First off, I wanted to extend a huge thank you to whichever reader donated 75 dollars towards my Invisible Children fund to help me reach my goal. I also wanted to thank everyone else who helped volunteer.
I recently found a new organization that I think the Porn industry should really be more informed on, and should be taking about. It is called Hope takes action. Here is a quick link to the website. http://www.hopetakesaction.org/
They are an organization that is doing research and an experimental study on a HIV vaccine. The vaccine is not meant to be something that you take once and then you never have to worry about HIV but with enough research, they can come up with something that can strengthen the immune system so people are less likely to contract the virus.
I must have been naive in Houston, because I did not realize how much of a problem HIV is in the gay community. I have met so many people in Orlando that are infected it kinda makes my head spin.
The worst part about meeting all of these people, is that most of the people that are fully honest about having it and taking the right steps to take care of it are treated like outcasts as if they have the plague.
Now, I understand most people will be uncomfortable having sex with someone who has HIV for multiple reasons but lets think about some things. When you are having sex with someone who has HIV you know how careful you have to be, because you know what to expect. When you are having a random Adam4Adam, Grindr, or likewise sites... You might be more inclined to get a little crazy and do risky behavior that can put you at risk to contract HIV. If you know the person has HIV the boundaries are already set, which to me makes it easier to know what you can and and can't do. This does limit your options on how crazy you get, but sex can still be fun.
I'm the first to admit that as long as a person is upfront and honest with me, I can get over the fact that they have HIV. Am I extra cautious, of course. But to treat people with HIV like they are some freak is just plain rude.
We need to stand as one to show the world that we are no different just because we are gay, whether we have HIV or not.
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Nice you going to Gay Days, Cool!! I will be headlining Gaydays with Brent Corrigan and Matthew Rush. Def need to run into you!!
I see you have grown up in the past couple of years!! Still I want to connect with ya, and at least meet face to face.
We are connected by Unzipped and a few posts online, so its good that We have a face to face!! Hopefully see you soon, little guy
Ya ill be at a bunch of the Gay days stuff with my BF.... Def. would be cool to meet up and finally get to meet you.
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