“When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of my career was mostly - and overwhelmingly - concerned with staying alive. And, also, I felt really aware of the preciousness of life and time. The gay community and people who were HIV-positive were treated so badly, and I was very disturbed by things. But I also saw a lot of love and connection in the gay community at that time.” PeopleFirstsWholeFeltCommunityCareersSawsAliveGayConcernedConnectionsStartingAidsTreatedStayingDisturbedHivEpidemicsStaying AliveLife And TimeGay CommunityHiv PositiveAids Epidemic Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Do you know there is actually a blood test out there now to find out if your kid is gay or not? Yeah, it's an HIV test.” IfsKnowsKidsBloodGayTestsYeahDo You KnowHivBlood Tests Author:Daniel Tosh
“And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.” PeopleKnowsCountryBigsYoungSeeingDangerGayHappeningsScaryEducatedBritainFrighteningCatchingHivGay People Author:Elton John
“We think that if we get tested, that means you have to have HIV. Or we think that just by knowing someone with HIV, we're going to get HIV or because he's gay or she's a lesbian or whatever. This false information has been put out there and it's created this stigma that stops us from going to find out if we're infected. The truth is it doesn't matter who you are, if you're having sex, you need to be getting tested, plain and simple.” IfsThinkingNeedsMeanHas BeensMatterSexSimpleKnowingInformationTruth IsGayWho You AreTestedHivStigmaHaving SexPlain And SimpleKnowing Someone Author:Jay Ellis
“The general population still thinks HIV is something that came in the 80s and went away, or that it only affects the gay population or intravenous drug users.” ThinkingStillsGayDrugPopulationUsers80sHiv Author:Annie Lennox
“The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt.” HumorFunnyGayBlameAidsRadicalGlobal WarmingHivHomophobicQuilts Author:Dennis Miller
“A lot of people in my world - in the acting world - have either lost friends to Aids or live with HIV because its origin in our culture, in New York for instance, was in the gay community.” PeopleWorldCultureLostCommunityActingNew YorkFriendsGayAidsInstanceHivLost FriendGay Community Author:Emma Thompson