Life is Beautifu!: February 2007

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Slavery ties Sharpton to Thurmond - Yahoo! News

Monday, February 19, 2007

ISLAMerica - Muslim Americans

There is no limit to what we can accomplish together.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Hope's Voice Discuss Living With HIV

Hope's Voice is a national HIV/AIDS organization that works to educate and prevent HIV/AIDS for others. Sex, Etc. interviewed members of Hope's Voice who have shared their personal experience with the virus.

Introduction to HIV/AIDS (Japanese)

Keiko Fujita, a sex education volunteer, introduces basic information about HIV/AIDS in Japanese and reminds us that our lives, and the lives of our future partners and loved ones, are worth protecting.

The Top Ten Myths About HIV/AIDS

Becky Kuhn, M.D., co-founder of Global Lifeworks, debunks the following 10 myths about HIV: HIV doesn't cause AIDS; because of ARV medications, we no longer ned to be concerned about HIV/AIDS; if you have HIV and are sexually active, you no longer need to practice safer sex; you can't contract HIV through oral sex; you can't get HIV from one sexual encounter; a woman cannot spread HIV to another woman by having sex with her; if you are HIV positive but your viral load is undetectable, you cannot spread HIV; AIDS can be spread by kissing, hugging, or shaking hands; if you have HIV, you can cure it by having sex with a virgin; every individual with HIV will eventually develop AIDS. Visit http://www.AIDSvideos.org/ to learn more about HIV. Visit http://www.GlobalLifeworks.... to learn more about Dr. Kuhn's educational work.

Bengali: Introduction to HIV and AIDS: What You Need to Know

This video is in the language Gujarati and covers critical basic information about HIV and AIDS. HIV is a virus that causes the disease AIDS, which can be fatal. There are treatments but no cure. HIV is spread by contact between body fluids (blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk) and mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth, and genitals). It is spread by sexual contact, injection drugs users sharing needles, from mother to child during childbirth or nursing, and (early on during the epidemic) by receiving blood transfusions. You can reduce your risk by abstaining from sex before marriage, being faithful to a single partner and using a condom and/or dental dam if you are sexually active, and by never injecting drugs or by never sharing needles if you do. It can take up to six months after exposure to HIV for a person to test HIV positive; even before they test HIV positive, the infected person can spread the disease to others. A doctor can prescribe antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to prevent HIV from progressing to clinical AIDS. It is critical to take every ARV dose on schedule to avoid developing a resistant strain of HIV. If a person is HIV positive, they still need to practice safer sex to avoid spreading HIV to others and to avoid contracting a different, resistant strain of HIV. Visit http://www.AIDSvideos.org to learn more. ... (more)

Thursday, February 15, 2007

My Funny Valentine Forever

Aaron, I love you always. There is no other Valentine for me!

Sunday, February 11, 2007

There is no end to what we can accomplish together!

Images from the Alameda County Office of AIDS - sponsored Black
HIV/AIDS Awareness Week event at Dorsey's Locker in Oakland on February
6, 2007. Brother2Brother Sister2Sister was in the house and we
will follow up with images we captured at the event very soon.

Peace and love,

Chase

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