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HIV/AIDS Infections: What Role The Stigma Plays

Does The HIV/AIDS Stigma Affect The Infection Rate?
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GERMANY - MAY 24: AIDS ribbon on shirt. (Photo by Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images)

"The constant drumbeat of crisis around HIV gets tiresome," says John Peller, vice president of policy, AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Yet infections among gay men are rising.

In accepting a GLAAD Media Award for "How to Survive a Plague," activist Peter Staley said, "Gay men are only about 2% of the U.S. population, but we're the fastest growing group of new infections, 63% of total infections in recent years. Why aren't these numbers shocking us?"

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