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Another costume change is required for “Boys Boys Boys.” There’s no way to describe her fifth outfit except to say it looks like something that crawled out of the La Brea tar pits — black and slick, the leotard seems to drip along her body, selectively covering what the audience clearly wants to see most. At the end of the song, the Lady forfeits the stage to her male backup dancers, who gyrate half-naked until the crowd is beside themselves.
Gaga next emerges lounging in a white dentist’s chair as her female dancers languish themselves across the stage like strippers swimming through molasses. During the course of “Paper Gangsta,” all four of the dancers somehow fit into the chair, contorted and grasping one another, and Gaga slowly winds black duct tape around them before the curtain comes down.

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Higham presents startling evidence that the AIDS virus may have existed prior to 1981, when the virus first had been reported in the media. The mysterious death of a British soldier in 1959 may have been the first AIDS casualty, according to the Panache Report site. The soldier’s blood was frozen for laboratory storage. Years later when scientists analyzed that frozen blood sample, it tested positive for HIV.
In the 1960’s, according to the Panache Report site, a black male prostitute, from in St. Louis, died of mysterious ailments, the doctors were baffled and decided to store his blood and organs. Years later, the organs and blood tested positive for HIV. For further research, see the book, Howard Hughes, The Secret Life, by Charles Higham. You also can browse the book at that Google Book site.

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Another barrier is the anti-prostitution pledge –
a requirement that organizations receiving U.S. funds publicly state their opposition to prostitution in order to continue their work fighting HIV/AIDS. The Department of Justice in July temporarily withdrew its appeal of a court injunction prohibiting enforcement of the pledge – a welcome action that should be accompanied by clear guidelines upholding the free speech rights of organizations.
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The global community through the U.N. and other forums clearly speaks out against laws and policies that further stigma and violate rights of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS Family planning and gender considerations are integral aspects of the program guidance PEPFAR managers send to and use in the field. The Global Health Initiative is robustly funded and has clear mandates on RH-HIV integration. Congress and the Obama Administration permanently put to rest the Anti-Prostitution pledge and Global Gag Rule.

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Housewives, addicts told to take HIV test
The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Wed, 12/02/2009 10:20 AM  |  National
Citing the increasing number of people becoming infected with HIV, the Health Ministry has recommended that people in high-risk groups get tested for the virus immediately.
The Health Ministry’s AIDS campaign officer, Hariadi Wisnu Wardana, said Tuesday he urged housewives and drug abusers — two population groups who he claimed are mostly ignorant about and highly prone to HIV infection — to take the test as soon as possible.
Hariadi said prostitutes and homosexual men were better protected against HIV because they realized that they could be infected with the virus anytime. He claimed this despite the fact that HIV prevalence rates for sex workers is significantly higher than for housewives.

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The most advanced stage of HIV infection is Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It can take 10-15 years for an HIV-infected person to develop AIDS. AIDS is the end-stage of HIV infection usually person dies in 6 months. There is no specific treatment of AIDS; however, antiretroviral drugs can slow down the progress.
This years World AIDS Day observation is based on the theme, Universal Access and Human Rights. The idea is to ensure availability of HIV/AIDS services to all those in need and to protect the human rights of those who are infected with the virus, as well as families affected by it. The day seeks to prevent, reduce, and eliminate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination and bring about positive behaviour change in individuals, especially among youth.
High Risk groups are: male homosexuals and bisexuals, prostitutes, IV drug abusers, transfusion recipients of blood and blood products, clients of sexually transmitted infections, prisoners and males having sex with males (MSM).

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BRING IT: The Toronto Alliance of Art Critics says MAKE FACE MOTHAFUCKAS! Flyer
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The newly formed Toronto Alliance of Art Critics steps forward to say BRING IT.
7 of Toronto’s bitchiest art critics fess up about what sucks about galleries, artists, art dealers, art fairs, art shows and press releases. Want to know how to crack the press code? Now is your time to raise your hand and CUSS THEM OUT at this first annual panel discussion.
Be it barking about how to pimp your CV or the new King Tut show at the AGO, hear them rant, rave and do your best to get a question in there.
FEATURING THE SUPERVILLIANS (dun dun dun):
DAVID BALZER’s writing on visual art, film, and theatre has appeared in Toronto Life, Canadian Notes and Queries, Cinema Scope, Maisonneuve, and EYE WEEKLY, where he is arts editor and “Galleries” columnist. He recently finished a short-fiction collection entitled Artists in Peril.

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Reena, a PT Foundation programme coordinator who has lived with HIV for 15 years, says the police make it very difficult for NGOs to carry out condom distribution programmes. Carrying more than two condoms is used as evidence that the person is a sex worker, she explains.
“I’ve been scolded before (by PT Foundation clients) for distributing condoms. A half hour after my client accepted the condom from us, she was arrested and charged because she had a condom. She had to pay a fine of RM3,000. How could she pay that amount when she only earns enough to survive for the day?” Reena says.
Reena and others were speaking at a media sensitisation workshop organised by the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) on 30 Nov 2009. The workshop was held in conjunction with World AIDS Day which falls on 1 Dec.
Manimalar, a 30-year-old sex worker, testifies of personally encountering such problems with the police.

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Just three months on the job, Parvati mistakenly applies eye-shadow to her lips.  An older sex worker chides her for the make-up blunder.
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Parvati was taught about condoms one month ago when another sex worker brought her to the community center in greater Bangalore.  She is now one of the 4,500 sex workers who live by the slogan  “No Condom, No Sex.” 
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Peer educator Jaya Srinivashan has been a sex worker for the past 25 years. The single mother got infected with HIV from her husband who died in 2000. She wasn’t tested until five years after his death. During that time she did not use condoms and believes she may have spread the virus to hundreds of people. She keeps her sickness a secret in fear she will lose her job.

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NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) – People around the world are observing World AIDS Day, as they pay homage to those who have lost their lives to the virus and those who are still fighting, waiting for the day when there is a cure.
But experts say that due to modern medicine, and research on the virus, people living with HIV and with aids can live much longer. Today is also about educating people about the virus.
World AIDS Day is not only about paying homage to those that have lost their lives to AIDS, caused by HIV, but it’s also about creating awareness.
“It only takes one time to get infected with HIV. You don’t have to be promiscuous. You don’t have to be a sex worker. You don’t have to be somebody out on the streets,” said Aundrill Henderson, prevention specialist at Health Horizon of East Texas.

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… Of all the topics we’ve ever had to talk about, this is one of the hardest,” said Zoccole, who is also president of a Toronto-based organization that serves gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered aboriginal, or “two-spirited”, people. “I’ve been discriminated against for being aboriginal and for being gay,” said Zoccole. He said that, while gay men used to be one of the most at-risk groups in First Nations communities, today it’s women.
Mika Ekomiak, who has been living with AIDS for nine years, contracted the disease through unsafe sex. Her partner didn’t tell her he was positive, and her judgement was clouded by alcohol, she said. “There were a lot of times people were putting me down. I wasn’t taking care of myself,” she said. “Those were dark days.”
Ekomiak said she quit drinking when was diagnosed and now feels “very wonderful, very healthy.”
“I want to share my experience and help other people” she said.
Dr. Howard Njoo of the Public Health Agency of Canada listed a number of factors that determine risk of infection: poverty, sex work, incarceration and substance abuse.

See the full article from “TheTyee.ca”