested, but when the 20 min. wait is up and the results are in, they DO NOT come back for their results…SAD…AND IF U ARE THAT DAMN SCARED, STOP HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX….

(1) Tell ur bf/gf that its ur choice and no rubber, then no booty.

(2) THINK ABOUT UR UNBORN BABIES THAT U COULD POSSIBLY CONCEIVE. Why should they be marked with the scarlet letter, so to speak, forever b/c u just had to get it in and protection didnt “feel right”…that’s bullshit

If someone loves you, they respect your honest, substantiated opinions.

(3) So what if he/she leaves you…no amount of lovin’ or sexing is worth my life!

(4) Practice celibacy or abstinence(sp?)…those ARE still choices.lol

Peace, Love, and Blessings be with you.

Have a great day…Carpe Diem, & Cavate! Too many ppl never got the chance to and wish they could have.

Preventing HIV infection
© The Terrence Higgins Trust 1997

This booklet is for people who want to understand how they can protect themselves or others from HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS. It describes how HIV can be passed from one person to another, and how this can be prevented. (material reproduced with kind permission from the The Terrence Higgins Trust - visit their informative website for further information)

If you would like to talk to someone about HIV and AIDS, please telephone the Terrence Higgins Helpline:
0171-242 1010 12 noon - 10 pm, every day of the year. revised Jan 1998 © The Terrence Higgins Trust

CONTENTS
What are HIV and AIDS?

How is HIV passed on?

Who has HIV?

HIV and sex

Safer drug use

HIV and health care

HIV and pregnancy

Towards the future

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What are HIV and AIDS?

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus attacks the human immune system, the body’s defence against disease.

A person with HIV may feel completely well and have no symptoms. However over a long period of time the virus may damage the immune system. As a result the body may not be able to fight off certain rare illnesses and cancers. When this happens the person is said to have AIDS.

AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The ’syndrome’ is a collection of rare illnesses which people with HIV can get if their immune system is weakened by the virus.

How is HIV passed on?

HIV is not a very infectious virus. It cannot pass through unbroken skin, or through the air like cold germs. It cannot be passed on through ordinary social contact. People with HIV and AIDS live and work with uninfected people without putting them at any risk.

There are three main ways in which HIV can pass from someone who has HIV to an uninfected person:
through having sexual intercourse (sex where the penis enters the vagina or anus), without using a condom or Femidom (the female condom)
through sharing drug injecting equipment
from a mother to her baby during pregnancy or birth, or through breastfeeding.

It is very uncommon for HIV to be passed on in any other way. However a small number of people have been infected from giving oral sex to a man with HIV (sucking his penis), and there have been a few cases of health care workers (doctors, nurses etc) being infected through accidents with needles while caring for patients with HIV.

In the past, people who were given blood transfusions, blood factor treatments (for haemophilia) or organ transplants sometimes became infected because the donor had HIV. All blood and organ donations in the UK are now screened to prevent this happening, though it is still a risk in some parts of the world.

HOW INFECTION HAPPENS

HIV can only be passed from a person with HIV to another person in the following body fluids:
blood ”
seminal fluid (”cum”)
vaginal fluid, including menstrual fluid
breast milk

Infection can only happen if HIV - in one of the body fluids listed above - gets into someone else’s bloodstream. This can only happen in certain ways:
through the internal linings (membranes) of the genitals (sexual organs) and rectum (back passage)

For men this means through the rectum or the urethra (the tube in the penis). HIV may also pass through the glans (the head of the penis)

For women, this means through the vagina, the cervix (the entrance to the womb), the urethra term(the urethra is in front of the vagina) and the rectum

directly into the bloodstream, such as when someone sticks a needle into a vein very rarely, through the eyes, mouth or throat
if HIV (from the mother) crosses the placenta before birth, or during birth when the baby is in contact with large quantities of its mother’s blood and vaginal secretions, or after birth through breast feeding (a baby’s mouth and throat is more sensitive than an adult’s, so a baby is far more susceptible to infection by this route).

The saliva, sweat and urine of someone who has HIV do not contain enough virus to infect another person.

OTHER ROUTES OF TRANSMISSION

There are no recorded cases of people becoming infected with HIV by the following activities, but other more infectious viruses carried in the blood, such as hepatitis, certainly could be passed in these ways:
any procedure in which piercing equipment is used, such as tattooing, ear-piercing and acupuncture, if the equipment is not sterile. It is wise to go to a respectable and accredited practitioner who uses disposable needles and sterilised equipment
sharing toothbrushes and razors is best avoided. It is basic good hygiene not to share such personal items but to keep your own brush and razor separate and identifiable.

IS IT A RISK?

Remember that for someone to be infected with HIV, three things must all be present. They can be summed up as source, quantity and route:
source: HIV can only by transmitted in certain body fluids of someone with HIV
quantity: only blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluids and breast milk of someone with HIV contain enough HIV to infect another person
route: there has to be a route for the HIV into the blood stream in order for a person to become infected

If you are worried that you could have been at risk or you are not sure whether a particular activity is risky, you could talk it through with someone on a Helpline. There are phone numbers at the end of this booklet.

Who has HIV?

WHO HAS BEEN MOST AFFECTED BY HIV?

Although anyone may become infected with HIV, some UK communities have been affected more than others:
HIV is most common amongst gay men in the UK. Up to one in five gay men in London and up to one in twenty outside London have HIV

Men and women who inject drugs (and their sexual partners) have been affected because of HIV being passed through sharing drug injecting equipment. Of those who have tested for HIV, about one in forty have HIV. This figure may be nearer one in fifteen in London

HIV has spread rapidly by sex between men and women in parts of Africa. Many of the men and women in the UK who were infected through sex with the opposite sex are people who have lived in or visited Africa.

People who have unsafe sex within these groups are at increased risk of meeting a partner who has HIV.

In addition, numbers of people (almost all men or boys) with haemophilia were infected with HIV through blood products used in haemophilia therapy. Sexual partners of some of the men infected in this way were also infected. Haemophilia treatments used in the UK are now safe from HIV.

Levels of HIV infection remain highest within these population groups. At the moment it is very uncommon in the UK amongst people who have had no sexual contact with them. However, HIV and safer sex is an issue for everyone, and increasingly so:

there is a slow but real spread of HIV in the UK amongst women, and amongst men who have never had sex with men, including men and women with no links to the communities described above

people in the UK have been infected by sexual partners who they never dreamt could have HIV

HIV is more common in the general population of some parts of the world than it is in the UK. There are higher rates of infection in parts of the US, Africa and Asia, and in some European countries including Spain and Italy. So for both men and women, sex without a condom while travelling abroad could be a bigger risk than sex at home.

DO I HAVE HIV?

Many people feel they have some idea of whether they have HIV or not. Perhaps you suspect that you could have, based on things you have done in the past. You can never really be sure unless you have an HIV test, and deciding to have a test can be difficult - there is a big difference between thinking you may have a serious medical condition and finding out that you definitely have. Some people choose to delay having an HIV test until the time feels right. Others decide that there are advantages to knowing, such as access to anti-HIV treatments, which make it worthwhile.

If you are thinking about having an HIV test, see the Terrence Higgins Trust’s booklet Testing Issues for more information to help you decide.

It can sometimes be tempting to make guesses about sexual partners too: “this person could never have HIV” or “I know this person so well now, I just know they have not got HIV.” But there is no easy way to tell if someone has HIV or not, and they may not know themselves. Many people with HIV are healthy and well after several years of living with the virus, so you cannot tell from how someone looks, or how well you know them, whether or not they have HIV.

IF YOU HAVE HIV

Whether you think you have HIV, or know that you do, safer sex and safer drug use will not only prevent you infecting other people. They will also help you stay healthy:
you will avoid getting infected with other strains of the virus which may be resistant to treatments which could benefit you
you will avoid getting other infections which could be difficult to treat if your immune system is damaged by HIV (although many of these are more infectious than HIV and may be avoided only with even ’safer’ sex than what is described below).

For more information about sex and living with HIV, see the Terrence Higgins Trust’s leaflet Sex Positive (for gay men) or Living with HIV & AIDS (available from NAM Publications, 0171-627 3200).

PREVENTING INFECTION The rest of this booklet gives detailed information about the ways in which you can avoid getting HIV from other people or giving it to them. These are:
safer sex - using condoms or Femidoms if you have penetrative sex, or avoiding penetration
safer drug use - making sure that you always use new drug injecting equipment if you inject drugs
reducing the risk of transmission during and after pregnancy.

There is also more information on how HIV transmission is prevented in medical settings.

HIV and sex

If someone has HIV, it can be passed to another person through anal or vaginal sex. This can happen whether the person with HIV is doing the penetrating or being penetrated.

If either you or your partner has HIV (or could have HIV), the only way to protect each other when having sex is to have safer sex.

SAFER SEX

Safer sex principally means using condoms or Femidoms (the female condom) and lubricant if you have penetrative sex, or having sex where the penis does not penetrate the vagina or anus.

It is “safer” not safe sex, because there will always be a tiny risk (for example, condoms can break), but the risk can be made so small that it does not interfere with enjoyment of sex.

As well as preventing HIV transmission, safer sex protects against most other sexually transmitted infections (STDs). Some STDs can do serious long-term damage if they are not treated promptly.

Safer sex will also prevent pregnancy.

This section gives a general overview of safer sex. Other Terrence Higgins Trust publications provide information about safer sex for particular groups of people:
Safer sex for gay men
HIV and AIDS - information for women
Reducing the risks (for drug users)
HIV and AIDS - information for lesbians

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A CONDOM OR FEMIDOM

Condoms and Femidoms (the female condom) can make penetrative sexual intercourse - anal or vaginal - very much safer. Condoms and Femidoms will also protect from most other sexually transmitted infections.

The male condom

Condoms with the British Kitemark or the new European CEN mark are recommended for use in vaginal sexual intercourse. No condoms have been scientifically tested for anal sex, but extra strong condoms such as Durex Ultra Strong and Mates Super Strong are widely used.

Standard and extra strong condoms are available free from family planning clinics, genitourinary medicine clinics (known as GUM clinics or STD clinics) and some GPs. Extra strong condoms are sometimes available free from gay venues. Not all chemists stock extra strong condoms.

Most condoms are already lubricated, but extra lubricant should always be used for anal sex to help prevent damage to the rectum or the condom. Vaginal sex is safer and more pleasurable with extra lubricant, particularly when the vagina is dry. Put the lubricant on the condom when it is on the penis, or on the anus or the entrance to the vagina before penetration. To increase the penis’s sensitivity, some people also like to put a dab of lubricant inside the tip of the condom before it is put on - don’t use a lot, or the condom could come off. Water-based lubricants, such as KY jelly or Boots own brand, are safe to use with latex condoms (all recommended male condoms are made of latex). Oil-based lubricants, such as Vaseline or massage oils, will damage latex and make the condom unsafe.

Nonoxynol-9 is a chemical used on some ready-lubricated condoms and in spermicidal creams. As well as killing sperm it provides some protection against HIV and other STDs. But some men and women are allergic to it - it can cause abrasions (roughness) and this increases vulnerability to HIV. If you experience discomfort with a product containing nonoxynol-9, stop using it. Lubricants such as KY and Boots own have no spermicidal properties and will not cause irritation.

The female condom

Femidoms (female condoms) also carry the Kitemark. Like Kitemarked male condoms, they protect against HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy.They can be used with most lubricants because they are made of plastic, not latex. They sit inside the vagina instead of fitting onto the penis. If you are using lubricant with a Femidom, put it inside the Femidom or on the penis.

Although designed for use in the vagina, a Femidom can also be inserted into the anus for anal sex. It can be worn by a man as a baggy condom for vaginal or anal sex. Some people remove the Femidom’s inner ring before using it for anal sex or as a baggy condom. If it is used for anal sex, lubricant should be put on the inside and outside of the Femidom. Femidoms have not been scientifically tested for use as a baggy male condom or for anal sex.

Condoms are sometimes criticised as being unreliable, based on their failure rate as a contraceptive. In fact, condom failure is usually due to incorrect use or not enough lubricant. It is important to follow the instructions carefully. Neither male nor female condoms should ever be reused.

ORAL SEX

It is very rare for HIV to be passed to someone giving oral sex to a man with HIV. Not one single case is known of a person being infected by giving oral sex to a woman with HIV.

Sucking the penis of a man with HIV

As far as we know, this is the only kind of oral sex in which HIV can be passed on, but the risk is still very small. Though there is enough virus in semen to infect another person, it is difficult for the virus to survive in the mouth, and it is difficult for the virus to get from the mouth into the bloodstream. Gay men - who have been the most affected by HIV in the UK - continue using oral sex as a successful form of safer sex.

There are about a dozen cases of HIV world-wide where infection is believed to have taken place by this route. If you are the person doing the sucking, and your partner has, or could have, HIV:
HIV could be passed on if he comes in your mouth and you have cuts or sores in your mouth or a throat infection
if you have gonorrhoea in your throat this can cause abrasions (roughness), making you more vulnerable to HIV. Gonorrhoea can be passed on during oral sex.

If you are the man whose penis is being sucked, you can make it safer for your partner by withdrawing before coming. Some people choose to be even safer by using condoms. Watch out for lipstick or lip salve as these are oil based and will damage condoms.

Other kinds of oral sex

Licking the labia or clitoris of a woman who has HIV is even less risky than oral sex with a man who has HIV. This is because there is less virus in vaginal fluid at the entrance to the vagina than in semen. If menstrual fluid (blood) is also present there will be more virus, but it is still very unlikely to get through the mouth lining of the person doing the licking. There are no confirmed reports of infection occurring by this route.

When the person who is doing the sucking or licking has HIV, there is no risk to the partner who is having his penis sucked or her labia licked, because there is not enough HIV in saliva to infect another person.

OTHER SEXUAL ACTIVITIES

Anal-oral contact

(rimming, licking a man or woman’s anus). HIV is not transmitted in this way, though this is a route for transmission of other infections. If you have HIV it can be dangerous to lick your partner’s anus as you could get an infection that could lead to serious illness. A dental dam (oral shield) or a piece of non-microwaveable clingfilm placed over the anus will prevent infections being passed during rimming.

Sharing sex toys

If a sex toy such as a vibrator or dildo is used to penetrate both partners, the virus could be passed on. A dildo should be washed between users, or a fresh condom put on it.

Cuts and injuries.

If sex results in cuts or broken skin, it is good basic hygiene to cover the wound with a waterproof plaster.

Other sexual activities like deep kissing, body rubbing, fingering and mutual masturbation will not transmit the virus.

SAFER SEX AND COMMUNICATION

Communication is important in all sex, but it is especially important if you want to have safer sex.

Try to be clear with your partner from the start that you want to have safer sex. This may mean that you need to talk about safer sex before you’re in a situation together where sex could happen.

Don’t risk being unprepared - the right moment for sex could arrive when neither of you has condoms with you. Don’t rely on your partner to provide the condoms and lubricant. Remember also that you don’t have to have intercourse to have good sex: you can explore ways of having fun together without intercourse.

Talking about sex sometimes feels awkward or embarrassing. It may seem easier to just let things take their course. But delaying the discussion until you are both sexually aroused could mean the discussion doesn’t happen. Perhaps your partner was hoping you would raise the subject first.

Although talking about sex can be difficult, it can also be fun - some people find that discussing sex can be a great way of turning each other on.

GETTING USED TO CONDOMS

Some people have said that stopping to put on a condom kills spontaneity and deadens sensation. It would be foolish to suggest that intercourse with a condom is exactly the same as intercourse without. But many people have made condoms an integral part of a satisfying sex life.

Getting out the condoms before any sexual activity has taken place can raise the sexual temperature: a hint of what is to follow. Rolling a condom down your partner’s penis (or your partner rolling one down yours - whatever applies) can be a sexy experience for both of you.

RELATIONSHIPS

If you are in a relationship (or starting one), the prospect of always having safer sex may be daunting. Some people choose not to use condoms in this situation. However, this is only a reliable way of avoiding HIV infection if you know that neither of you has HIV, and you are confident that neither of you will have unsafe sex with anyone else.

Having an HIV test is the only way of being sure that this strategy will work. For more information, see the Terrence Higgins Trust’s booklet Testing Issues

Safer Drug Use

Sharing any drug injecting equipment (works) can easily lead to HIV and other diseases carried in the blood (such as hepatitis B and C) being passed on. Works are not just the needle and syringe but include spoons, mixing dishes, filters, water and citric acid.

If you inject drugs, use a new needle and syringe each time and don’t share any injecting equipment. New equipment can be bought from some chemists, or is available free from needle exchanges, most drug agencies and some chemists. Look out for this sign:

In most needle exchanges you do not have to literally exchange old needles for new ones. You should be able to get a supply of new, sterilised needles.

Get rid of your used works carefully. Needle exchange schemes provide sharps or ‘cin’ bins for safe disposal. If you do not have one, put the needle and syringe into a tin can, crush carefully to ensure they do not fall out, then place in a bin.

Cleaning works

It is best to go to a needle exchange and get a new set of works. But if sharing is impossible to avoid, works can be cleaned between users as a last resort. Cleaning works will kill HIV, but not hepatitis C. Hep C is more common among drug users than HIV and can have serious long-term effects.

This is what you should do to clean works:

draw fresh cold water through the needle into the syringe and flush x 3
draw household bleach through the needle into the syringe and flush x 3
draw fresh cold water through the needle into the syringe and flush x 3

The bleach should stay in the syringe for 30 seconds. Remember not to flush out into the clean water.

Do not use hot water: it will make the blood congeal so traces may be left behind. Boiling works may not remove all the blood for the same reason, and anyway disposable works usually buckle if boiled.

The Terrence Higgins Trust leaflet Reducing the Risks gives more information about keeping as healthy as you can if you are a drug user.

If you are concerned about your own or a friend or partner’s drug use, you could contact the Terrence Higgins Trust for support and information about further help available.

HIV and health care

HIV AND DONATED BLOOD AND ORGANS

Before it was known that AIDS is caused by a virus carried in the blood, a number of people became infected through transfusions of blood donated by people with HIV.

The UK blood supply is now one of the safest in the world. All donations are tested for HIV antibodies (the test which shows whether HIV is present). People from population groups which have been severely affected by HIV are asked not to give blood, because there is a gap (the window period) between infection and an accurate test result. A newly infected person could unwittingly donate during this time. Blood used for blood transfusions must be used whole and untreated, and it must be used quite quickly, so these measures ensure the supply remains as safe as possible.

You cannot get HIV from donating blood.

In some countries of the world, infection through blood transfusion is still a significant risk, due to lack of resources to ensure the safety of the blood supply. Travellers can telephone MASTA at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (0891-224100) or the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Consular Department’s Travel Office (0171-270 3000) for up-to-date information and advice.

People with haemophilia are treated with blood products derived from donated blood. Before the link between HIV and AIDS was understood, many people with haemophilia became infected because they were given blood products derived from infected blood. Blood products for use in haemophilia treatment can be heated, and this kills HIV. Treatment with blood products is now safe from HIV in the UK.

All organ donors are now tested for HIV.

HIV AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS

Health care workers are sometimes said to be at particular risk of getting HIV, either from sprays or spillage of infected blood, or injuries from needles. In fact, the standard infection control measures (”universal precautions”) designed to protect against hepatitis B in health care settings will also protect against HIV transmission. Hepatitis B and HIV have similar modes of transmission with one key difference: HIV is much less infectious than hepatitis B.

Though many thousands of patients with HIV have been cared for in hospitals and clinics around the world, only a handful of health care workers have become infected. Where this has happened it has generally been because the standard safety procedures were not followed. These procedures are:
wear gloves when mopping up body fluids and giving injections
wear goggles if blood may spurt during surgery
point needles away from your body
do not resheath needles after use
do not leave needles lying around
dispose of used needles carefully in sharps containers and incinerate them

It is sometimes suggested that health care workers with HIV might be a risk to their patients. Extensive follow up of patients cared for by workers with HIV has revealed only one case in the world of a worker whose patients may have been infected. This was an American dentist, and it remains unclear whether he did actually infect his patients and, if he did, how this happened.

Reducing the risk of transmission during and after pregnancy

A woman living with HIV who wishes to become pregnant may have particular anxieties about the health of her baby. The chance of the virus being transmitted to the baby is about one in seven. It can happen before or during birth or through breast feeding. In parts of the world with lower standards of general health, transmission from a woman with HIV to her baby is more likely.

Viral load and mother-to-baby transmission before and during birth

Viral load is the amount of HIV in the blood. If a woman with HIV has low viral load it is less likely that the virus will be passed to her baby than if she has high viral load. However, even if viral load is very low, there is still a chance that HIV will be transmitted.

Among people with HIV who have not had anti-HIV treatments, viral load is highest during the weeks immediately after infection and when they start to become ill. So a woman with HIV might reduce the risk to her baby by becoming pregnant while she is healthy rather than delaying until she has become ill.

Viral load can often be reduced by taking anti-HIV drugs. Research has shown that if the anti-HIV drug AZT is taken by the mother during the last six months of her pregnancy and while giving birth, and given to the baby for a few weeks after birth, the baby’s chances of infection will be reduced by up to two thirds. No significant side effects of exposing babies to AZT before and after birth have yet been reported, but the long-term effects are not known. Taking the drug in this way may also affect the mother’s own future treatment options.

Caesarean section

There is evidence that delivery by Caesarean section will reduce the chance of infection during birth. More evidence is needed before this potentially hazardous procedure can be routinely recommended to pregnant women with HIV.

Breast feeding

The breast milk of a woman with HIV contains enough virus to infect a baby during breast feeding. In regions with a poor water supply, using substitutes for breast milk can be a greater risk to babies’ health than HIV, and women with HIV are advised to breast feed. In parts of the world where the water supply is safe, women with HIV are recommended not to breast feed.

Talking to health care workers

Many doctors and midwives will be helpful and supportive to a woman with HIV who wants a child. A few are less so. It can be very hard for a woman with HIV to tell her health care workers she is pregnant or wants to be, if she suspects they will try to change her mind. Staff with experience of working with women who have HIV are likely to be the best informed and most supportive.

Towards the future

In time the development of a vaccine may prevent new HIV infections throughout the world. Until that happens we all need to know how to protect ourselves and each other. HIV infection is preventable, but we need to understand how. Often we need support to help us act on our knowledge.

Honest, sex-positive sex education will help prepare young people for adulthood, but it is not always available in this country. Particularly important is a sex education which will help young people to feel confident and good about their sexuality (and this includes young gay men, lesbians and bisexuals), and which gives them information about sexual health which is relevant to them. Confidence and self esteem help everyone achieve a healthy sex life.

Sticking to safer sex is not always easy, and the same can be true for safer drug use. We are all human after all. Even in the UK, people are becoming newly infected all the time.

If you are finding that safer sex or safer drug use is a struggle, why not call one of the Helplines to talk it through. They are there to give support, or just to listen. Many HIV organisations, including the Terrence Higgins Trust, also have counsellors you can talk to face-to-face.

© 1996 -1998 The Terrence Higgins Trust Charity Registration No. 288527

I’ll wear red, but the (RED) campaign supports Africa’s aids problem, not the US? Dang where is our campaign? Jesse?

Ladies,and men, a good indication of someone with HIV is having swollen lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are the parts of your body that make white blood cells and help the immune system fight disease. Because during the HIV infection, your lymph nodes are working overtime and tend to get large. Someone with HIV may have swollen lymph nodes on their neck, underarms, or groin region.

You can anoymously search for these areas during 4play. You can ask to give the person a massage, while massaging, check those key areas. They generally feel pretty hard and are about the size of like a raisen under the skin. If you notice, ask them “what is that” under curiousty. They may use the excuse it’s always there. Or if they don’t know either, that can be a sign to just cool it down a little.

If you’ve had unprotected sex you should get tested, then get tested 3months after that. The virus can sit in your body for 3 months before it gets to a point where it’s making you feel sick. When I felt something wasn’t right, it felt like I had the flew. My stomach was hurting, and I didnt feel really good. I’m not a sickly person and it was during the summer so I knew something was up. It’s your body trying to control the virus, after a while, your body is in control of it. some people dont even get sick….

#48..thank you!

New strands of HIV are being formed daily. Ppl w/ HIV sleeping w/ other w/ HIV w/o protection is very detrimental. They will then have 2 strands of HIV and the meds that they are on were designed for a specific one.

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More stats that ppl dont hear too much about

(as of 2005)

~6.7% of HIV is through intravenous drug use/blood transfusion

~63% of the HIV/AIDS Population is Homosexual males (watch out for men on the DL, women…and homosexual men, watch out for nasty-ass bi-sexual DL men…it could happen)

~0.1% of the world population is immune to HIV…they have been linked to ancestors during the Bubonic Plague (research was done after several homosexual men in places in Europe who were promiscuous w/ HIV carriers were not found to have contracted it…I dont know how but they prob injected the disease into those men (there werent really any research ethics in those earlier days) and they still tested negative for it)

Aids is not a death sentence—but it should be taken VERY seriously:

Many ppl diagnosed with HIV and later full-bloomed AIDS go one to get married, through AI, they have babies, who, inturn, w/ the right medication during pregnancy and in the early years, test NEGATIVE for the virus

The difference btw HIV and AIDS is a T-cell count.

When your T-Cells reach 200, you are diagnosed with AIDS.

AIDS and HIV are asymptomatic (sp)…

Ppl over the age of 60 are JUST being diagnosed….do you want to wait THAT long to be diagnosed??? (I worked as a shadow at a clinic where I live and it was devasting to see these senior citizens finding out their status.

#52—not NECESSARILY true..will ur scenario is the case….they can also arise from thyroids.

@PO BOI — i think that’s the point #21 was tryna make….. it’s not fair to “play str8″ and then come back home and lay with your wife/girlfriend when you know you’re bi sexual, gay ,what have you…… discretion is fine, deception is not.

@55—I couldnt have said it better!

on Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 10:27 am

Be Safe said:
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Ladies,and men, a good indication of someone with HIV is having swollen lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are the parts of your body that make white blood cells and help the immune system fight disease. Because during the HIV infection, your lymph nodes are working overtime and tend to get large. Someone with HIV may have swollen lymph nodes on their neck, underarms, or groin region.

You can anoymously search for these areas during 4play. You can ask to give the person a massage, while massaging, check those key areas. They generally feel pretty hard and are about the size of like a raisen under the skin. If you notice, ask them “what is that” under curiousty. They may use the excuse it’s always there. Or if they don’t know either, that can be a sign to just cool it down a little.

If you’ve had unprotected sex you should get tested, then get tested 3months after that. The virus can sit in your body for 3 months before it gets to a point where it’s making you feel sick. When I felt something wasn’t right, it felt like I had the flew. My stomach was hurting, and I didnt feel really good. I’m not a sickly person and it was during the summer so I knew something was up. It’s your body trying to control the virus, after a while, your body is in control of it. some people dont even get sick….

Bill Said:

Thank You for sharing.

I’m sure you are aware of Magic Johnson.

One can live with the HIV virus for many years…

a dear, dear friend of mine lived with HIV for over 22 years…Her name was Carolyn Jenkins Pineda
her website is http://www.yaskus.org/bio/

Carolyn Jenkins Pineda went home to be with the Lord in October of 2006.

She had STOPPED taking her medication…I think that’s why she passed…

glad to see everyone making a big deal out of this. i hope it encourages alot of change.

on Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 10:31 am

first time said:
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@PO BOI — i think that’s the point #21 was tryna make….. it’s not fair to “play str8″ and then come back home and lay with your wife/girlfriend when you know you’re bi sexual, gay ,what have you…… discretion is fine, deception is not.

Bill Said:
I Cosign 101 %
Selah & Amen !!!!!

it not fair to deceive people…that’s just not right..

@54, ok…I’m still learning myself.

@54…I take that back. I believe tyroids are just in the head, around the neck, and tend to do with growth and weight gain, you’re not gonna have a tyroid under your arms or groin region. I had to think about that for a second. Your thyroid is in your brian…the base of the brain.

wow i didn’t know 2 infected people couldn’t have unprotected sex…. just taught me something new!!!!

co-sign w/#54. I had surgery in Sept., and had swollen lymph nodes for WEEKS after the surgery. Your lymph nodes are central to a lot of disorders, not just HIV/AIDS.

This day is special for me, since my brother died of aids 12 years ago. So I’ma do my part to help end AIDS by getting tested today. And my man is too! So please, Black people (and all people), be safe. Take care of yourself. The only ones who can end AIDS is us! Peace!

For those ppl who are afriad to go into a Dr. Office/clinic:

http://www.drugstore.com/...36064&aparam=xsp81260

Just remember….you HAVE to make the call at the end of the wait period!

@63, that’s true, that’s why I said to ask the person. But I think it would be safer to just wait and know for sure, than to take their word for it, don’t you agree?

As a people we need to take this disease very seriously and we need to know that Aids affects us all.When i was 5 years old my father died of complications from Aids.He was an intervenous drug user and died in 1985 in Kings County Hospital, at that time Aids was a new disease that was attacking the Gay Community. Many healthcare workers did not wanna take that risk of caring for those with Aids.
Shirley Hawkins Funeral Home is where we had the services for my father based in Brooklyn New York, they did not even want to take my fathers body b/c they were not sure if Aids could still be spread after one has died. So in the end his body was made to lay on a plastic covering so as a child my last memory of my father was him covered in plastic seperating him not being able to touch him at all. Im so glad that we now are more educated about Aids but we still need to take Aids more seriously than we do. To everyone please be safe.

I just looked up the tyroid, it’s in your neck around you vocal cord region. it’s ‘bow-shapped’ and has 2 regions; a left and right. The doctor may tell you to lift you chin and swallow. Lymph nodes in the neck are generally on the back of the neck, around the base. Hope that helps someone.

@61—oh okay. Im not sure about that but I will research it…I still also thank you for your insight and personal take on this. Also, I said thyroid b/c when my friend was diagnosed w/ a thyroid problem, she has a “bulge” in her neck (I am supposed to be going to med school in 3 yrs, I should know the med term, but I dont) and she had elevated (fat) under her left underarm (and she had it for YEARS and just thought it would go away), so that’s why I said that.

@62—Yup.

@68—thanx!

Ease your mind….
Speak with a Counselour at NO CHARGE !!!

1-800-682-3047 x 100

HIV & STD Testing Centers NATIONWIDE !!

I think I will do a project with everyone wearing red and showing various emotions. Yeah, that’ll be hot (and different from what GAP is doing).

@32 Uptowngirl said:
With people like Magic (no offense) living with HIV for 15 years and all the stories of people living w/it for a long time they don’t realize that it is still a death sentence.
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With that statement alone, is the reason why a lot of people go without being tested. Whether it’s right or wrong, folx don’t wanna think about a “death sentence.” My brother passed away from AIDS on November 23, 1996. His wife, had AIDS when she met him and didn’t tell him. Once he found out, it was too late! He never had children, his own place and other things MEN like to do. Fortunately, she died before he did. Bottom line, there are people that are infected that CLEARLY want to give it to others out of shear spite and hate.

People need to wake up and recognize. This incident changed my life FOREEVER in more ways than one. I slowed down my bopping and I really started to watch my step. It was hard taking my brother to the ER practically everyday after I got off work. He was 5′11 and by the time he passed he got down to 100 pounds people. Please get tested and stay safe!

I wore my RED today as well!

@41 I concede your point that it may not be the death sentence it was in the past and I commend you for your attitude. But the reality of the matter is that people aren’t scared of AIDS anymore because they believe that if they get it they can ‘manage” it and keep it moving. I hope they find a cure for your sake and the sake of all of us. Stay strong.

The stats are crazy, this is serious

@73 While you have a valid point I don’t think the majority of people with HIV/AIDS knowinly infect others. I think the fact that we see people managing it and living with it people don’t realize that it is what it is. Maybe death sentence is a strong term but we must realize that AIDS is killing us.

Good looking out on those stats.

I wonder if people know that you really dont die from Aids you die from complications from Aids.See Aids in it self is a disease but b/c your immune system is so weak once its attacked by Aids you are prone to other infections easily, and then once your body has faught as hard as it could from the infection,it shuts down and you die from that particular infection. A cold to someone not infected with Aids is just a cold that will be cured in a few days, but to an individual infected with Aids this could be a death sentence. I agree with so many of you I truly dont think we take this disease serious.

I can’t understand how people can walk around after having sex with Tom,Dick and Harry,and not get tested. Please for godsakes practice safe sex!
That’s all I have to say,have a great day everybody!!!

Also, I think BET should try another approach to the RAP-IT-UP campaign b/c too often, ppl confuse it for “wrap-it-up”/use a condom.

Their campaign, which I admire, is NOT tellin’ ppl to use protection…it’s telling you to TALK TO YOUR MATE ABOUT SEXUAL PASTS B4 GETTING TO HAVING SAFE SEX.

If more ppl did this…the MIND instead of the hormones would kick in.

Ladies, if you asked a guy how many women he’d boned B4 u got caught up in the “heat of the moment”…and he cudnt keep count, wud u still have sex w/him? If he lies, you asked.

If he told you that he was NEVER tested for HIV…wud u still sex him. What of he tells you that he is negative/ “clean” as they say now-a-days, would you take his word or ask to see the results.

If he told you that he HAD syphilis or genital herpes before, would you still be so quick to jump in the sack….or would u want to take time out and evaluate the situation and ur risk (esp. w/herpes) b4 taking that lay-down?

I know some ppl say that the past is the past…but if your past would be affecting my future, I have as much right to ask you as many questions about ur sexual history as I do to let you become a part of mine.

RAP-IT-UP b4 u Strap-up, PLZ

Does anyone know if a book has been published on the progress of finding a CURE for AIDS….not on the treatment of HIV (because once you’re diagnosed w/ AIDS, they can only provide relief treatments)…but a book or an experiment that tracts the successes and failures in finding a cure?

I agree w/ whomever wrote that ppl do not die from AIDS, but from complications caused by AIDS. i.e.: common cold, pneumonia, etc… b/c their body cannot fight off the infection with the virtually shut down immune system.

@81 thank you.

Wrap it up!!

@82–thank you for mentioning it first. I 4got about how much ppl dont realize that ppl dont die from AIDS but b/c of complications caused BY AIDS.

Have a great day.

@ 83— is that ur store on the link when I clikc ur name?

When I 1st was diagnosed, I had purchased a book called “The Cure For HIV/AIDS”. It said that the virus was first found in a snail, and you could make the virus in your fishtank. And in order to get rid of the virus, u had to virtually live on a desserted island for about a month, cuz you had to stay away from metal and eat certain foods, get your fillings removed. It was crazy. It also said the virus could be cleared in a couple of weeks.

I also found a thing on the internet that said the government created HIV and had a map plan on the cure, but wasn’t giving it out…conspiriacy theories. Who knows?

Hey Caff !!!

That song that you are playing on your website for YOUR store is a nice tune..

“Hate is a strong word, but I really don’t like you”
by WHITE….

are those friends of yours….They sound promising !!

http://www.cqs.com/aidscure.htm

A Cure For AIDS?

That is what appears to be the focus of an uncommon book, written over ten years ago, and ignored by the world’s medical establishment, and the more recent groundbreaking research by Dr. Matthias Rath.

In The AIDS Fighters Dr. Ian Brighthope documents how in case after case of people with AIDS, treated at his clinic in Australia, survive AIDS and go on to lead normal lives. Dr. Brighthope uses immune system enhancing nutrients such as vitamin C (in absolutely massive doses) and zinc to help the AIDS patients’ body fight off the disease and become healthy.

Dr. Brighthope’s well-documented practice – and his claim that not a single AIDS patient who had maintained the regimen had died – should have sent shock waves through the world’s AIDS research and medical communities. But instead they have ignored him, searching instead for complex and expensive “silver bullet” drugs such as AZT that focus on destroying HIV (meanwhile killing the patient) rather than rebuilding the patient’s immune system to control and conquer the disease.

Dr. Brighthope’s regimen involves increasing the oral dose of Vitamin C to “body tolerance” dosage – to the point of diarrhea – upwards of 30 grams per day, in addition to intravenous Vitamin C in much larger doses, depending on the level of immune suppression of the patient (50-150 grams per day). He has found no toxic dose.

In 1991, Dr. Matthias Rath discovered that AIDS - like cancer - spreads by destroying collagen, and therefore that therapeutic amounts of the primary collagen-building compounds - lysine and vitamin C - were also enzyme blocks that could stop the progression of AIDS and similar acute and chronic illnesses. But the pharmaceutical industry, rather than embracing this new information and making this information available to doctors, chose to synthesize expensive, patentable protease inhibitors. These drugs cost upwards of $5000 per patient per year. The supplement regimen, even at retail vitamin store prices, costs one-fifth of that.

The reaction of the medical community – silence and marginalization – to these simple, cheap regimens is in keeping with the prevailing attitude toward “alternative” cancer and heart disease cures and preventives, and is indicative of the systemic connections between the medical profession and the drug companies. The worldwide AIDS epidemic could be stopped if this information were widespread and the pharmaceutical industry was willing to sell the supplements at cost.

If you or a loved one or friend are afflicted with AIDS or are HIV-positive, and would like a health consultant to pursue a natural remedy, please click here.

the cutier the person the more scared you should be cause a lot of good looking people carry diseases… i kno its a sterotype but it has some truth

I am so greatfull for everyone on this site that have shared their opinion regarding this epidemic our society is facing today. I am sitting behind my computer scared straight by these stats not because of my own sins but out of fear for our generation. I would like to thank BE SAFE for sharing your experience i know it cant be an easy thing to be told that u r HIV positive but your experience can probably save someone else from the pain keep on sharing I am really moved by it. Please people get tested and wrap it up !!!!!!!! it cant never be stressed enough also educated urself ur friends family anyone that will listen.

i defintely think that the government has a cure for aids however theres is more money made in treating it then curing the disease…

Kudos to #21 Lalita. I was going to mention the same thing. Ladies, you have to be very careful with these men today. I was watching a BET special on Aids and they said statistics show that most of the cases are those where the female is not cheating but the male is. Females sometimes put too much trust in their man. They believe that there man is sleeping with them and them only. So they have unprotected sex with them. Please ladies, please, take your boyfriend/husband down to the clinic and BOTH of you get tested on a regular basis. HIV and AIDS are not to play with. I get tested once a year. And everytime I get into a new relationship with someone, I make them go get tested as well. Be smart! Get tested and wrap it up!

wow i wonder how true that is^^^…. i can’t imagine doctors wouldn’t cure it if they had means to do so… then again who knows. pharmacuticals is BIG BUSINESS but doctor’s usually have a heart for helping people so i don’t see why they would risk lives.

http://foxnews.webmd.com/...10/109462?src=rss_foxnews

AIDS Cure Possible, Study Suggests
Epilepsy Drug May Flush HIV From Last Hiding Place in Body

By Daniel DeNoon, WebMD Medical News

Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD, Thursday, August 11, 2005

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Aug. 11, 2005 - A small human study may point the way to a cure for AIDS.

Behind the stunning results is a totally new approach to HIV treatment. It makes use of an epilepsy drug — valproic acid — that flushes HIV out of its most remote hiding places in the body.

Combined with powerful HIV drugs, the approach might totally eliminate the AIDS virus from the body. That promises a cure for AIDS, says study leader David M. Margolis, MD.

“This might lead to a therapy that would clear virus from an infected person, or reduce it to such a low level they would not need treatment for a very long time,” Margolis tells WebMD. “But that is only a hope for the future. It will require a lot more work. Today, HIV is still a problem.”

The Margolis team’s groundbreaking report appears in the Aug. 13 issue of The Lancet. Accompanying it is an editorial by McGill University researcher Jean-Pierre Routy, MD, PhD.

“This is very serious data — a very exciting piece of information,” Routy tells WebMD. “For the first time, the disease may be attacked in the last cells where it is hiding. That is a sign of hope. We can expect one day to remove all these infected cells.”

HIV in Hiding

A decade ago, there was great optimism that powerful AIDS drug combinations would eliminate HIV from the bodies of infected people. These highly active antiretroviral therapies — HAART — put the AIDS virus on the defensive. The drugs kept HIV levels so low, it was hoped that the virus would soon vanish from the body.

That didn’t happen. The reason: latent HIV. Latent HIV is inactive virus planted deep in the DNA of human cells. There it lies in wait, beyond the reach of anti-HIV drugs. This tiny, smoldering infection is enough to burst into full-fledged AIDS once a person stops taking HAART.

Researchers have tried everything, from years of toxic drugs to bone marrow transplants, to get rid of latent HIV. None of it worked. Making this even more maddening were recent findings that this last reservoir of HIV infection is very small.

“The total amount of infected cells is very small: just 1 gram in a person with normal body weight,” Routy says. “But until a few weeks ago it was impossible to attack these cells.”

One of the scientists trying to crack the riddle of HIV latency is Eric Verdin, MD, associate director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology at the University of California, San Francisco.

“Everyone has been talking about doing this for 10 years, and [Margolis' team] is the one that has done it,” Verdin tells WebMD. “A lot of people in the field have been thinking about flushing out the latent HIV pools. The reason we have not been more active is because there were no good drugs known to do this.”

Unmasking HIV

Until now, most efforts focused on turning the latent infection into active infection. The idea was to get HIV out in the open where HAART drugs and immune responses could get at it. But these approaches had the disadvantage of making HIV replicate faster throughout the body.

Margolis’ team was one of several taking a different approach. Instead of activating the HIV gene in latent cells, they changed the cells’ DNA architecture. To do this, they took advantage of the ability of valproic acid to inhibit an enzyme called HDAC.

“We thought a way to unmask latent virus would be to inhibit HDAC so you are not activating the virus but sort of taking the brake off,” Margolis says.
Patients Respond
It worked in the test tube. So Margolis and colleagues tested their idea at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center in Dallas.
They recruited four volunteers with HIV infection. Each of them once had AIDS, but had their virus brought under control by HAART drugs. However, none of these volunteers had immune responses capable of fighting HIV.
Margolis and colleagues first intensified the patients’ treatment by adding a new kind of HIV drug, Fuseon, to their treatment regimens. Then they gave them valproic acid for three months.
The results were unprecedented. Three of the four volunteers had an average 75% decrease in their latent HIV pool.
That’s pretty amazing — but none of the patients were actually cured of HIV infection.
And because Margolis intensified the patients’ HAART regimen, it’s not entirely clear what happened. Did the valproic acid act as hoped to unmask latent HIV? Or did treatment intensification turn off the faucet filling the latent HIV pool, allowing the pool to dwindle?
Studies are underway to sort this out. And even if valproic acid works as hoped, Margolis says it’s going to take time to learn the best way to use valproic acid as an anti-HIV drug. Even if it’s 100% effective at eliminating latent virus, he notes that current HAART treatment does not totally eliminate HIV replication. Until that happens, the pool of latent virus could always be replenished.
But that isn’t always going to be an obstacle, Margolis predicts.
“If I look backward five to 10 years to the relative impotency of treatment, and look forward to how simple and effective treatment might be in five or 10 years, you will see the field does a good job of inhibiting HIV,” he says. “If that is the only problem to overcome, we can definitely cure infection

Warning to Patients: Don’t Try This at Home
Margolis warns patients not to try taking valproic acid. It’s a drug with serious possible side effects that include liver damage and, if taken by pregnant women, birth defects. Valproic acid also has dangerous interactions with AIDS drugs. In fact, one of the four patients in the study developed serious anemia because of an interaction with one of the drugs in his HAART regimen.
“It is totally irrational for patients to add valproic acid to therapy, outside clinical trials, at this point,” Margolis says. “How much valproic acid would they take? How long would they take it for? How could you measure when they had enough? How do they know when to stop? There are plenty of reasons not to take valproic acid at this point.”
Routy says that his team is organizing a clinical trial to try to find the best way to use valproic acid as an adjunct to HAART. He also expects the findings to give new impetus to therapeutic AIDS vaccines.
Meanwhile, the world AIDS pandemic continues unabated.
“We have to focus on HIV treatment today,” Margolis says. “Right now we must continue to prevent, detect, and treat HIV infection. Finding a vaccine to prevent AIDS is still very important. But that goal is no more challenging than the goal of eradicating infection. And that is a worthy goal as well.”
“Eradicating HIV from the body is a big hope,” Routy says. “But the hope is not today.”
The findings raise other hopes as well. Valproic acid inhibits an important enzyme called HDAC. Inhibiting HDAC, Verdin says, also fights cancer. Major drug companies already are racing to develop HDAC inhibitors as cancer drugs. These drugs might also be powerful anti-HIV drugs.
There’s also speculation — and some promising lab findings — suggesting that HDAC inhibitors might be useful in fighting other latent viruses such as herpes.
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SOURCES: Lehrman, G. The Lancet, Aug. 13, 2005; vol 366: pp 549-555. Routy, J.-P. The Lancet, Aug. 13, 2005; vol 366: pp 523-524. David M. Margolis, MD, professor of medicine, microbiology and public health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Jean-Pierre Routy, MD, PhD, associate professor, division of hematology, McGill University, Montreal. Eric Verdin, MD, associate director, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology; professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

@ Bill– i appreciate what ur tryna do but maybe u should just post the website and a summary of what the article talks about cuz that’s a whole lot to read in one post. that way someone can get a feel for the material and go check it out themselves if they want to.

#86 Be Safe Said: “…When I 1st was diagnosed, I had purchased a book called “The Cure For HIV/AIDS”.

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I had to pause and pray for you! I know God will take care of you! Thanks for having the courage to admit your condition! It should help others to get the pressure off of their backs.

I know that you are using an alias name, “be safe” but what’s important is that you share what others can do to “be safe”! This is a great opportunity! There are people on CL who don’t think their lifestyles put them at high risk!

I applaud you for sharing your knowledge about possible cures or ways to manage the desease, but it would be of greater value if you could warn some of these brothers who think that they can go through life rolling the gay dice!

I have heard of cases where two men embrace each others sickness almost to the point of treating AIDS like the tide that bond them together. AIDS parties…where everyone who is infected comes together for some neutral fun! WTF?

I hope you get better and use this experience to warn others! Otherwise, the songwriter asked, “Am I Living is in Vain?”

@ 37 you are right no one wants to say they’re openly gay in the society we live in but at the same time ppl should be responsible for their actions for example if you are DL and you have a girl you should at least keep it real with her. the problem with ppl is that they want to have thier cake and eat it too and have a problem knowing who they really are and with that said they play both roles and fuck it up for everyone.

on lunch and wanted to comment: thanks bill for the info!!!the only thing is even though the info stated about cleaning–if you cant avoid-as a nurse i suggest absolutely NO reuse of needles whatsoever. but i think that was great of you to post bill!!! as far as the thyroid/lymph nodes–thyroid glands are in your neck,with both lobes wrapped around the trachea. defiency or excess of your thyroid hormones are associated with your CNS (central nervous system). thyroid problems can effect your weight, energy level and fertility. your lymph nodes are glands and your lymphatic system is an important part of your immune system. and they are located throughout your body mainly your neck, underarms and groin areas. but dont get confused because they can swell up when your also just sick with a cold too not just with hiv patients. well lunch is over gotta go back to work!!!!!peace.

knowing our status as the youth is the only hope to help us survive..condoms and self-restraint is the key…we need to understand that the key to winning the battle is more of a change of lifestyle and values amongst us…we need to learn to respect our bodies and stop putting our loved ones in danger…yes it difficult to say u will become celibate or wait for marriage but we should encourage our inexperienced brothers and sisters, nieces, nephews and all to wait till they are grown to engage in sexual activities..

In South Africa alone the stats are escalating at a rate that is unbearable..the problem lies with the stigma the disease has..As people we need to realize that we as Black people for example need to start ensuring a sustainable future for our people..therefore its our responsibility to help each other, educate and instill universal values that are aligned with self-respect and “UBUNTU” without love for yourself how can u love thy neighbour?

i know my status and encourage all around me to do the same…..

@ 37
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Don’t take this the wrong way, I’m just trying to educate.

#21, your comment is very ignorant and insensitive. It’s not so easy to just say ‘ok, i’m gay’. That means you’re welcoming prejudice, exclusion, risk of abuse, etc. No one wants to go through that.

Should all that have been raped say so? Should all that have herpes wear a headband? Should all who are agnostic wear a special ribbon daily? No.

And not every guy who is gay is DL. DL means you live a straight life, you don’t do ‘gay’ functions, friends, etc…very very few guys are DL. Most are just DISCREET! Everyone should be discreet in all that you do.

So, all in all, think before you speak.

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First, I didnt say that if you are gay you have to tell the whole world, but you should tell the one with who you are having sex with . Beeing raped has nothing to do with it and no you dont have to wear a headband if you have herpes but you should tell your partner. (Sorry but I dont know what agnostic is my English isnt that good)

And then you say gay people risk predjudice , exclusion ect. HELLO WAKE UP!!! The woman is at risk of loosing her life I think that is far more worse. And its totally selfish not to tell her your true status just because you are afraid.

And mabye im wrong on the dl part but Im not from the US and I thought it was just gay people . (Having said that I dont discriminate gay people I think nothing is wrong with being gay just try to be open about it )

And I also think that your statement about being discreet is kind of BS if you were truly dicreet you wouldnt be having sex with someone else and you would certainly not have Sex with a total stranger unprotected .

Its like 43 said these man are actually murderers They are the number one murderers of black women ( (Seeing that the number 1 cause of death for black women is aids)

And yeah I think before I speak , You should give it a try sometimes .

PEace out !

- AIDS now accounts for 1 in 3 deaths among black men aged 25 to 40

Is that really acurate? If so that is very alarming.

Glad I get tested regardless. That is so scary. I’ll make sure to get the word out. PPL please get tested!

Im wearing red today, im also telling a few of my friends to get tested, because they think “its not going to happen to me” *rolls eyes*

Well…I am most def repping my red today. I even got that Red Razor phone..portions of the proceeds from the RED Campaign go to the Global Aids Fund..

@ Bill, that’s some interesting information

@ 96, thank you, that’s my intent by telling people my story and what I’ve done and some things I’ve learned…

I’ll tell you this. I got HIV from having unprotected sex with another man. I’ve struggled with my sexuality ever since I was born. I’ve always just loved people…boys and girls. The 1st time I realized being intimate with another boy was bad was when my dad caught me kissing another boy at 8 yrs old and he just whopped me. He never said anything and walked away. He had never done that before. I went to church, hoping I could just get rid of this disease of “being gay” I realize now, being gay is not a disease, or a choice, it who you are. Going to church you always hear of if you’re gay you’re going to hell. But no one really says scripture behind that. The truth is because, honestly, it’s not really mentioned in the bible. It’s a said a few times compared to all the times other issues are constantly embedded into our minds about other sins. This made me not like church. I always believed in God, and understood everything happens for a reason, good or bad and we have to let God have his way, but I didn’t like the messages people were saying about homosexuality.

No one really knows the real struggle of living a life that everyone says is wrong. So then you go out and just have sex. There are lots of examples of how heterosexuals should live, but none of gay lifestyle but to be permiscuous. They just tell you it’s a sin.

for me, I never fit in, cuz I never really fit in with the straight people cuz straight people have issues with homosexuality that they just dont know, and I never fit in with gay people cuz they except it, don’t care who know’s, and are proud of it. I’ve always had self esteem issues, cuz I was never, and still am not proud of being gay, but I’m starting to accept it. I’ve always wanted that “normal” life of a wife and kids. I don’t think that’s gonna happen now.

But I feel in order to be who I am today, all this has to happen for me. God has a big plan for me. I don’t know yet, but I feel it. Somethings you just know. But I don’t want to be known as the “gay guy”

Life is alot more complex than you think. Sexuality is more than just black and white. There is alot of gray in between. If God doesn’t like gay people, he wouldn’t make us this way. Trust me when I say, we didn’t choose to be this way.

@Bill, I’m glad that you posted the articles! Now, its just a scroll away! There are people on CL who are at high risk and hopefully, their taking note.

I just get so frustrated at how quiet certain people get when the issues come home to roost! Did you notice that not one of them has posted on this blog? Touchy subject!

This would be a perfect cause and day to let the devil know that they’re changing from the immoral acts! They can just repeat these words: “On Decmeber 1, 2007, I chose to stop living in sin and to let Jesus fix my mind, heart and soul!” WOW, wouldn’t that be a revival and blow to the spread of the virus?

I’m praying for deliverance for the wicked and infected! Somebody’s gonna be saved today!

Another thing on DL lifestyle. This has been going on long before Oprah announced it on her show. Since mankind, “DLism” has been around. Alot of men are very masculine and are more than just gay. Honestly alot of men would be more open about their sexuality if there wasn’t a fear of being judged and treated different becasue of something you are. We all have different fronts to live. Slutty girls like to look wholesome, but they may just be sexually free but cant express how comfortable they are in their sexuality. We all have our crosses to bear and skirts to wear.

@ 104—I know that I don’t know you, but I am thankful for the enlightenment that you are giving me today.
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My best friend recently “came out” and he has told me the same things that you have written about homosexuality and how he wants to have a wife and kids and be “normal”….

I also fear for him sometimes b/c he DOES have sex a lot with a few different guys. When I ask him if he uses protection, I can tell he gets offended b/c he prob. thinks that I’m generalizing. To me, it’s no different than him asking me the same question when I told him that I had sex for the first time … and even now (I’ve been w/ this guy for 2yrs)…I mean he is having intercourse at parties and while drunk, so I am afraid for his health.

It’s no different than what I would do if he were doing the same thing with a lot of girls…or what I would ask my sister if she told me about sexing a few diff. guys.

May be what you said is right…I probably do have prejudices towards him that I don’t know about…but I genuinely felt like I was caring for him.

It took ur comments to make me realize that, so thank you.

I cant stand the Gap Product (RED) Campaign…it sends a message that ppl are so superficial that they won’t even help out w/o “getting something” out of the deal. I know that they have to get funds any way that works, but IMHO, it sends the wrong message.

But, I guess all of that can be cancelled out by ther fact that even a donation is tax-deductible….SMH.

Very good topic to discuss!!! I cant really say anything that hasn’t been said already. Be safe and love yourself.. Our bodies are temples and we should treat them as such. Also Brothers if you want to be with both women and men, give people the option to choose if they want to be with you instead of being sneaky about it. DL brothers are kiling black sisters.

@108..I think it’s a good way to get young people that wouldn’t normally be involved or interested in getting the info about AIDS out there..there are soooo many young folks talking about this where I go to school at. You gotta start somewhere.

I see alot of women are using this topic to come at the men . I believe it’s so high with females because you all are sleeping with the same men . Women levitate to a very small percentage of the male pop . Every chick want the alpha male,leaving every other man to starve(figuratively). Football,Basketball players are more likely to have more than one sex partner than say a bus driver . Nice guys arent desired,while thugs,pretty boys are the lastest craze. I went to a club just the other week and afew players from our local basketball team (about five) was in VIP . Every women in that club wanted to get into VIP . 100 women clamering for five guys .And it’s like that in the street . Women are even knowingly sharing men . Sounds dangerous don’t it ? There’s no ephademic of Fat bald guys spreading aids to the unexpecting women black women ……point made !

#100 …I see you didn’t get the point. It’s okay. Remember that 1 in 3 are gay or bisexual (That would ideally mean that either your dad, brother, or uncle has had an encounter w/ another male). Also, be safe. It’s your responsibility to be sure you and your partner are tested and use protection.

Or abstain, like me. I don’t trust these whores.

http://www.dictionary.com is a great too, though. I have grown to use it often.

@ Be Safe ~ I feel a breakthrough for you! That’s what Mary J called it…a Breakthrough! I don’t want to judge all the issues you faced as a child and your parents actions. I pray for your father too! He was probably just as confused!

God is telling me that someone’s heart is gonna be changed on CL today! I hope its you!!! You have courage that God can work with! He wants you safe, healthy and reborn as a man who follows righteousness!

From this day, I pray that the spirit of guilt and immorality be loosened from your life! That you will grow in the knowledge of God and find a woman who you can lean on and cry with in time of need! God does have a big plan for your life and its not just living with HIV!

I encourage all believers on CL to wrap your arms around an indivisual who we will call “be safe” and pray for his deliverance and cure! God has all power!

When I wrote post #105 to Bill, I had not read your post #104, but the spirit of God was guiding my thoughts! I nearly fell from my seat as I read your confession and testimony! You are a good brother! God didn’t make no junk, but he wants you whole as the man he created you!

Remember the date and prayer: “On Decmeber 1, 2007, I chose to stop living in sin and to let Jesus fix my mind, heart and soul!” Expect a miracle on CL today!

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DARNELL, THAT WAS SOME REAL ISHT! Truly!!

Also, DL once referred to anyone who was ’sneaking’ around doing something that they didn’t want others to know for fear of being judged. DL = Down Low. The term is misused these days, and I love Oprah, but just because it’s on her show doesn’t mean what she says is the say all end all.

Those statistics would be overwhelming if blacks represented 50% of the population in America, but the fact theat we only represent approx. 12% of the population and yet over 1/2 of the AIDS cases makes it obvious that blacks are not getting the disease from casual sex, bisexual encounters or drug use primarily….hell, not even secondarily. To say that is to say that caucasians or the other races don’t do those things and they do, and at a far greater scale. I mean c’mon man, that’s fuckin’ preposterous that black children have HIV more than all other children combined. You mean to tell me that our children have that shit to that degree and it’s solely due to the conduct of the black community. Please. You can wear whatever fuckin’ color ribbon you want to wear and the problem will continue to multiply because it has very little to do with the conduct of the black community. We need to tighten our shit up, that’s for damn sure, but there’s no way in hell that we’re far and away in the lead in every disease and it’s just happenstance.

Doctors will never cure AIDS because it’s a genetically engineered disease for population control. With all the drives, benefits, charities, and telethons that they’ve had for this “disease” in the last 20 or so years, they must have easily bilked the American people out of over 200 billion dollars. They orchestrate these different disasters and diseases and convince people to “help the cause” and basically have the less esteemed elements of society finance their own genocide. Furthermore the governments of the world literally net in the trillions just for the various medications of these contrived “diseases”. It wouldn’t surprise me if many of these so-called doctors are the ones spreading the diseases.

I have heard many different stories on how this disease originated. Wonder what the truth really is. I can google it, but I’ll still probably come up with multiple stories.

Be Safe said: “Honestly alot of men would be more open about their sexuality if there wasn’t a fear of being judged and treated different becasue of something you are.”

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I never doubt your honesty! And, you know I admire your courage, but this isn’t about the past sin and fear of judgement! Only God can judge you and His word is clear about unnatural behavior! Even if you don’t accept the guilt that accompanies immorality, surly you can see that the sickness is real! God is not playing a mind game with us! He’s wants to save us “by any means necessary”! And, if that means confining us to a bed or cutting off a foot then, so be it! Be Safe, don’t struggle with words and past thoughts today…! Just claim your deliverance and give praise! Go to someone you know and confess that your prayers have been answered, because no matter how much you “think” that’s what you are…you know even more that its not God’s way! Keep moving towards your salvation!

The burden that a gay lifestyle brings is by design, too much to bare! Sin is suppose to crush us! God can deliver us and He’s a burden barer! Keep praising! Keep looking to Jesus!

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Please watch this Video
OUT OF CONTROL AIDS in Black America Part 01
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Out of Control AIDS in Black America PART 02
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Out of Control AIDS in Black America Part 03
HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=44PHFQD9AQC

Out of Control AIDS in Black America Part 04
HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=V9R5KAZNPKW

Out of Control AIDS in Black America Part 05
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@ BE SAFE….

Thanks for coming on here and sharing your story. I commend you for your courage and truth and wish you well.

Out of Control AIDS in Black America Part 06
HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=BVEVKPJEVTO

**I would like to dedicate these entire set of videos to the MEMORY of my FRIEND Carolyn Jenkins-Pineda
who went home to be with the Lord, after a 22 year battle with HIV.

Carolyn contracted HIV from her Substance Abusing Fiance.
Rest in Peace Carolyn.
You work has not been in vain
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BE SAFE, YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO MANY TODAY. SOMEONE COULD BE LOOKIN AT THIS THREAD AFRAID BECAUSE THEY THINK THEIR LIVES ARE OVER BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS AND YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND TAKE CHARGE APPROACH TO YOUR LIFE CAN HELP THEM REALIZE IT IS NOT.

I AGREE WITH SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE ACCEPTANCE OR LACK OF ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. I READ WITH DISGUST AT SOME OF THE THINGS SOME OF THE CL MEMBERS POST IN SOME OF THESE THREADS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, MEN ESPECIALLY. IM GUILTY MYSELF OF MAKIN JOKES LIKE SAYIN ‘HOW YOU DOIN’ BUT IT TRULY DOES NOT COME FROM A HATEFUL PLACE. MAYBE ITS BECAUSE ONE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS IS GAY AND I JOKE WITH HIM ALL THE TIME.

SOME PEOPLE STILL HAVE THAT MENTALITY THINKIN AIDS IS THE “GAY DISEASE”. WAKE UP MEN AND WOMEN! ITS NOT. MEN ARE BEIN INFECTED BY WOMEN AND WOMEN ARE BEIN INFECTED BY STRAIGHT MEN!

GAY, STRAIGHT, BI OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO BE HONEST WITH OUR PARTNERS AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW THEIR STATUS BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING WITH THEM!!

SOME PEOPLE STILL HAVE THAT MENTALITY THINKIN AIDS IS THE “GAY DISEASE”. WAKE UP MEN AND WOMEN! ITS NOT. MEN ARE BEIN INFECTED BY WOMEN AND WOMEN ARE BEIN INFECTED BY STRAIGHT MEN!

GAY, STRAIGHT, BI OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO BE HONEST WITH OUR PARTNERS AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW THEIR STATUS BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING WITH THEM!!

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I love you People tend to forget that.

Thanks Be Safe for your tremendously touching testimony. I believe God is already using you. This is a pretty big platform that many wouldn’t have the courage to step on, and this you are doing. Again thanks for your testimony.

I have a question though, and I’m not sure if it’s been asked already. But of the new cases of HIV/AIDS amongst blacks, could the reason for women being in the lead is because black males don’t get tested? Sorry if it’s redundant. I just wanted to know.

Sorry..This LINK WORKS !!!

Out of Control AIDS in Black America 01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEO4z4Y0cmw

@107 thank you. He’s not defensive about you sterotyping, he may actually be having unprotected sex. Just keep asking him, and be his friend. He may be a little defensive, because we live our whole lives being defensive and trying to be something we’re not. We’re just protecting ourselves. We may be gay, bi, or whatever you claim, but we’re still men…we have egos :o)

and @ 113, thank you so much for that. When I was reading that I felt a rush inside of me. I want to give you guys as much “real” insight as possible. I had no one to show me, hopefully I can help someone else out there. Let the internet be good for something. That these are real people on the other side of these usernames living real lives.

I really believe God is gonna deliver me from HIV and the things I want free from my life. When he does, you’ll hear about me, and I wont hide behind a name either! God wants me to learn some lessons…

I AGREE WITH SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE ACCEPTANCE OR LACK OF ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. I READ WITH DISGUST AT SOME OF THE THINGS SOME OF THE CL MEMBERS POST IN SOME OF THESE THREADS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, MEN ESPECIALLY. IM GUILTY MYSELF OF MAKIN JOKES LIKE SAYIN ‘HOW YOU DOIN’ BUT IT TRULY DOES NOT COME FROM A HATEFUL PLACE. MAYBE ITS BECAUSE ONE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS IS GAY AND I JOKE WITH HIM ALL THE TIME.

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Becuase if that is a sin , then so is premarital sex. Then again I guess that is DIFFERENT.

Well said, Misstee2u! We can talk about the ribbons, colors and strains till we’re blue in the face, but none of those things really stan with saving a soul!

Imma stay on this blog, “Be Safe”! Be Safe, this is yo day!

@ Be Safe I don’t know you but my heart hurts for you. I offer you a big cyber hug and tell you to hold on and stay strong. We all sin and fall short of the glory but like Meatloaf said God don’t make junk so be safe and keep your head to the sky. Much love.

Sorry..This LINK WORKS !!!

Out of Control AIDS in Black America 01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEO4z4Y0cmw

* Once you get over to YOUTUBE.COM watch ALL SIX SEGMENTS.

If I take time to post all the YOU TUBE links, I could get placed in the SPAM file here on CL

@111 umm dont take your personal problems out on the post now!! This is a good cause let’s not start woman bashing o.k ..Thanks

Cosign 134.

BOOKSLUT, I HEART YOUR NAME. LOL

BUT THAT POINT IS THE POINT I ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE WHEN I HAVE TO DEFEND MY FRIEND WHO IS GAY. THESE SELF-RIGHTEOUS, HOLIER THAN THOU PEOPLE WHO PREACH OF THE SINS HOMOSEXUALS ARE COMMITTING ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WILLINGLY HAVE OR CONDONE PREMARITAL SEX. BEING GAY IS NOT A CHOICE NO MATTER HOW MUCH PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE IT IS. HAVING PREMARITAL SEX, UNLESS YOU ARE RAPED, IS A CHOICE. SO WHERE IS THE PREACHING ABOUT THAT?

@127, honestly I dont know, because black men sleep with white women and other race women as well. Maybe someone else may have more insight. Bill seems to be pretty knowledgable from his posts…

God is speaking through you! I know that the healing is foremost and believe me God knows that too, but He wants us to be in perfect peace with our minds stayed on Him! God is bigger than HIV, AID and GAY! Not necessarily in that order! I will tell you that the most important thing for you know is, the condition of your heart and then, you desire to do God’s will! Once your heart is fixed and your mind is made up, you will get deliverance!

Afterall, what can seperate us from God? HIV…NO! AIDS…NO! Death…NO! The only thing that can seperate us is sin and and our decision to live immoral lives! The more we “accept” sin, the more we seem to get sick and parish!

Developing…!

Here’s some real information on the HIV/AIDS virus, its genesis and its purpose as exposed by Dr. Boyd Graves. As can be seen and read, this is nothing that can be solved with a red ribbon:

http://www.nathanielturne...oydgravesaidsactivist.htm

http://www.blackherbals.c...weapons_created_by_US.htm

http://www.naturalsolutio....html?id=5331&filter=

On Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 2:12 pm

Is Safe said?
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@107 thanks you. He’s not defensive about you stereotyping, he may actually be having unprotected sex. Just keep asking him, and be his friend. He may be a little defensive, because we live our whole lives being defensive and trying to be something we’re not. We’re just protecting ourselves. We may be gay, bi, or whatever you claim, but we’re still men…we have egos :o)

And @ 113, thank you so much for that. When I was reading that I felt a rush inside of me. I want to give you guys as much “real” insight as possible. I had no one to show me, hopefully I can help someone else out there. Let the internet be good for something. That these are real people on the other side of these usernames living real lives.

I really believe God is going to deliver me from HIV and the things I want free from my life. When he does, you’ll hear about me, and I won’t hide behind a name either! God wants me to learn some lessons…

Bill Said:

Sir,

The Lord will deliver & heal you.
Just call his name…

“Be Safe”, Please Allow me to lead you to Christ….
Repeat after me: Lord Jesus. I am a sinner.
I confess my sins to you right now Lord Jesus.
I know that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for the remission of my sins.
I now accept Jesus Christ as my personnel savior.
Lord Jesus, please come into my life.
I submit my mind, body & soul to you.
Please use me as an instrument to lead others to Christ.
Please heal my Body Lord. Your words say that “By YOUR stripes I am healed”.
I Renounce Satan and I rebuke his works & ways.
Help me Lord to live a life that would be pleasing to you.
Give me the strength Lord to turn my back on things that are not healthy for me.
Your word says that “My Body is the Temple of the Lord”, so from this day on, I will TRY not to do anything to displease you.
It is not your intention for your children to have illness, sickness or disease for we know that Illness is of the devil. Now That I am a child of the King, Please allow me the rights & privileges of being a “King’s Kid”
Thank you for saving & healing me Jesus.
Amen.

Welcome “Be Safe” into the body of Christ!!

I suggest that you find a church home !!

For the time being, you can access LIVE church services on your computer
Go to the following LINK
http://www.streamingfaith.com/Default.aspx?bhcp=1

Please choose the ARCHIEVE tab. I suggest that you start viewing services by Bishop Eddie Long, or Dr. Jamal Bryant!!

Be Blessed Sir!!

i’m feeling what your saying meatloaf! oh and it is very true that all sins are the same with God… being gay is the same as premarital sex is the same as lying is the same as robbery is the same as covetness…etc. i’m not trying to hurt anyone’s feelings . just basing my comment on the word. so i’m not gonna try to act like my screwing around is any better than anyone else’s. its all the same and we all are responsible to be careful and if your heart moves you to– get right with the Lord, seek his will for your life.

Thank you Bill. I apprecitate that. I have a church home in my local area, but I’m still gonna check that out as well. Thanks

@ Be safe thanks for sharing a part of yourself with us today. Thanks bill for all that good info and judah LOL thanks for your insight, as usual a bit twisted but good to hear..lol

on Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 2:35 pm

Be Safe said:
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Thank you Bill. I apprecitate that. I have a church home in my local area, but I’m still gonna check that out as well. Thanks

Bill Said:

Your welcome Sir !!

Know that God Loves you !!

God is not sitting up in Heaven with an attitude because you did xyz last night…

God gets “disappointed” with us sometimes, but never to the point where he won’t forgive us…

What’s important is to confess your sins, make amends, then move on…

God will place you sins in the sea of forgetfulness…
And he wants you to do the same thing !!!

“Be Safe”, What you should start doing NOW is confessing & proclaiming the word of God for your healing !!!

I’m going to write you an summarization of scriptures for HEALING that you will need to meditate on and recite on a daily basis…

God honors the prayers of the righteous Sir !!!

I’m praying for you sir. You have a Humble & contrite heart, and you are setting yourself up for a HEALING.

Check back in about an hour or so.

I will try to gather some scripture together on HEALING !!!

God Bless You My Brother in Christ
I am praying for your SWIFT recvovery !!!

Selah & Amen.

@ 143 Amen… I’ll be around…

The RHEMA WORD for today is that GOD HEALS AIDS
HIV is no Match for the Power of Jesus CHRIST

Jesus is Lord !!

This is dedicated to my new brother in christ “Be Safe”

Please Say These Healing Scriptures daily
just like you’re taking medicine !!!

Dodie Olsteen was healed of terminal Liver cancer and she said these scriptures three times daily.

Healing Scriptures for those afflicted by an Illness

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Exodus 15:26
He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.”

Exodus 23:25
Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.

Deuteronomy 7:15
The LORD will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt…

Deuteronomy 28:1-14, 61
If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock–the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways. Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you. The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity–in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground–in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you. The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
The LORD will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 30:19-20
This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

I Kings 8:56
Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.

Psalm 91:16
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.

Psalm 103:3
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits–who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.

Psalm 107:20
He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.

Psalm 118:17
I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.

Proverbs 4:20-23
My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to a man’s whole body.

Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Jeremiah 1:12
The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”

Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the LORD, `because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’

Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, `I am strong!`

Nahum 1:9
Whatever they plot against the LORD he will bring to an end; trouble will not come a second time.

Matthew 8:2-3
A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.

Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

Matthew 18:18-19
“I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

Matthew 21:21
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, `Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.

Mark 11:23-24
“I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, `Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 16:17-18
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Romans 4:17-21
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead–since he was about a hundred years old–and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

II Corinthians 10:4-5
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Galatians 3:13-14
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Ephesians 6:10-17
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Philippians 2:13
…for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

II Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10:35
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

Hebrews 11:11
By faith Abraham, even though he was past age–and Sarah herself was barren–was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

James 5:14-15
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

I Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

I John 3:21-22
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

III John 2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

Revelations 12:11
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

Everybody thanks for kind words. Not only am I gonna be blessed but you guys as well. Because you’re hearts are pure and full of love. Despite the things we joke and laugh about on here, humanity is still alive and God’s love is still in all of us. We need to stay strong to our hearts even outside CL. No matter who’s watching or how uncool we may look, cuz just as many people who may turn the other way, just as many will come to u in confidence to walk beside you. I’m proof of that. Just not on here, but outside this cyber world. I see the bigger picture, and God is setting us all up for wonderful Blessing! Merry Christmas.

80 Kita bka
i actually applaud BET’S campaigns
and they have more than the “wrap it up”
they have the “knowing is beautiful” campaign
and that actually saved my life
I THINK ITS TIME I SHARE MY STORY:
those commercials nagged the hell outta me cuz i wanted to get tested but was scared..i was never promiscuous but just wanted to kno my results cuz i had had unprotectd sex only once in my life
i was so scared that i finally convinced my boyfriend of 3 years to go with me cuz i was scared to go alone…to make a long story short i came bk neg and he came bk pos…he’s had it over 4 years and didnt know it….HOW WAS I NEGATIVE AND WE BEEN 2GETHA 3 YEARS I THOUGHT……..the answer #1 GOD.. AND #2…we never had intercourse..we reciprocated oral for 3 years with no intercourse..all my friends asked me why i never let him hit it and somethin was just holdin me bk…I KNOW IT WAS GOD..I’M GETTING TEARY EYED NOW…i am still negative …thank u jesus

@be safe—- just to add to what bill was saying… not to discourage you but to encourage you… there is a scripture (it’s at home in my notes) that i can’t pull up for you right now (i’m at work) but it says that paul had an infirmaty(sp) that he asked the Lord about 3 times and the Lord didn’t take it from him and instead told him to be happy and continue to serve through it. i say that just to encourage you just in case the Lord doesn’t take HIV from you to still remain with a good attitude and remain in His will for your life. it just proves even more that even when conditions aren’t the way you want them to be that you are still faithful to the Lord. He doesn’t always remove things from us. if you remember Jacob walked with a limp the rest of his life after wrestling the angel, but he limped away with his blesing. stay strong and faithful!!!!!!!!

^ That’s what’s it all about !!

We are a Global Cyber network of Brother & Sisers !!

Sure we have fights, arguments & disagreements, but all families have that !!!

We have you back when times are down…
We’ll make you laugh when you are sad…
When you can’t sleep at night, and you need someone to talk to, just log onto Concrete Loop, and mention BEYONCE name….
Someone will pick a fight with you in a matter or time !!!

lol

A wonderful and enlightening post, @ Be Safe I have a lotta respect for you. People please respect yourselves and your bodies!

UH_UH BILL WHAT U SAID ABOUT BEYONCE!!!!!!!! LOL j/k

#136 Ne-Ho for Ne-Yo said: “THESE SELF-RIGHTEOUS, HOLIER THAN THOU PEOPLE WHO PREACH OF THE SINS HOMOSEXUALS ARE COMMITTING ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WILLINGLY HAVE OR CONDONE PREMARITAL SEX. BEING GAY IS NOT A CHOICE NO MATTER HOW MUCH PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE IT IS.”

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I kinda feel like “Be Safe’s” stans has opened up some issues for you and I should be commending you for seeking answers to troubling issues.

Let’s agree to call the “SELF-RIGHTEOUS, HOLIER THAN THOU PEOPLE” a wash, so we can get that point out of the way! If they are giving a message that sounds to glorified, don’t blame God! Charge it to the messenger!

Now, premarital sex is sinful fornication, no matter who you are! Its immoral just like homosexuality! Both are hollow point bullets, sure to kill! Unfortunately, many of our youths and old timers indulge in fornication and adultry! But, most move on to marriage…something that is not an option for homosexuuals! The difference then is, two men or two women who do the unnatural, have to continue throughout their lives with the appropriate guilt and shame! We can’t live a life of shame and expect God’s blessings, anymore than we can pray to Him without knowing Him!

No matter how much a person thinks they were born to sleep with animals or likekinds, God’s plan ain’t changing! Be Safe describe his plight like a series of mishaps! I suspect that this is usually the case for most gay men! He needed more information when most kids figure it out for themselves! His dad chose to beat him and walk away! Something tradgic!

So, he takes the path of least resistance and clings to it like gospel! You say, there’s no other choice! There is! There is always another choice! Be Safe knows that he could have taken another route, but that’s not important today! What’s important is his deliverance and our salvation!

We all live in sin, but God is gonna judge the way we yeild not to temptation! Not the way we give in and accept!

Developing…!

LOL that was cute Bill.

Thanks for sharing you story PAT.

@ Be Safe. Stay strong, and know you have plenty of peopl here on CL that support you!

HIV/AIDS have touched my life in a personal way. When I was about 5 years old, my uncle died of “cancer”. he was a loving man; he was everything to me. I called him “dad” because I wanted to him to be my dad. My father and I don’t have a good relationship; we never did and never will. I loved my uncle with everything I had; I couldn’t understand why God had to take him. He was studying to be a minister of a Pentecostal church, and he really was an angel from God. Till this day I think of him, and pray for his soul everyday.

My parents always told me that he died from cancer. I grew up thinking that HIV/AIDS was this dirty disease that only gay men could get. If someone had AIDS I would not go near them. It was no acceptable in my family. About four or five years ago, my parents told me the truth. They told me my uncle had infected HIV and died within the year. No wonder he was in the hospital 24/7; I would lie in the bed with him and stare at his bony, bruised legs and wonder what the hell was going on with him.

I always thought my uncle was an angel, but then how did he get infected with such a “dirty” disease, like I was taught to believe AIDS was? I dunno till this day, it troubles me to think that my uncle was maybe on the downlow. It hurts my heart to even consider that. All I know is that HIV/AIDS is a very hurtful disease that impacts everyone around the world; HIV/AIDS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.

I hope one day to come to terms with the death of my uncle by something that I considered so wrong. In the meanwhile, I will be doing my part to support the AIDS cause. Yesterday, I went to the Gap and purchased some of their RED stuff. My heart goes out to all those affected by this horrible disease.

Excuse the typos.

I totally agree with getting tested you and
your partner . It is good to know both of your
status .

My sister died from the disease five years
ago . And it was not because she was creeping
around . She got it from her husband , and he
found out he had it when he took a physical
for his job .

So today I will wear my red , and wear it close
to my heart .
Everyone be safe , and my heart and prays gose out
to everyone who has the disease .
It is a terrible disease that is killing
our beautiful people .

I think it’s also important for people to get educated about this disease because some people are plain ignorant about the facts of HIV/AIDS. After I came on to CL this morning and read the post I was so moved and touched by the comment and honesty of so many people I decided to text all my friends telling them about the fact that today is World Aids Day and how important it would be to get tested and use protection, my god you would be surprise by the response I receive its like most of them didn’t give a rats ass about the message I was trying to convey, it truly a sickening situation.

@147, wow, that’s powerful. God didn’t have that for your life, so he protected you. That wasn’t luck there. 3 yrs is along time to be with someone and not have sex. God does that to us, we may not understand it, but in time we know. It’s something in our hearts that tells us things, it’s up to us to listen to them. God instilled that in all of us. I think of it as God speaking. We cant always use our ears to listen and eyes to see…

y’all gon make me cry
let’s bicker about beyonce….lol

wel when i heard it on the news this morning i didn’t think much of it cuz i was trying not to be late for work…. when i came on CL today and saw the stats and everyone discussing it it sunk in. on the for real, for real i’m happy CL featured this or i may not have paid much attention.

HIV AIDS is EVERYONE’s concern…

ANYBODY can get it !!!

Through a Blood transfusion..

Someone can poke you with an Infected needle or a Blood soaked knife..

You can have sex with “the love of your life” never knowing he/she had it all along…..

It to late for people to point fingers and ask WHY ??

We have to think of ways to prevent this DISEASE from spreading, and commit ourselves & our resouces to finding a cure !!

BOOKSLUT, I HEART YOUR NAME. LOL

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Thanks, I’m addicted to Books. I mean I have about eight new ones (that I haven’t read yet) and I am still buying more. I seriously need to stop..lol.

on Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 3:31 pm

PAT said:
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y’all gon make me cry
let’s bicker about beyonce….lol

Bill Said:

Hey Pat, How do you feel about Beyonce’s Bad Breath
or Rihanna Crotch Shots ??..
Doesn’t Rihanna have a HUGE forehead ??
Do you think Cassie can Sing ??
Who do you think is Better, Ciara or Aaliyah ???

lol
j/d

@Pat WOOOOOWWWWWW God is good all the time and all the time God is good. Amen.

@155 one thing you can learn from this is if and when you have kids to be honest with them. Parents think kids are very ignorant. I remember my parents use to spell stuff out when they didnt want us to know what they were saying, but what they didnt know was that I learned how spell pretty young and I usually knew what they were saying. It wasnt till on day when I said what they spelled they realized I wasnt a dumby. Maybe parents just think they’re trying to proctect us by not letting us know things, but I think it does us more harm as we grow up then good sometimes. We need to be honest with our kids and not sugar coat things. That’s they spiral our young people are in now, cuz the parents try to make it sound nice or just dont talk about it at all. Or even more…the parents dont know, so their kids dont know either.

MEATLOAF, I FEEL NO NEED TO DEBATE WITH YOU AS I WILL NEVER CHANGE YOUR BELIEFS(AND I DO NOT WISH TO) AND YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE MINE NO MATTER HOW LONG YOUR POST OF PREACHING IS.

BE SAFE IS ONE PERSON. I NOR YOU CAN USE ONE PERSON TO SPEAK FOR ALL GAY MEN. YOU ASSUME BASED OFF HIS WILLINGNESS TO “FIGHT” BEING GAY THAT MOST MEN CAN “FIGHT” BEING GAY. THAT IS YOUR OPINION AND YOU’RE ENTITLED TO IT. I WILL AGREE TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY DISAGREE. =)

BE AWARE, LADIES, THAT THESE MEN WHO “FIGHT” BEING GAY ARE SOME OF THE SAME MEN WHO CREEP ON THE DL BECAUSE THEY PUT ON A “SAVED STRAIGHT” FRONT TO PLEASE THEIR CHURCHES AND THE WORLD KNOWING FULL WELL THEY ARE NOT BEING WHO THEY TRULY ARE.

THIS, OF COURSE, IS JUST MY OBSERVATION AND ANY AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO AGREE OR DISAGREE. I AM NOT HERE TO FIGHT WITH ANYONE IN SUCH A POSITIVE POST. =)

i don’t know what to say about all of this…the statistics are just truly sad. i don’t know and can’t say what the problem is..it’s most likely a combination of many things. But look at it like this. Many statics show that blacks simply are out there for some reason. Studies have shown that we no longer get married…lack of commitment and manogamy may lead to the high infection rates. i just think that some of this may add up if ya feel me. i had the misfortune of finding out my boyfriend of 5 years was cheating on me with multiple women during our entire relationship. I found this out when during my 5th month of pregnancy, i got an STD. Yes, folks..he was cheating, using no condom, not only risking his life and mine, but that of our unborn child. And he didn’t get it at all just how serious this was. When I confronted him and asked him “what if it had been AIDS” he just stared at me blankely, then went on to say some ill crap about how he ain’t never messed with any dirty girls. A Fool!!! a damn fool. And to top it off, we live in DC and we all know the infection rates in DC are CRAZY. Needless to say by the grace of GOD me and my daughter are both healthy and happy. But he was screwing multiple…like i found out about 12 women during the 5 years and everyone of them that i was able to communicate with…said they used no protection, had annal sex, some had sex raw on their periods with him. And ladies, he is still out there. the lesson i learned is simple…no stopping the condoms even if i am in a long term, suppossedly committed relationship! Get tested annually and make your partner do also…if they won’t, that means they are scared and therefore you should be scared to sleep with them…HELLO!! This is just my story, but sad thing is, i talk to my girlfriends and they experience very similar things. Tupac said it “we take from our women, we rape our women…do we HATE our women?” i am starting to wonder if our men hate us for real? and if so, WHY? This is soley my opinion…so don’t don’t beat me up okay!!!

Wow Pat..that is really scary, and people wonder why I’m still a virgin. During my sophmore year in college, someone who had the disease came to speak to us during a women’s conference. She said that she had been married for about 3 years and she got pregnant and when the baby was born the baby was really really sick…so the doctor’s did an HIV test on the baby and unfortunately it came out positive. She was soo confused and frustrated, so she eventually found out that she had the disease and she got it from her husband who cheated on her with another woman. I felt so bad for her.

Beyonce always works her way into every conversation. It’s amazing! LOL!

Me too First Time. I’m glad that it was the ONLY article for the day.

Pat, I rejoice and cry with you. I’m feeling God all on this post today! There’s no limit to where you can find Him…for the Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. AMAN!

PAT, THAT IS AMAZING. YOU ARE TRULY BLESSED. ARE YOU STILL WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND AND HOW IS HIS HEALTH IF YOU STILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HIM? DO THEY KNOW HOW HE CONTRACTED THE DISEASE?

Pat, I HONESTLY don’t think you can get HIV through ORAL SEX.

The HIV Virus can’t live in a person’s mouth according to what I read….

This is an excerpt from my earlier post:
ORAL SEX

It is very rare for HIV to be passed to someone giving oral sex to a man with HIV. Not one single case is known of a person being infected by giving oral sex to a woman with HIV.

Sucking the penis of a man with HIV

As far as we know, this is the only kind of oral sex in which HIV can be passed on, but the risk is still very small. Though there is enough virus in semen to infect another person, it is difficult for the virus to survive in the mouth, and it is difficult for the virus to get from the mouth into the bloodstream. Gay men - who have been the most affected by HIV in the UK - continue using oral sex as a successful form of safer sex.

There are about a dozen cases of HIV world-wide where infection is believed to have taken place by this route. If you are the person doing the sucking, and your partner has, or could have, HIV:
HIV could be passed on if he comes in your mouth and you have cuts or sores in your mouth or a throat infection
if you have gonorrhoea in your throat this can cause abrasions (roughness), making you more vulnerable to HIV. Gonorrhoea can be passed on during oral sex.

If you are the man whose penis is being sucked, you can make it safer for your partner by withdrawing before coming. Some people choose to be even safer by using condoms. Watch out for lipstick or lip salve as these are oil based and will damage condoms.

Other kinds of oral sex

Licking the labia or clitoris of a woman who has HIV is even less risky than oral sex with a man who has HIV. This is because there is less virus in vaginal fluid at the entrance to the vagina than in semen. If menstrual fluid (blood) is also present there will be more virus, but it is still very unlikely to get through the mouth lining of the person doing the licking. There are no confirmed reports of infection occurring by this route.

When the person who is doing the sucking or licking has HIV, there is no risk to the partner who is having his penis sucked or her labia licked, because there is not enough HIV in saliva to infect another person.

It’s also soo sad because there are still SO MANY MEN & WOMEN that have the disease and do not even know that they have it.

@ 165 Be Safe

I totally cosign with your post. Honestly, even if the truth would have hurt me, I wish my parents would have let me know earlier. I’m not a stupid girl, I learned about HIV/AIDS a loooong time ago. I just felt like I had been deceived about something very important my whole life. My uncle was such a big part of my life, and it just turned out to be a lie. It hurts me.

That is why homosexuality is a big issue for me. My parents had always correlated it with AIDS, therefore AIDS was something dirty. I don’t know how he was infected; it DISGUSTS me to think that he would be creeping on the DL, and then studying to be a minister. I don’t understand how to even feel about that.

It’s something that I guess I will come to understand with age. I hope that when I have kids, I have enough wisdom and common sense to educate them about topics like these. I will not sugarcoat it, or underestimate my child’s ability to comprehend such hard-hitting topics such as AIDS.

statistics say u can get it thru oral sex
but i’m a livin research project
that it was reciprocated it for 3 years and i am not infected so that chance of getting it that way is very minimal unless yo mouf is just tore up….
but i kno it was GOD that kept me from havin intercourse..i really loved this person

For Be Safe

Team Beyonce !
&
Go Rhi Rhi !

We gotta keep your spirits up, so I’m going to make you laugh man !!!

172, BILL, THAT IS VERY INTERESTING. WHERE DID THAT ARTICLE COME FROM?

@166 the men are on the DL because we hear how women will treat us if they knew. Your attitude about it doesn’t make any man you may be with more comfortable about tell you. You hear about white male CELEBRITIES coming out everyday, why? Because they have people that embrase them and accept them for who they are. How many black men or black women have you heard come out in the last year? 5 years? 10 years? I cant think of any and I know there are some out there! I’ve had a few experiences with a couple of black celebrities myself. But we as black people…we’re very conservative. And as long as we stay so tight lipped about about certain issues in our community, it will never end.

^ “Be Safe” me and my brother Meatloaf hike on people all day long here on Concrete Loop Monday - Friday…

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on Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 3:54 pm

Ne-Ho for Ne-Yo said:
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172, BILL, THAT IS VERY INTERESTING. WHERE DID THAT ARTICLE COME FROM?

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Bill Said:

The website IS:
http://www.urban75.com/Health/hiv_infec.html

OMG Bill LMFAO. You are too much seriously. “Uncle Bill” hahahahaha =)

You know I was never a part of the discussion of the swimsuit calendar… =)

Bill I hate those long drawn out post of yours..But today your post are intresting and worthy of a good read..Yeah TEAM BILL

Be safe you will be in my prayers tonight:)

BE SAFE, I DONT KNOW WHERE OUR WIRES WERE CROSSED BUT I THINK YOU MISSED MY POINT IN 166. NOWHERE DID I SAY IF SOMEONE CAME OUT TO ME, I WOULD TREAT HIM ANY WAY OTHER THAN HUMAN. AND YOU ACTUALLY BACKED MY POINT THAT MEN ARE ON THE DL ARE LIVING A LIE. THEY ARE SO AFRAID OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THEY COME OUT THAT THEY GET WITH WOMEN PUBLICLY AND CREEP WITH MEN.

I DONT CARE WHAT SOMEONE’S SEXUALITY IS. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE HONEST WITH ME. EVEN IF MY MAN IS BI, AS LONG AS HE IS WITH ME AND ONLY ME, IT DOESNT MATTER. IM THE VERY LAST PERSON ANYONE EVER HAS TO WORRY ABOUT TREATING THEM DIFFERENTLY IF THEY CAME OUT.

I HOPE THIS MAKES MORE SENSE TO YOU AND CLEARS MY POINT UP.

Actually a bit of your data is incorrects AIDS is not the leading cause of death among Black women its heart disease along with Black men, White men, and White women….I just did an assignment on leading causes of death among Blacks and Whites. If you go to the Center for Disease Control’s website they can give you a better account I believe for Black men HIV is the 6th leading cause of death and for Black women its the 10th leading cause of death. Maybe you should do the breakdown by age groups and the data may change but for men and women as a whole that is incorrect. I just like to be informed and you should do better research before you address the people….

ne-ho
he’s doin very well
it was over a year ago and i’ve been sicker than him this year….lol
he is absoluteley gorgeous and has the most wonderful heart
we are still best friends…he actually isnt even on meds yet…his t-cell count increases on its on everytime he goes for a check up….i think GOD wants to use me and him as a testimony of some sort

I do not believe that fighting and bashing certain groups is appropriate in such a positive and informative thread. Everyone should be safe and I don’t condone promiscuity from ANYONE Men or WOmen cuz we all know that condoms break.

I am touched by each and everyone who shared their heartfelt stories.I also lost someone close to me that had the disease.

#183 I think he mistaked you for someone else’s post.

Bill posts were good up until he started talking about a swimsuit calendar…in a thread about AIDS.

Anyway, I am rocking the red today and Big-Ups to CL for talking about this very important issue.

@183, ok…so much being talked about today! It’s all good!

on Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 4:11 pm

PAT said:
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ne-ho
he’s doin very well
it was over a year ago and i’ve been sicker than him this year….lol
he is absoluteley gorgeous and has the most wonderful heart
we are still best friends…he actually isnt even on meds yet…his t-cell count increases on its on everytime he goes for a check up….i think GOD wants to use me and him as a testimony of some sort

Bill Said:

God will ALLOW us to go through TESTS, so that once we come out we have a TESTIMONY…..

Pat, Read print out the HEALING SCRIPTURS Post that I wrote and give it to your boyfriend !
* post # 145 contains SCRIPTURES for you to PRAY BEFORE GOD FOR YOUR SUPERNATURAL HEALING !!!!

I declair In The Name Of Jesus, he WILL be healed !!!

Two good articles on this page for those who are interested.

http://rodonline.typepad.com/

Staggering

“Licking the labia or clitoris of a woman who has HIV is even less risky than oral sex with a man who has HIV. This is because there is less virus in vaginal fluid at the entrance to the vagina than in semen. If menstrual fluid (blood) is also present there will be more virus, but it is still very unlikely to get through the mouth lining of the person doing the licking. There are no confirmed reports of infection occurring by this route.”

–umm eww @ getting licked while on your period!!!!! i’m sorry i just can’t bring myself to do that. i rarely have sex during my time of the month and if so i want it to be in the shower. oh , too much information???…

“Be Safe” god bless you and all others out there living with this disease, my prayers go out to you.

@184 I know right! I researched a similiar topic a few weeks ago.. Bill those stats are hella wrong. Stop copying and pasting everything you see.. USE A CONDOM PEOPLE OR DONT HAVE SEX,IT’S THAT SIMPLE.. BLACK WOMEN NEED TO STOP ACCEPTING RAW D_CKS!!!!

GO GET TESTED!! #1 killer of African-American woman!!

on Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 4:28 pm

first time said:
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“Licking the labia or clitoris of a woman who has HIV is even less risky than oral sex with a man who has HIV. This is because there is less virus in vaginal fluid at the entrance to the vagina than in semen. If menstrual fluid (blood) is also present there will be more virus, but it is still very unlikely to get through the mouth lining of the person doing the licking. There are no confirmed reports of infection occurring by this route.”

–umm eww @ getting licked while on your period!!!!! i’m sorry i just can’t bring myself to do that. i rarely have sex during my time of the month and if so i want it to be in the shower. oh , too much information???…

Bill Said:

We reaaly don’t need to know all about your sex life….

lol

j/d

@ Be Safe, I think it took a lot of courage for you to come on here today to share not only your story but to educate some of us that may have needed it.

Some young man or woman is going through the same thing right now and lacks the courage to get tested or to learn more. Not trying to be mushy but you’re today’s inspiration. I applaud that.

I feel really bad that you weren’t able to come out as your real (CL) self though. The fact that you had to create a false identity just to get people to listen to you and not judge you is sad. It’s also discouraging because it shows the true nature of a lot of people on here. Some will rally for you because they don’t know you are. But sadly and truthfully, if you came out as who we knew you to be they would have probably clowned you, dissed you and permanently labeled you.

We are all judgemental. Every single one of us. Even if it’s a little (self included). But sometimes we need to judge ourselves before we pass that on to others. We ridicule those things we don’t understand and shun those things we fear. But it’s that fear that’s kept a lot of brothers and sisters living with HIV in the dark for many years.

I sincerely hope that the same people that are offering you support today will be the same people that are open-minded when and if we have future discussions about sexuality/sex preferences, AIDS and the state of Blacks in America.

I also hope you understand that while everyone will not support you, someone will. I just want you to know that I am really proud of you for telling your story.

I am not one to come on CL and be like, I’m gonna say a prayer for so and so. But I will tell you that I will sincerely say a prayer for you. I will pray that you find the strength you need to overcome any battle you are facing in this life. I also pray that you will be able to take your knowledge and experiences and share them with people who need it. A lot of times people are just looking for a leader, a spokesman if you will. You can be that. You’ve demonstrated that already. Your heart is in the right place and I know you will persevere. Keep your head up and never let anyone bring it down.

For my younger CL family, if you have a man/woman or boyfriend/girlfriend in your life, make a date down at the clinic with them. Love is more than romance and sex. Love is trust and faith. And any person who respects you will honor your desire to keep the both of you safe. If they don’t, it only speaks volumes of their true character and what they really feel about you. It’s not always easy to talk to your partner or lover about AIDS and STDs. But talking to someone you love is a lot easier than hearing that you have the disease from a complete stranger.

Peace

@195 that’s not true it’s heart disease.. Stop posting thing without doing research!!!

I love you ms_maci ..Always the voice of reason. But yet you speak so much truth

Very interesting information. I have a friend who is living with HIV right now…

#197 I’m new on here so you are already one of my favorite posters along with NE-HO.

That was real.

you guys have so many important things to say about this - that’s great —
@poi bo or whatever - I’m sorry but I don’t get your point either. fear of discrimination or judgement is not justification to endanger the life of others. like someone else said discretion is one thing but deception is another. “dl” is being misused but I think you know we are referring to those who are so entrenched that they have wives/girlfriends at home who trust and and belive in them as they proceed to go out and f**k other men. there’s no justification. for disregarding my life that those my children ol’ boy may just have to give his up. I’ve No sympathy what so ever for his “predicament”. F**k ‘em, drop him in the chatty. put him under new construction. Not for BEING gay/bi but for LYING about it. The disease may or may not be managable but I feel that men and women who are careless in regard to the spread of any fatal disease should be charged w/ manslaughter or reckless endangerment or something.

sorry loopers -i know i’m not usally this harsh- but this is how I feel about it.

@ Darnell - you’re right! Women are just a superficial as men are and many would rather run behind a cheating pretty boy ball player than to give the quiet guy a chance. But some of us got love for the big boys w/ mild dispositions though. I know I do.

thank you bill once again for you most informative posts. I really appreciate you - Im sure we all do.

Hello everyone, I just got my test results today (12/1/06) and I am negative..No HIV/AIDS. Even though I am not really sexually active, I still will vow to check every 3 to 6 mos. to be safe. Hooray!!!

@ Bill-LOL!!! my bad! that part just grossed me out. to be truthful i haven’t been participating in any “extra curricular” activities lately so i’ll have to live vicariously thru u! so go home and get us some tonite. GO TEAM BILL!!!!!!

on Friday, December 1, 2006 @ 4:50 pm

first time said:
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@ Bill-LOL!!! my bad! that part just grossed me out. to be truthful i haven’t been participating in any “extra curricular” activities lately so i’ll have to live vicariously thru u! so go home and get us some tonite. GO TEAM BILL!!!!!!

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Bill Said:

You know I love you girl…
I just don’t need to hear about you & your husbands sexual escapapdes !!

It ruins my fantasies about you…

lol
j/d

also I want to remind ladies that not only gay men spread aids - PROMISCUITY OF ANY KIND SPREADS AIDS because of the nature of anal sex it may be a higher risk if you man is w/ another man but the fact is that even if he’s w/ another woman he may still have it. NEVER STOP USING CONDOMS. It’s just not safe. It’s unfortunate but it just isn’t.

*wait, did that make me sound like lesbian??*

Bill Said:

You know I love you girl…
I just don’t need to hear about you & your husbands sexual escapapdes !!

It ruins my fantasies about you…

lol
j/d

lol u know u a mess!!!!! and for the record i’m single.

Ms_mac1 is always the voice of reason. Her posts are always incredibly well-written, insightful, and brilliant.

Love is definitely more important than sex or romance. I just wish many of us would stop thinking that AIDS is far-fetched disease that won’t ever happen to us. We are not exmept; it can happen to us. I’m texting all of my friends today, and imploring them to get themselves checked. I would hate to see another one of my loved ones fall to something so terrible. I swear, some of my friends would rather go stand in line for hours for a pair of Jordans, then take the time out of their busy lives to go get themselves tested. SMH.

Wow Pat, Nay, and Be Safe thanks for sharing your stories and anyone else that did. Bill and Meatloaf spoke the truth. No lie, as GOD is my witness. “A man that went to my Aunt’s church was actually delivered from AIDS.” (non-denomination church). And I know even though a lot of people believe in GOD and know that everything is possible through him; are still skeptical about that kind of healing. I was one of them. If I didn’t know how honest my Aunt is or how moving the church is I myself would’ve been like (mmmm hunhhh sure he was).

But I have seen things with my own eyes that would probably make people think I was a liar. Keep your faith in GOD. Even on those days that the devil tries to bring your faith down.

#111 Not all chics want those type of men. But, I’m not even going to lie. I lived the life of living/being with the thug/drug dealer. I was young dumb and fascinated with the money, the money aspect was ooohhh weeee. But, I changed money isn’t as important than sacrificing happiness and respect. I married a man who is on the straight and narrow, loves me, our children, and GOD. I now live on a budget, but I wouldn’t back track for anything. My sister would’ve never dated anyone like that. So all chics don’t look for those type of guys. “Some” maybe but not all.

I applaud you CL for taking the time and making this information available to not only those of the Black community, but to others as well. There is so much information to be learned about this devastating disease; and there are so many of our young people that don’t take the time to find out about AIDS and some of the other worldly things that plague our communities;allowing this disease to spread further, killing so many of our young, fruitful & beautiful brothers and sisters. I commend anyone who will or has talked to a fellow man or woman about this disease or any of the other issues concerning the disease and the toll it has taken on this country. Continue with the positiveness CL!! Like Mc Donald’s I’M LOVING IT!!~

Chow!~
Imperfect - yet always PERFECTLY ME!

It’s wonderful to see so many positive, intellectual comments on HIV/AIDS instead of the negative ones usually posted on a celebrity (SMILE)

I wanted to post something earlier but I was running on CP time, however I think you guys have it covered.
God bless all of you affected by this disease, I’ll keep you in my prayers.

Remember you CAN NOOOOT tell whether someone is infected by looking at them, abstinence is the best route it’s hard but I know you guys are worth it.

Be safe!!!

Some Men & Some Women are superficial.

There are a lot of men who SOLEY DATE girls based on what they look like and in reality these men who are being sooo judgemental are not that attractive themselves. Just go on any Blog with a post about a female singer, they will get to nitpicking her oh she a little to chubby, a little too dark a little too skinny. I’m like what do THEY look like.

Now there are some superficial women as well that only goes for the guy with the money or the pretty boy.

So no one can say oh well women don’t like the quiet ones , because some of those quiet ones are superficial towards women also so it goes both ways.

@ Ne-Ho for Ne-Yo, are you a woman??? I just love it when people post opposite sex avatars and blog none-gender specific messages! Talking about the aurthor of confussion! I give up! lol

But, to attempt to address your issues, again…God did not permit AIDS to flourish in women just because the black community failed to accept gay men! That would be a weak action for a God who is so powerful! God judgements is for the things that we know, not the things we are unaware of!

DownLow brothers are just what Oprah called them, “low down” to the ground like the serpant! I believe God is gonna judge downlow brothers, who knowingly infect women, like He’ll judge men who harm children! He said that for anyone who harms a child, “It would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” Its like a passion of murder!

I have no words for those men who want everyone to believe that they are women trapped in a man’s body! Bull! You have no choice??? And yes, if a person fornicates all their life without ever marrying, they’re no different than a sinful homosexual! That’s called “shackin up”! Not acceptable!

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I’m going to pay visit to those in the hospital, but I hope you CLoopers will continue to show love for “Be Safe” and pay close attention for anyone else who rings the alarm! Hang in there Be Safe! God is the only one who can fix it! Give it all to him! Take the lifestyle and the sickness to the One who can fix it and leave it there!

This is nice. All the love on the CL. Everyone, keep yourself safe.

@214 #111 I think he has deeper issues then this post..Just b/c you date a “bus driver” dont mean you are exempt from the Virus.. I think he’s dealing with other issues that he presented on this post..

@215 you are such a party pooper ..GOsh … BE SAFE EVERYONE WITH OR WITHOUT THE VIRUS!!!!

CL this is a very positive post and I am glad to see people being really informative. I hope that everyone either practice abstinence or wrap up.

In terms of superficial, IMO men are waaay more superficial than women. The men only want the pretty light skinned girls with long hair, and when those girls are looking for the guy with the money. They get mad and say all women are like that when in reality if they weren’t so picky and judgemental about the women they date in the first place then they would realize that there are plenty of beautiful women out there that may not be perfect, but are really nice. For the most part the men that are extremely judgmental are not that attractive themselves.

Wow…been off for a while, and came back to Pat’s story. That’s amazing. It most definitely sounds like you had a Higher Power in your corner. Your ex-boyfriend is BLESSED to still have you in his corner. The fact that you are standing beside him as his friend is probably why God blessed you. You have a good heart.

To the pregnant sister who found out her man was cheating on her for five years, God was with you, too. Thank God he didn’t give you or your baby anything.

HIV/AID shows no favoritism.

Thanks Meatloaf. “Be Safe”!

@ Be Safe..Thanks for sharing and GOD BLESS!

I personally saw my cousin die of AIDS..it was terrible seeing a man that was once so happy, and full of lie in sucha a horrible state. He lived with my family the last couple months of his life..BE SAFE PEOPLE!!

Wrap before you tap!!!

MEATLOAF, I’M A FEMALE. I HAVE NE-YO AS MY AVATAR BECAUSE HE IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST. WOULD BEYONCE BE A BETTER AVATAR FOR YOU? LOL

AGAIN, WE SHALL NEVER SEE EYE TO EYE SO I WILL AGREE TO DISAGREE.

ONE THING I WILL AGREE WITH YOU ON IS DL BROTHAS BEIN LOW DOWN. I’M BLESSED AND CURSED WITH THE ABILITY TO SEE THINGS FROM ALL SIDES OF THE STORY. WHILE I CAN SEE WHY SOME BROTHAS ARE ON THE DL, I DO NOT CONDONE THESE ACTIONS. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ANYONE PUTTING ANYONE’S LIFE IN DANGER KNOWINGLY. BUT THIS GOES FOR MEN WHO CHEAT WITH MEN, MEN WHO CHEAT WITH WOMEN, WOMEN WHO CHEAT WITH MEN, AND WOMEN WHO CHEAT WITH WOMEN…THOUGH WOMEN TO WOMEN AIDS CASES ARE VERY RARE.

I KNOW IT’S EASIER SAID THAN DONE BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE FAITHFUL AND HONEST IN ANY SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP, POINT BLANK.

well y’all have a good weekend. i’m out.

LIES!!! LIES!!! THESE STATISTICS ARE SET BY WHITE PEOPLE TO MAKE AIDS “THE BLACK PEOPLE’S DISEASE”. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 57% OF NEW CASES ARE BLACK AMERICANS, AND IT’S THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG BLACK WOMEN. AND WE AS BLACK PEOPLE BELIEVE THESE BLANTANT LIES SET BY THE GOV’T TO DESTROY BLACK PEOPLE. DON’T GET ME WRONG, YES SOME BLACK PEOPLE DO SUFFER FROM THE DISEASE. BUT TO SAY MORE THAN HALF OF THE BLACK POPULATION IS AT RISK IS A TOTAL FABRICATION. THESE STATISTICS ARE BASED ON “STATUS QUO”, MEANING IF BLACKS MAKE UP “13%” OF THE POPULATION AND 100 BLACKS ARE INFECTED, AND WHITES WHO MAKE UP 65% OF THE POPULATION, AND SAY 100 WHITES ARE INFECTED, THEREFORE IT WILL BE SAID THAT BLACKS ARE AT A HIGHER RATE OF HAVING THE DISEASE DUE TO THE SMALLER POPUALTION PERCENTAGE OF BLACKS. BUT IF YOU WERE TO EVEN IT OUT, MORE WHITES ARE INFECTED W/ AIDS THAN BLACKS OR NON-WHITES BUT DON’T SUFFER AS MORE THAN BLACKS/NON-WHITES BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD THE MEDICATION. SO DON’T BELIEVE THIS SH!T THAT IT’S A BLACK DISEASE….BECAUSE IT’S NOT!!! BUT AT THE same TOKEN DO PROTECT YOURSELF.

LIES!!! LIES!!! THESE STATISTICS ARE SET BY WHITE PEOPLE TO MAKE AIDS “THE BLACK PEOPLE’S DISEASE”. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 57% OF NEW CASES ARE BLACK AMERICANS, AND IT’S THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG BLACK WOMEN. AND WE AS BLACK PEOPLE BELIEVE THESE BLANTANT LIES SET BY THE GOV’T TO DESTROY BLACK PEOPLE. DON’T GET ME WRONG, YES SOME BLACK PEOPLE DO SUFFER FROM THE DISEASE. BUT TO SAY MORE THAN HALF OF THE BLACK POPULATION IS AT RISK IS A TOTAL FABRICATION. THESE STATISTICS ARE BASED ON “STATUS QUO”, MEANING IF BLACKS MAKE UP “13%” OF THE POPULATION AND 100 BLACKS ARE INFECTED, AND WHITES WHO MAKE UP 65% OF THE POPULATION, AND SAY 100 WHITES ARE INFECTED, THEREFORE IT WILL BE SAID THAT BLACKS ARE AT A HIGHER RATE OF HAVING THE DISEASE DUE TO THE SMALLER POPUALTION PERCENTAGE OF BLACKS. BUT IF YOU WERE TO EVEN IT OUT, MORE WHITES ARE INFECTED W/ AIDS THAN BLACKS OR NON-WHITES BUT DON’T SUFFER AS MORE THAN BLACKS/NON-WHITES BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD THE MEDICATION. SO DON’T BELIEVE THIS SH!T THAT IT’S A BLACK DISEASE….BECAUSE IT’S NOT!!! BUT AT THE same TOKEN DO PROTECT YOURSELF.

I wore my red outfit 2day. And the thing that kills me is that people think AIDS is this image on TV. That can never affect them, but if you think that you’re crazy. And the problem is not only that people are uneducated or they think it can’t happen to them. But people are scared to get tested because they don’t wanna find out they have AIDS, and when they do get tested they don’t tell anyone their status because they’re too ashamed.

EVERYONE SHOULD PROTECT THEMSELVES WHILE HAVING SEX, PERIOD! I’M A MARRIED WOMAN WHO DOESN’T USE PROTECTION, FOR I TRUST MY HUSBAND COMPLETLY. HOWEVER IF THERE’S ANY MARRIED WOMAN OUT THERE WHO HAS DOUBTS OR KNOW THAT THEIR HUSBAND IS BEIG UNFAITHFUL, USE PEROTECTION AND GET TESTED. I’VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 4 YEARS NOW AND I STILL GET TESTED ONCE A YEAR. EVEN THOUGH I MAY TRUST HIM, I AM NOT GOD SO I DONT KNOW EVERYTHING… JUST MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK TO YOUR SPOUSE ABOUT IT AND GET TESTED NO MATTER WHAT.

Mannn two people passed away in my family within a year apart of each other. They were my uncle and my (female) cousin. My uncle was my heart, my everything…

See you when I get there Uncle Tommy 1959-2006.

(Btw, no my uncle was not gay, he contarcted it from his triflin ass ex girlfriend who had it for YEARS and did not tell him!)

Let me get up off of this post, I am getting in my feelings.

And those stats are exactly why I remain a virgin!! Yeah wrapping it up is good, but NOT HAVIING SEX AT ALL IS BETTER…WAIT TILL YOU’RE MARRIED!

PS.
Whomever I marry will be getting an AIDS test before we walk down the isle, and before the Honeymoon.

I was tested 3 weeks ago, my status is NEGATIVE. It is good to get checked on a regular basis PEOPLE (males & females)! GO GET TESTED EVERY BODY!

My cousin, she passed away about 7 years ago from AIDS. I admire her strength because despite her struggle with AIDS she stayed at the hospital day & night tending to her 12 year old son who suffered with CANCER of the nervous system. Sadly he passed away at the age of 13 shortly after she passed away.

& about 10 years prior to that I lost a good friend of mines to AIDS as well, I miss KEVIN to this day.

So I am sure we all have known or known of someone who has been stricken with this DEADLY VIRUS/DISEASE.
STRAP IT UP FELLAS! (AIDS/HIV does not discriminate, some of the most attractive people walking the earth can be carrying this disease in their system. REMEMBER THAT).

I got tested 2x this year. I am straight.

Did Beyonce make sure Jay-z got tested before she fucked Jay-z? I wouln’t fuck him even if he wore 2 condoms.

I think more ppl 10 years from now will take HIV/AIDS more seriously when unfortunatly, they see their friends dying from it.

Alot ppl my age, early 20’s, still don’t believe they can contract it… Life is worth so much more.

May God Bless!!

Thank for the information!! Didn’t know some of it!! But one thing I should say is that us black people should accepted black gay men in our community whether we think it right or wrong!!

Because we tend to reject them in our community as a result they will act straight and sleep with our women to be accepted in our community!! They tend to be called names, abused physically by us black people, this is not just happening in U.S but also United Kingdom!!

So if us black people want to reduce the numbers of people being infected, we should first accept black gays in our community. What I mean by this is by not putting them down, calling names, neglecting them and physically abusing them etc.

This is just as similar as back in the days where people were scared to admit that they were committing adultery, having sex before marriage because those were not accepted in those days. Now black gays are scared to admit that they are gay because we tend to see black men as being straight not accepted them in our society!!

#263 - Amen. The black community needs to be more accepting towards gay black men (and women). If there was more acceptance then perhaps black men wouldn’t feel the need to hide their sexuality by sleeping with men and women (when all they really want to do is sleep with men) thereby possibly contracting some disease and passing it on to others.

However, it’s not just a gay disease anymore. More and more straight people are contracting the disease because they think they can’t get it. We need more awareness. In this day and age, the type of ignorance displayed by our young people is intolerable and unforgiveable. There is a wealth of information out there and available to all. We just need to open our minds.

YOU FUCKING DIRTY NIGGERS ARE SPREADING AIDS!!!! GO BACK TO AFRICA!!!!

GHEESH, PLEASE GET REAL!!!!

Everybody is aware aids exist and everybody knows how to protect themselves against this virus. So instead of passing around ribbons, why didn’t they pass around condoms perhaps. Sorry, but passing around leaflets and wearing stickers and ribbons is stupid to me, all in the name of aids awareness. Dammit, we are aware, we’re aware, now what are we ACTUALLY GOING TO DO ABOUT IT! I hate when groups do dumb shit to say they are doing something, but take the bandaid approach to attacking the problem. Passing out and wearing ribbons isn’t going to help any of us at the end of the day - this was a good approach 20 years ago when aids info was still virtually unknown and people didn’t know much about the disease. Today, wearing ribbons for AWARENESS sake is futile. Please, actually do something, don’t pass out dumb shit and say you’re helping the aids cause. Like i said, they should have passed out condoms, maybe THAT would have actually saved someones life last night who was too cheap to go buy a condom. I doubt if that ribbon protected anyone or helped anyone last night. We give money each year to causes like AIDS Foundation, and they waste our damn money and use it to print and have ribbons made to say they’ve done something. It’s frustrating.

UHHH! PRAY FOR WHITE POWER, DON’T EVEN WASTE YOUR ENERGY ON THAT NEGATIVE BS HE’S TALKING ABOUT. A TOPIC SO SAD BUT HAS BEEN SO POSITIVE SEEING AS THERE WASN’T EVEN ONE ARGUMENT, PLAY LIKE HE DOESN’T EVEN EXIST, OR JUST PRAY FOR HIM.

@WHITE POWER, SWEETIE HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I JUST PRAY GOD CAN TOUCH YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND, BECAUSE YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY DELUSIONAL. HE CAN HEAL MINDS TOO, ACCEPT HIM IN YOUR HEART AND GET A LIFE.

@239, I agree, on top of that. Not trying to be funny but they need to hand out larger condoms as large as Magnum XL. Like women who were larger bras, some men (like me) need larger condoms. This might be a little a personal, but lets put it out there. In college you can get free condoms at the health center. I’d have better luck wearing those on my thumb then the purpose it’s needed for. I’m not going to lie, I hated wearing condoms cuz they were really hard to put on and way too tight, but I realized maybe I should get a larger condom. What a differnce that made!

I only say this because we talk about sex ed, but we don’t talk about other things. Men, if your condoms are too tight, you may need a larger one.

@ qtfromok we would of ignored him anyway, you shouldn’t of acklowledged him either.

@Networking - That’s true

@jscene - very good point, I never looked at it like that but it’s the truth. Hopefully your idea will take place in the near future.

Dear Amaya,Uptowngirl …… please don’t misread my statement as women bashing . I was raised in a home with 5 older sistas . I have a great deal of love and respect for black women . Just made an obsevation,that’s all ! For example women who have thug fetishes . If a dude spent more than 6months in prison they have more than likely had sexual relations with a man . But when they come out . They usaully got a roof over there head . And it ain’t there mommas house . Pretty boy , ubersexual whatever you wan’t to call them . Tell me when having female tendacies became desirable . Arched eye browls is and should be a read flag . And now you combine the two ….pretty boy thugs ! GO ladies !All I’m saying for people,especially ladies . Stop acting like it some DL covert ops attacking the black community . Alot of the signs are very seeable !!!!! AND STRAIGHT MALE AND FEMALES . WE NEED TO CLEAR OUR CLOSET,CAN’T KEEP BLAMING A INFOTRACTION OF GAYS AND BI FOR EVER !

Good morning Loopers. HEY NETWORKING, you still mad at me? I hope not. I love you for your real comment. What you said about condoms is really true.

i have been reading this post since yesterday and am really still so touched and nearly speechless.

thanks for sharing ya’ll. and though i don’t have any personal testimonies about this disease. i clearly see how fighting this disease is just as much my responsibility (especially as a teacher in a predominately black high school) as it is anybody else’s. be blessed and be safe ya’ll.

love 777-9311

*Claps* Jscene if that ain’t the truth I don’t know what is. I could never understand the purpose of the AIDS ribbon in this day and age. Hell sex period is not worth your life. Someone stated if you are under 18 don’t have sex, I say if you’re not married don’t have sex IMO it’s irresponsible!! Half of the people out here who are having sex are irresponsible underage children. I say if you’re not responsible enough to take care of a husband, and children, and run a household then you shouldn’t be fornicating. It’s a sin anyway. Majority of people always want to preach about how they believe in GOD, and they’re saved but they don’t follow what GOD says!! We would have a lot less AIDS going around in the African American communities, if people would practice what they preached, and actually followed their Bible.

219# YOU SAID MEN ARE MORE SUPERFICIAL ? DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH . AS I SAID IN MY EARLIER POST . ALL WOMEN WANT ALPHA MALES ,EVEN THE OMEGA WOMEN . AND THE KICKER IS YOU’LL THINK YOU DESERVE THAT DUDE . MOST MEN MIGHT LUST AFTER HALLE BERRY OR LISA RAYE …. BUT WE KNOW THAT’S A FANTASY ! THIS WILL PROVE WOMEN ARE MORE SUPERFICIAL . GO TO THE AVERAGE STRIP CLUB THAT MEN FREQUENT . YOU’LL SEE WOMEN OF ALL SHAPES AN SIZES . DARK TO LIGHT ! GETTING MONEY , SOME MORE THAN OTHER . BUT ALL GETTING IT NEITHER THE LESS . NOW GO TO A MALE REVEIW . BIG HUSKY LOU FERRIGNOU ASS NIGGAS WITH 9 INCHES OR MORE . ALL PRETTY MUCH CLONES OF THE NEXT NIGGA . GIVE OR TAKE LITTLE DIFFERENCES …. A DUDE WITH AVERAGE BUILD OR LENGTH(6 TO 7 IS MEDICAL AVERAGE). WOULD PROBABLY BE LAUGHED OFF STAGE WITHOUT A DOLLA IN HIS G-STRING …. POINT MADE ! LOVE MY BLACK QUEEN NEVER THE LESS !!!!!

@239 ***Applauds!***

@#51 Regarding your comment that the red ribbon is only supporting Africa’s Aids problems. Aids is Aids. Who the fuck cares? Stop splitting hairs here.

I hope all the latino and black brothers admit to being gay and stop lying on the d.l. I mean most of them are scared that thugs will intemidate them an hurt them but I don’t see a reason to if their thugs themselves! The thugs that intemidate them are more than likely gay as well!

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YOU FUCKING DIRTY NIGGERS ARE SPREADING AIDS!!!! GO BACK TO AFRICA!!!!

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Um, you whites were the first to have aids, went to africa and raped those women, came back here and kept things on the dl. F***** dudes in porno theaters. You people swear you know what your talking about. What idiots!

777-9311, I aint mad at you! I had applogized in the other Kramer post but it got high as hell on that one too. on CL you can be enemies on one post and best friends on the other! No hard feelings here! lol!

I am glad to see that this post got an overwhelming response. The one thing that dissapoints me is this whole DL phenom and it’s automatic association with men. It has really taken off after “McMillian-gate” and I want all ladies to know that it’s not just the men that needs to be truthful, but also the women. In this day lesbianism is being practiced by tons of women because it is the in thing and chic. How many women out there are doing DL things and bringing things to there husbands? Too much emphasis is spent hating on the men, but it can and does happen the other way around. Remember that. Women…stop choosing these thugs that have been incarcerated for sexual partners. i know you want a roughneck, but you stand a higher probablility of contracting this disease dealing with thugs than nerds.

Men…be honest with your women. If you are bisexual, disclose it and get tested.

Hi my name is Zai, I’m 15 years old and I’m from Vyners School. I’ve read almost every single one of those comments. These comments have helped me in a way to make my ‘Aids Awareness Movie’ for my school which might be presented in my school assembly.

Reading these comments made me feel that we should really take care of ourselves and not going around and finding a cute guy or cute girl and just have sex with them, because they are the one’s that might be infected by HIV/AIDS.

I must say I feel really sorry for all the people out there nowing that they have HIV/AIDS, it must have been a real shock to find out that they are affected or infected by HIV/AIDS.

In my school, we’ve been selling the ‘Red Ribbons’ and we are actually getting a lot of money out of it to help the one’s that are infected by HIV/AIDS.

“AIDS IS REAL”

Aids Is Danger
Aids Is Stranger
Know Your Worth
Recreate Your Thought
Guard Your Life
Change Your Style
Mould Your Ways
Amend Your Perception
Receive Orientation
Emotions Are Real
Watch The Feel
Close The Seal
Make A Deal
Test Your Blood Aids Is Real

Hi my name is Zai, I’m 15 years old and I’m from Vyners School. I’ve read almost every single one of those comments. These comments have helped me in a way to make my ‘Aids Awareness Movie’ for my school which might be presented in my school assembly.

Reading these comments made me feel that we should really take care of ourselves and not going around and finding a cute guy or cute girl and just have sex with them, because they are the ones that might be infected by HIV/AIDS.

I must say I feel really sorry for all the people out there knowing that they have HIV/AIDS, it must have been a real shock to find out that they are affected or infected by HIV/AIDS.

In my school, we’ve been selling the ‘Red Ribbons’ and we are actually getting a lot of money out of it to help the one’s that are infected by HIV/AIDS.

“AIDS IS REAL”

Aids Is Danger
Aids Is Stranger
Know Your Worth
Recreate Your Thought
Guard Your Life
Change Your Style
Mould Your Ways
Amend Your Perception
Receive Orientation
Emotions Are Real
Watch The Feel
Close The Seal
Make A Deal
Test Your Blood Aids Is Real

#198 @ms_mac said: “…I sincerely hope that the same people that are offering you support today will be the same people that are open-minded when and if we have future discussions about sexuality/sex preferences, AIDS and the state of Blacks in America.”

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If we have future discussions, I will continue to direct lost souls to Jesus without compromise! And, if they are willing and ready like “Be Safe”, I will do in in the spirit of salvation! But, if you, Mya or Pity think I’m gonna support your gay rights cause…well you can save yourself some breath and time!

I’m not sugarcoating my stans for Pity, anymore than I did for “Be Safe”! Be Safe had over twenty people praying for him on Friday! And, those prayers were not just for his healing, but for his deliverance from the lifestyle that preceeded his condidtion. He knows that the conditions is secondary to his relationship and getting right with God!

Sorry ms_mac, that was nice try, but no cigar! hehe!

Hi Sam! Photos i send on e-mail.
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