Comments on: SOCIETY :: HIV Discrimination https://thegayguidenetwork.com/hiv-discrimination/ GGN :: Your gay guide to good life. A high-vibe conversation about true personal empowerment & being authentically fabulous. Since 2002. Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Raquel https://thegayguidenetwork.com/hiv-discrimination/#comment-7274 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:25:54 +0000 http://thegayguidenetwork.com/?p=26533#comment-7274 Thank you for sharing. This is why I walk today.

]]> By: Too many lost https://thegayguidenetwork.com/hiv-discrimination/#comment-7261 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:46:49 +0000 http://thegayguidenetwork.com/?p=26533#comment-7261 Over the decades (yes, DECADES) of this illness, many have referred to it as a “gay disease”, but when you see a 4 year old child in 1994, living with it, and going through every possible treatment (because back then, there was only 1, called AZT), you can no longer call it a “gay disease”.
“Cam” became positive from receiving an immunization needle that wasn’t sterilized. Can you imagine if that happened today? There would probably be lawsuits thrown everywhere. But what did a single mom of a then 4 year old know? Not much, given the fact no medications were available back then.
He was put is a gas chamber as a form of oxygen therapy, because in the early 90’s, people were still grasping for anything that would prolong life.
Today, little is known about him, his mom, or his uncle, who was also HIV positive. One could only hope happiness is surrounding them.

18 years, 35+ lost…way too many, way too soon.

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