Download MORE THAN 1 IN 2 YOUNG GAY MEN

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MORE
THAN
1 IN 2
YOUNG
GAY
MEN
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WILL BE HIV-POSITIVE BEFORE THEY
ARE 50 ... UNLESS WE ACT NOW!
HIV transmission for gay men in the US is
sharply on the rise—up 12%—even as rates
fall for everyone else. For a gay man the risk
of infection with HIV is 30xs the risk of a
straight man.
than half of today’s young gay men will be
dealing with HIV infection before they are 50.
Gay African-American men face 6xs the risk
that gay White men face. A gay Latino man
faces more than 3xs the risk. A transgender
For young gay men there’s been a 22% spike woman faces 36xs the HIV risk of a man &
in transmission. If the trend continues, more 78xs the risk of other women.
Once again, our community is under fire. Help ACT UP change this picture.
FIGHT THE NEW HIV EPIDEMIC
Come to an ACT UP meeting! every Monday at 7pm,
at the LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street.
And march with ACT UP on June 30, Gay Pride Day.
ACT UP
›
HIV
NYC
›
HIV transmission UP
NYC prevention
budget DOWN!
NYC has cut prevention funding, even as
HIV transmission is on the rise.
As fewer community organizations offer
HIV testing, testing at city clinics is often
hard to get/hard to get to.
WE DEMAND
The new mayor must restore
funding for HIV prevention—
without diverting money from
treatment programs. ¶ Prevention
programs have to be tailored to
the full range of gay men—young
men, men of color and men who
use drugs—& to the special needs
of transgender women. ¶ Today’s
HIV prevention programs have to
There are a range of tools for preventing
HIV, but few New Yorkers know about
them & city efforts to get the word out
have failed.
be queer-friendly & sex-positive.
They have to build on the earlier
model of safer sex programs, but
cannot be confined to it. ¶ Prevention programs have to offer
counseling on the full range of
available strategies for reducing
the risk of HIV infection. ¶ NYC
has to educate New Yorkers, their
doctors & city emergency rooms
ACT UP
actupny.com /
about PEP drugs that can prevent
infection if taken shortly after
sexual exposure to HIV. ¶ NYC
has to help New Yorkers & their
doctors decide if they are good
candidates for PrEP, a drug taken
before exposure to HIV that can
protect against it. ¶ Prevention
programs must provide a bridge
to care, counseling & treatment.
REUNITED
IN ANGER
TO END
AIDS
actupny / [email protected]