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Working to Heal the World
'More of us need to speak out about AIDS, to volunteer, to tell your mayor or even your relatives to get with the program.'
'Actor Danny Glover, goodwill ambassador to the United Nations Development Programme, speaking on National Public Radio's The Tavis Smiley Show about the need for African-Americans to get involved in anti-HIV issues
Pouring Salt on the Wounds
'Depraved.'
'Jacinto Guerrero, Catholic bishop of Tlaxcala, Mexico, on calls by Mexico first lady Marta Sahagun for sexually active Mexicans to use condoms to prevent HIV infection
But Not Going Down Without a Fight
'What we need are clear messages for people, and one is that condoms work. This message should not be muddied.'
'Bernard Gardiner, head of the Red Cross's AIDS program
Sex Education 101
'Virtually every time a gay man gets an STD'or HIV'it is because another gay man gave it to him.'
'Journalist Eli Sanders, writing in the June 5 edition of the Seattle alternative newspaper The Stranger, on the need for gay health leaders to encourage HIV-positive people to not expose others to the virus
Compassion Education 101
'When someone comes in, we don't look at them as simply a vector of disease and a viral receptacle.'
'Fred Swanson, executive director of Seattle's Gay City Health Project, asserting in the same article in The Stranger that prevention efforts aimed at HIV-positive gay men must approach them as more than merely spreaders of disease
Sweeping It All Under the Rug
'AIDS sufferers in Africa will no longer continue to be offered only condoms'the same faulty approach that has increased sexually transmitted diseases in America.'
'Tom Minnery, vice president of public policy for the right-wing group Focus on the Family, praising a provision of the U.S. international AIDS bill that earmarks one third of funds for abstinence-based programs
Waving the Banner High
'Rather than [use] money to preach abstinence from a moral high ground, we should dedicate the funds to teach all people about the nature of HIV/AIDS and the methods in which to best protect oneself.'
'Rep. Jim Moran, remarking on the abstinence funding provision of the international AIDS bill
A Cautionary Tale, Part 1
'Left unchecked, this plague will further rip the fabric of developing societies, pushing fragile governments and economies to the point of collapse.'
'Rep. Henry Hyde, speaking about the need for Western nations to better fund international HIV prevention and treatment efforts
A Cautionary Tale, Part 2
'Until we build the human and physical infrastructure to deliver effective treatment, programs will not be successful.'
'Former president Bill Clinton, writing in the May 1 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, on how to best get antiretroviral drugs to people living in developing nations
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Ryan is the Digital Director of The Advocate Channel, and a graduate of NYU Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing. She is also a member of GALECA, the LGBTQ+ society of entertainment critics. While her specialties are television writing and comedy, Ryan is a young member of the LGBTQ+ community passionate about politics and advocating for all.
Ryan is the Digital Director of The Advocate Channel, and a graduate of NYU Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing. She is also a member of GALECA, the LGBTQ+ society of entertainment critics. While her specialties are television writing and comedy, Ryan is a young member of the LGBTQ+ community passionate about politics and advocating for all.