Gay men - who constitute 7.3 percent of the total HIV/AIDS sufferers in China estimated to number 650,000 in 2005 - will be the first group enlisted to help in a government-initiated program.
An anonymous anti-gay activist/group has posted a video on YouTube to protest the UK's new anti-discrimination laws as the law will be voted on in the House of Lords on Wednesday. In Melbourne, a man has been charged with 122 offences stemming from having sex with 16 men knowing that he was infected with HIV.
The Sydney Mardi Gras organisers are accused of locking rival online groups out of the upcoming parade and Fair Day. The Australian federal government is considering a plan for a new A$10 million sexual health campaign targeting gay men. In Britain, Catholic adoption agencies will not be exempted from anti-discrimination laws.
Don Baxter, Executive Director of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), provides an overview of the 7th International Conference on Aids in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) held in Kobe, Japan last week.
It is estimated that there are about 40 million homosexuals in China today. In part two of this series, Kenneth Tan goes on to examine the issues surrounding the fight against AIDS among men who have sex with men (MSMs) in China.
Giving a new twist to the universally recognised red ribbon, Fridae has launched an online red ribbon campaign to urge users to make a personal commitment towards fighting HIV/AIDS through safer sex.
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