I'm gonna blog on this later, but urgent article to share:

The nine countries with higher rates of HIV infection than the U.S. are all located in sub-Saharan Africa. From Manhattan to Madagascar, from Montana to Moscow, the threat of AIDS unites HIV positive people in a global fight for social justice. The battle for the rights of people living with AIDS is an inextricable part of a larger ongoing battle for the rights of those everywhere who have been socially marginalized or even ostracized because of their sexual orientation, their use of drugs, their poverty or their gender.