Forty-six percent and counting

[kweerwolf]

It’s been two months since the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reported the alarming findings of a study: 46 percent of black men who have sex with other men surveyed in five major cities tested positive for HIV.

Phill Wilson, founding executive director of the Black AIDS Institute, expressed outrage at the lack of reaction to this astounding statistic in a column entitled, “Nearly 50 percent of black gay men may already be infected with HIV. Who gives a damn?”

While he cites the lack of any front-page coverage or calls to action from black and gay media or civil rights organizations, Wilson is most troubled by hearing no response from black gay men.

As a fellow poz black man, I share Wilson’s anxiety. It springs from a love for our brothers in the life — a love that drives my continued search for answers that have eluded us for years.

http://www.washblade.com/2005/9-2/view/columns/black-hiv.cfm

[AtomicKitten]

1. Well, perhaps this explains

why Bunnypants is allowing NO to drown. I wouldn't put it past the self-righteous, racist neocons to see this as some sort of man-imposed (as opposed to natural disaster) retribution.

[Rowdyboy]

2. An incredibly sad piece.....If the support system is non-existant

in a city the size of Atlanta, imagine the situation faced by gay black men in Mississippi and Alabama. Shunned by their families and their church, they have no one to turn to for help.