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Hardest hit are African Americans -- 57 percent of people in this young age group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In advance of World AIDS Day on Saturday, The California Report's host \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201211300850/c\" target=\"_blank\">Rachael Myrow visited Larkin Street Youth Services\u003c/a>, which helps homeless teens get off the streets and get tested for HIV. She talked to two women who manage programs at the organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is an edited transcript of their discussion:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LARA TANNENBAUM, Larkin Street's housing programs\u003c/strong>: The majority of our youth have experienced a severe amount of abuse or neglect in the home, parental substance use, perhaps a lot of poverty in the home where families weren’t able to care for them. Many of our clients are LGBT and their parents asked them to leave because of their sexual orientation. So people really become homeless for a variety of reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RACHAEL MYROW\u003c/strong>: How do you start a conversation with a teenager about HIV/AIDS?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RAE SUBER, Larkin Street's HIV testing & prevention program\u003c/strong>: Getting a client to consider testing is like getting them to consider medical care in general. Usually there’s a crisis. They think they might have a sexually transmitted infection. They think they might be pregnant. They think their partner might have an infection or be pregnant, and they’re concerned. 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Very often in those interactions, youth are not able to negotiate safer sex, so that puts them at risk for HIV. Many of our youth on the streets are using substances as part of their coping mechanism. They may be using intravenous drugs; they may be sharing needles. That puts them at risk for HIV. So there are a lot of risk factors for homeless youth as well as a lot of barriers to getting them tested.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RACHAEL MYROW\u003c/strong>: There have been a number of reports that point to new infections coming primarily among men and teenage boys who have sex with other men and teenage boys -- and new infections are high among African Americans. Have you decided to tailor your programs any differently, in light of these reports, or is it just something you bear in mind as you do your work?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LARA TANNENBAUM\u003c/strong>: The statistics are really alarming nationwide. 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And right at this moment, private funding is down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dramatically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.fcaaids.org/OurWork/ResourceTracking/CurrentReport/tabid/218/Default.aspx\" href=\"http://www.fcaaids.org/OurWork/ResourceTracking/CurrentReport/tabid/218/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Funders Concerned About AIDS\u003c/a>, a philanthropy dedicated to ensuring the end of the epidemic, says both the number of grants from private foundations and actual dollars given have dropped by about one-third.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">While the new infections are among people at the intersection of race and poverty, the traditional funders of HIV/AIDS ... look around at their friends and may get the sense AIDS is \"solved.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At first blush, it would seem that a down economy would be a big driver, but Daniel Tietz, Executive Director of the\u003ca title=\"http://www.acria.org\" href=\"http://www.acria.org\" target=\"_blank\"> AIDS Community Research Initiative of America\u003c/a> (ACRIA), sees something else at work. He spoke with KQED's Rachael Myrow on \u003ca title=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201209070850/b\" href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201209070850/b\" target=\"_blank\">The California Report\u003c/a> Friday morning and said that the downturn in funding predated the downturn in the economy.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you look back at 2006, 2007, the economy was booming, but the drops were starting even then, both in total grant numbers and total dollars.\" At the same time, funding to other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender giving such as marriage equality and the repeal of the military's \"Don't Ask, Don't Tell\" policy have gone up. \"It's also worth noting,\" Tietz continued, \"that many foundations do three year averages in terms of their investments, in terms of what they give, so we would just be seeing some of those decreases now if it were just a matter of the economy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what \u003cem>is \u003c/em>going on? Tietz asserts it has to do with the success of HIV/AIDS treatments and what groups are -- and are not -- benefiting from them. Despite the success in the battle against AIDS, 50-thousand people are infected every year and a wildly disproportionate number of those \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/10/endgame-frontline-documentary-explores-aids-in-black-america/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/10/endgame-frontline-documentary-explores-aids-in-black-america/\" target=\"_blank\">new infections are in African-Americans\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Tietz wrote in a \u003ca title=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/aids-remains-a-problem-but-is-it-still-a-priority-for-the-gay-community/2012/07/20/gJQADLvjyW_story.html\" href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/aids-remains-a-problem-but-is-it-still-a-priority-for-the-gay-community/2012/07/20/gJQADLvjyW_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post\u003c/a> opinion piece last summer as the AIDS Conference kicked off:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>More than six in 10 new infections in the United States are among men who have sex with men, known in this field as MSM. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you look back at 2006, 2007, the economy was booming, but the drops were starting even then, both in total grant numbers and total dollars.\" At the same time, funding to other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender giving such as marriage equality and the repeal of the military's \"Don't Ask, Don't Tell\" policy have gone up. \"It's also worth noting,\" Tietz continued, \"that many foundations do three year averages in terms of their investments, in terms of what they give, so we would just be seeing some of those decreases now if it were just a matter of the economy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what \u003cem>is \u003c/em>going on? Tietz asserts it has to do with the success of HIV/AIDS treatments and what groups are -- and are not -- benefiting from them. Despite the success in the battle against AIDS, 50-thousand people are infected every year and a wildly disproportionate number of those \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/10/endgame-frontline-documentary-explores-aids-in-black-america/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/10/endgame-frontline-documentary-explores-aids-in-black-america/\" target=\"_blank\">new infections are in African-Americans\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Tietz wrote in a \u003ca title=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/aids-remains-a-problem-but-is-it-still-a-priority-for-the-gay-community/2012/07/20/gJQADLvjyW_story.html\" href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/aids-remains-a-problem-but-is-it-still-a-priority-for-the-gay-community/2012/07/20/gJQADLvjyW_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post\u003c/a> opinion piece last summer as the AIDS Conference kicked off:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>More than six in 10 new infections in the United States are among men who have sex with men, known in this field as MSM. Within that group, the hardest-hit are African American men ages 13 to 29. From 2006 to 2009, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:CSadjznKWXEJ:www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/FastFacts-MSM-FINAL508COMP.pdf+aids+African+American+men+ages+13+to+29+%2248+percent+%22&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjwMeouatuSTqcsdMbI7dvz-foi4TKmOicNIaGx926A_Og275dCLkHimjLmV9rQ97qeESZdoEAt7c12xKr_sMx4BGWqF8q-EImUyv1X22F6X9DjLEtqADR5fvE3InF4XUcish-u&sig=AHIEtbTrNgQqtChvVn6Xq9O4H-CfXEdZPw\">CDC data show\u003c/a>, HIV infections rose by an appalling 48 percent among these young men — one of the largest increases of any demographic. New HIV cases among black MSM are nearly equal to those for their white counterparts, despite the former’s far smaller percentage of the population.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So, Tietz says, while the new infections are among people at the intersection of race and poverty, the traditional funders of HIV/AIDS -- wealthy, gay, white philanthropists -- look around at their friends and may get the sense AIDS is \"solved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, you may not even know who has HIV,\" he says. \"They could have HIV, they can be in treatment. You don't see deaths, you don't see people in rapid decline. It can feel solved. It can feel like 'OK, I can move on, I can give my resources to marriage equality, I can give my resources to whatever else in the world.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But obviously AIDS is far from solved. Tietz says he has gotten some \"quiet thank yous\" from other advocates for bringing attention to this issue, but so far, no word from funders themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are lots of folks who are committed and even on my own board,\" Tietz told Myrow. \"I have white gay men who give and give and give. There are folks who are really doing their part. But the big picture has changed and not for the better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Listen to Rachael Myrow's interview with Daniel Tietz:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cobject width=\"335\" height=\"85\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"file=http://www.kqed.org/radio/archives/R201209070850b.xml\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/flash/kqedplayer.swf\">\u003cembed width=\"335\" height=\"85\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/flash/kqedplayer.swf\" flashvars=\"file=http://www.kqed.org/radio/archives/R201209070850b.xml\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>By \u003cstrong>Alvin Tran\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7723\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/SWING_SexWorkers_AIDS2012_AlvinTran.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-7723\" title='Service Workers in Group, \"SWING,\" a foundation that provides information and support to sex workers and transgender men in Thailand, performs at the International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)' src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/SWING_SexWorkers_AIDS2012_AlvinTran-300x225.jpg\" alt='Service Workers in Group, \"SWING,\" a foundation that provides information and support to sex workers and transgender men in Thailand, performs at the International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)' width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Service Workers in Group, \"SWING,\" a foundation that provides information and support to sex workers and transgender men in Thailand, performs at the International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a public health student for the last seven years, I've attended my share of research conferences. But the moment I arrived in Washington for the \u003ca title=\"http://www.aids2012.org\" href=\"http://www.aids2012.org/\" target=\"_blank\">19th International AIDS Conference\u003c/a>, I knew instantly that this one would be different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike other conferences I’ve attended, the history of the International AIDS Conference is filled with controversy. I could pick many different starting points, but how about the travel ban? The International AIDS Conference had not been held in the U.S. in 22 years because HIV-positive individuals were barred from entering the United States. Congress voted to lift the ban in 2010, and D.C. was promptly chosen as the host city for this year's conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as the conference began and American speakers took pride in finally having the opportunity to be the hosts, I quickly learned that the travel ban was still in force for some people. HIV-positive sex workers from outside the U.S. are still prohibited from traveling to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists from across the country, including many from San Francisco, carried red umbrellas and signs, and interrupted sessions in protest of the travel ban and \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/24/carrying-condoms-brings-arrest-risk-for-sex-workers/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/24/carrying-condoms-brings-arrest-risk-for-sex-workers/\" target=\"_blank\">arrest risk from carrying condoms\u003c/a>.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Frist_Rubio_AIDSConf_072012_AlvinTran.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-7725\" title=\"Protesters disrupt an AIDS Conference session with Senator Sam Rubio and former Senator Bill Frist. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Frist_Rubio_AIDSConf_072012_AlvinTran-620x465.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters disrupt an AIDS Conference session with Senator Sam Rubio and former Senator Bill Frist. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters disrupt an AIDS Conference session with Senator Sam Rubio and former Senator Bill Frist. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democratic \u003ca title=\"http://lee.house.gov/\" href=\"http://lee.house.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Congresswoman Barbara Lee\u003c/a>, who represents Oakland and other cities in San Francisco's East Bay region, had introduced the original legislation to lift the travel ban and says sex workers should also be allowed to travel to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know how we’re going to ever see an end to AIDS in our lifetime – and we believe we can, especially with scientific advances – and have an AIDS-free generation, without including all of those populations who must be involved as part of this solution,” she told the crowd at the opening ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of the protests, more than 23,000 people from 183 countries attended the weeklong conference. And that's just the people who were registered. Then there are all the people who attended one of the conference’s highlight activities -- the Global Village, open to the general public at no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Roxanne-_Hanna-Ware_AIDS2012_AlvinTran.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7728\" title='Oakland native Roxanne Hanna-Ware performs \"Crimson Words\" at the 19th International AIDS Conference. (Photo: AlvinTran)' src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Roxanne-_Hanna-Ware_AIDS2012_AlvinTran-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>People and organizations from around the world held nearly 300 activities and events. Oakland native Roxanne Hanna-Ware gave a spoken word performance called “Crimson Words” about her life as an HIV-positive woman and the stigma that exists along with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in the Global Village were exhibits of artwork about HIV/AIDS issues and cultural performances by \u003ca title=\"https://www.facebook.com/SWINGfoundation/info\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SWINGfoundation/info\" target=\"_blank\">SWING\u003c/a> (Service Workers In Group), an HIV prevention and care program for male and transgendered sex workers in Thailand. Many sessions in the conference were broadcast into the Global Village for public viewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For registered conference attendees, the daily plenary sessions were generally the highlight activities that drew in the most people. They featured high-profile speakers including \u003ca title=\"http://www.blackaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=76\" href=\"http://www.blackaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=76\" target=\"_blank\">Phill Wilson\u003c/a>, the Executive Director of the Black AIDS Institute, and \u003ca title=\"http://www.state.gov/secretary/\" href=\"http://www.state.gov/secretary/\" target=\"_blank\">Secretary of State Hillary Clinton\u003c/a>. However, these sessions were also the target of many protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What would an AIDS conference be without a little protesting,” joked Secretary Clinton, as she stood on stage in front of activists protesting President Obama’s trade policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even with all of the presentations on the latest HIV/AIDS research, there is still no cure for the disease that has killed nearly 30 million people globally. Instead, many speakers declared that there are still many battles to fight and that we’ve only reached the beginning of the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speakers including musician Elton John pointed to stigma and homophobia as challenges to future HIV/AIDS prevention efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to replace the shame with love. We have to replace the stigma with compassion. No one should be left behind,” I watched him say to a room full of people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the closing ceremony last Friday, California \u003ca title=\"http://pelosi.house.gov/\" href=\"http://pelosi.house.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a> praised the efforts in fighting AIDS but warned that the battle against the disease is far from over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This optimism must not make us complacent. It cannot. It must instead heighten our resolve. We have an obligation to be innovative and courageous in our thinking,” said Congresswoman Pelosi, “Where there is scientific opportunity, we have a moral obligation to fund it. Where there are people in need of drugs and care, communities in need of protection, we have a moral obligation to provide it. And where there is discrimination, we have a moral obligation to continue to fight it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next International AIDS Conference will be held in the summer of 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Alvin Tran\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7657\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Glenn-Milo_Santos_AIDSConf_AlvinTran_07262012.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-7657 \" title=\"Researcher Glenn-Milo Santos of Oakland's Global Forum on MSM & HIV presents data on homophobia at the 19th International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Glenn-Milo_Santos_AIDSConf_AlvinTran_07262012-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"Researcher Glenn-Milo Santos of Oakland's Global Forum on MSM & HIV presents data on homophobia at the 19th International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Researcher Glenn-Milo Santos of Oakland's Global Forum on MSM & HIV presents data on homophobia at the 19th International AIDS Conference. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Research presented this week at the \u003ca title=\"http://www.aids2012.org/\" href=\"http://www.aids2012.org/\" target=\"_blank\">19th International AIDS Conference\u003c/a> shows how homophobia may be a major barrier to achieving the \"AIDS-free generation\" -- the optimistic tagline underlying much of the conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new survey of young men who have sex with men (MSM) shows that \"experiencing homophobia\" may put them at greater risk of contracting and spreading HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://pag.aids2012.org/Abstracts.aspx?SID=238&AID=13110\" href=\"http://pag.aids2012.org/Abstracts.aspx?SID=238&AID=13110\" target=\"_blank\">The study\u003c/a> was conducted by Oakland's \u003ca title=\"http://www.msmgf.org/\" href=\"http://www.msmgf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Forum on MSM and HIV\u003c/a> (MSMGF). Researchers surveyed more than 5,000 MSM globally. Nearly 1,500 were age 30 or younger, with about two-thirds of these young men from Asia and six percent from North America. According to the study, young MSM who experienced homophobia more frequently said they had less access to a variety of services including free HIV testing and condoms. Experiencing higher levels of homophobia equated with less access to medical treatment for HIV-positive gay men.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Young MSM who experienced homophobia more frequently said they had less access to a variety of services including free HIV testing and condoms.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Our findings really underscore the importance of also addressing the larger structure and social factors that are associated with HIV infection especially among young men who have sex with men,” said \u003ca title=\"https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/meetingArchive?eventId=fw9rwqxzcgps\" href=\"https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/meetingArchive?eventId=fw9rwqxzcgps\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn-Milo Santos\u003c/a>, an epidemiologist and MSMGF researcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to highlighting the possible relationship between experiencing homophobia and having less access to HIV preventive services and care, Santos also presented results about respondents' overall experiences with homophobia.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 60 percent of young MSM interviewed said they believed that people in their respective countries felt that gay men and MSM could not be trusted. Seventy percent felt that others believed that they are dangerous. Additionally, the majority of those interviewed said they believed MSM are tolerated but not accepted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What shocked many audience members attending Santo’s presentation, however, was the rate of internalized homophobia or the negative feelings people have about themselves based on their homosexuality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 40 percent of the young MSM said they wished they weren’t gay or bisexual. More than 30 percent said they avoided personal or social involvement with other men who have sex with men. More than 20 percent said their sexual history was a \"negative feature\" of who they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 533px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Screen-Shot-2012-07-27-at-11.02.32-AM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7650\" title='\"Internalized homophobia\" among young men who have sex with men. (Source: Global Forum on MSM & HIV)' src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Screen-Shot-2012-07-27-at-11.02.32-AM.png\" alt='\"Internalized homophobia\" among young men who have sex with men. 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(Source: Global Forum on MSM & HIV)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Overall, young MSM had higher levels of this internalized homophobia than older MSM.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really surprising ... that we found evidence of high internalized and external homophobia among young men who have sex with men,” Santos told me. “Each of these factors was independently associated with reduced access to HIV prevention services that are critical to reducing exposure to HIV.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santos thinks that future efforts aimed at preventing the spread of HIV should consider social factors such as homophobia in order to be effective among the younger MSM population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think that we're going to achieve our goal of achieving zero new infections without addressing ... external homophobia and alleviating internalized homophobia among young men who have sex with men,\" Santos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 15px;font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Report presented at International AIDS Conference shows \"chilling effect\" of police policies\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Alvin Tran\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7569\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Condoms_AlvinTran_07232012.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-7569\" title=\"Condoms with a political message, handed out at the International AIDS Conference by St. James Infirmary, a San Francisco health clinic for sex workers. (Photo: Alvin Tran)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/07/Condoms_AlvinTran_07232012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Condoms with a political message, handed out at the International AIDS Conference by St. James Infirmary, a San Francisco health clinic for sex workers. 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The \u003ca href=\"http://www.orasure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">OraQuick In-Home HIV Test \u003c/a>will be the first ever self-administered HIV-test made available for over-the-counter purchase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Food and Drug Administration approved the test earlier this week, but it warned the test’s results are a “preliminary” diagnosis, so check-ups are still necessary. Some Bay Area researchers said a key challenge will be ensuring that people actually seek out a confirmation test and additional services from their doctors, regardless of testing positive or negative for the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The home test is another mechanism for testing but it shouldn’t be [used] in isolation,” said \u003ca href=\"http://sfhiv.org/profiles/tracey_packer.php\" target=\"_blank\">Tracey Packer\u003c/a>, the Acting Director of \u003ca href=\"http://sfhiv.org/\" target=\"_blank\">HIV Prevention for the San Francisco Department of Public Health\u003c/a>. 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