Today Is World's AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988. World AIDS Day provides governments, national AIDS programs, faith organizations, community organizations, and individuals with an opportunity to raise awareness and focus attention on the global AIDS epidemic.
AIDS/HIV is by no means a disease that solely affects gay men. Gay men though are still at a high risk for being diagnosed. Despite the notion that we are progressing as society, there is still a surprising amount of prejudice and discrimination toward the GLBT community and/or towards those infected with HIV/AIDS.


I imagine that most readers here have no tolerance for intolerance and there is no need for the reminder that this type of discrimination is wrong.

Instead I would rather take the opportunity to repost this excellent article A Closet With A View written by Eric Peterson that was posted on Michael VanDervort’s The Human Race Horses. If you have not read this yet, I encourage everyone to take five minutes and read it today by clicking on the above link. If you have read it, pass it along to someone you think could benefit from it.

And if you need a laugh, this is a clip from Family Guy. It pokes fun at the misconceptions behind prejudices.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffm_TERH2_o


I hope you all have a nice day today.