Marteniz Brown on HIV & Tolerance
HIV activist Marteniz Brown spoke before the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Washington DC March 25, 2011 about his life and the importance of discussing HIV and tolerance in the black community
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Hub one of six sites in black male HIV study
By Talia Whyte
Bay State Banner
African Americans continue to be hit the hardest by the AIDS epidemic nationwide. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, blacks account for almost half of all Americans living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and they make up nearly half of new infections every year. Roughly one in 16 black men and one in 30 black women will be infected at some point in their lives.
However, health advocates are growing increasingly concerned about one specific high-risk group that research has shown to be most severely impacted by HIV — black men who have sex with men, or MSM. (The term “MSM” is used to broadly identify men who consider themselves gay or bisexual, as well as those who do sleep with men but don’t identify themselves as either, according to researchers.)
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