RWGNYC's Blog
Thursday, June 08, 2006
New America Media
New America Media: "NEW YORK --When a strange disease, later known as AIDS, was first detected at UCLA 25 years ago, it was difficult to get African-Americans interested in what was largely dismissed as ''White gay disease.''
Today, however, AIDS is increasingly considered largely a ''Black disease'' that afflicts both gays and straights, males and females.
''Today, more than half of all people living with HIV/AIDS and newly-infected with HIV each year in the United States are Black,'' Phill Wilson, executive director of the Black AIDS Institute, said at a news conference here Monday. "
Today, however, AIDS is increasingly considered largely a ''Black disease'' that afflicts both gays and straights, males and females.
''Today, more than half of all people living with HIV/AIDS and newly-infected with HIV each year in the United States are Black,'' Phill Wilson, executive director of the Black AIDS Institute, said at a news conference here Monday. "
:: posted by R. W. Graf, 8:18 PM
