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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Tags: gawker, rich juzwiak, grindr, online hook-ups, hook-up culture, hiv, stigma, undetectable

We read this fascinating piece by Gawker's Rich Juzwiak and simply had to share.

Juzwiak tackles the tough topic of HIV status and stigma in our modern online hook-up culture and raises a lot of questions that have no easy answers.

More after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 16 July 2012
Tags: cdc, new, campaign, hiv, aids, awareness, stigma, video, ads, let's stop hiv together, l.a., dallas, new york

The Centers for Disease Control has launched a new HIV-awareness campaign aimed both at eradicating the disease as well as the decades worth of stigma shadowing it. Details follow. 

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Friday, 27 January 2012
Tags: dbags, eyeroll, of the day, tennessee, stacey campbell, homophobes, christianity, hiv, aids, stigma, gay community, causes, aids, monkeys, lifespan

Wanna skip working out your corneal muscles at the gym tonight? Avoid the steam room exercise machine (all that cruising buffs up the brows!) and instead let your eyes roll away countless reps courtesy of Tennessee's resident d-bag politician, state Sen. Stacey "Don't Say Gay" Campbell. So, what are Stacey's latest homophobic hijinks? 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 02 December 2011
Tags: studies, research, health, hiv, aids, gay men, community, stigma

Researchers involved in a landmark review published in the journal AIDS Care have detailed the existence of anti-HIV stigma shared between gay men and within the gay community. Details follow.

 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 21 July 2011
Tags: good magazine, column five, the changing face of aids, hiv, 30 years, anniversary, graphs, research, stats, health, international, stigma, interactive

A collaboration between GOOD Magazine and Column Five has lead to an interactive graph heavy with information depicting the changing face of HIV/AIDS around the world in this, the 30th anniversary of the first verified infection. Follow the jump for more.

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Tags: stigmas, the daily star, joe mott, hiv, aids, health, offensive, gay, united kingdom, phobia

A British tabloid writer managed to offend three groups in one sentence published in the U.K.'s Daily Star. So what exactly did he write that has activists demanding an apology?

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