Boy murdered because he was HIV+

According to an article posted on 365gay.com a Kenyian boy named Isaiah Gakuyo was presumed to be killed by his uncle, who was his care taker, his mother and grandmother had passed from AIDS.

The police had said that the uncle had gotten upset because Isaiah would not use a separate utensils, and he was killed with a pitchfork.

Here is the article

(Nairobi) Hundreds of people marched through the capital of Kenya on Thursday to protest the killing of a boy who was HIV-positive.

Isaiah Gakuyo's mother and grandmother had already died of AIDS and the boy was being cared for by his uncle.

Police say the uncle became angry because the youth would not use separate eating utensils and killed him with a pitch-fork.

The uncle had been investigated in the past for abusing the boy.

The child was removed from his care and for a time was looked after by a social service agency. But recently the uncle was allowed to resume cared.

Following the murder the uncle disappeared and AIDS activists who organized Thursday's protest called on police to find the man and bring him to justice.

They said that the killing shows the fear and ignorance of HIV/AIDS in Kenya.

Kenya is one of the recipients of US AIDS funds but the money is tied to the promotion of abstinence, a condition of receiving the money.
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I believe this shows the fear many people have of HIV/AIDS, especially in Kenya. Mentioned later in the article was that Kenya receives US AIDS funds only to be used for abstience promotion, having sex education anywhere that isn't comprehensive is irresponsible because abstaining sex from is not the only option Kenyians have, or anyone has, but especially Kenya.

Embrace Diversity

"We’re getting off on a morass here of political correctness."
Colorado Sen. Jim Dyer (R) opposing a bill to outlaw discrimination of gays in jobs and housing.

Unfortunately I feel Mr. Dyer has too many people that agree with him. I feel as if people are wanting to just remember their own identity and culture and not accept and acknowledge other cultures, ethnicities and identities. I feel as if that there is a backlash in the strive for acceptance of all people, not just a gay backlash, but that definitely fuels the fire.

Under the right wing hold we have in the US government there is a turning back to what some would tout as "Traditional American Values", denying and ignoring the rights of ethnic minorities and sexual minorities, I feel that the strive for the rights of minorities has taken a deep plunge and suffered a major backlash.

Though, I believe people are opening their eyes and waking up to the reality we see under the Bush administration, where this administration has a love affair with the rich Christian white male, while ignroing the greivances of anyone that doesn't fit that image of America to them. America is named the melting pot for a reason, and diversity is what makes America one of the best countries to live in. Let's keep it that way, and let's learn about each other instead of focusing solely on ourselves. Main point being: Embrace Diversity.

UNCG PRIDE! Movie Night and Upcoming Events

UNCG PRIDE! will be having their movie night with the documentary "Paragraph 175" which interviews those men and women who suffered through Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Paragraph 175 was the German code that had outlawed sex between men from 1871 until it was ultimately revoked in 1994. Many provisions to the code were made during the years it was existence.

The movie is in German with English subtitles and is narrated in English.

It will be held tomorrow evening, Thursday, April 20th @ 7:30PM in the Ferguson Room in the EUC.

We will be co-sponsoring this upcoming Monday with Alpha Delta Pi, a safe sex presentation by Jean Workman from the Guilford County Department of Health. It will be held in the Jamison Parlor, there will be individuals there to let you in to the dorm. This event will be held Monday, April 24th @ 8pm.

Our last meeting of the year will be next Thursday, April 27th, with our End of the Year Picnic in the Tower Village Courtyard (someone will be there at 7PM to open up and let you in).

I hope to see you all at one or more of those events!

Thanks,
Samantha

Questions? email me at uncgpride2006@hotmail.com or give me a call at 336-255-4417

Pink and Indigo Girls singing and writing the truth

Pink and the Indigo Girls came together to make a wonderful protest song titled "Dear Mr. President", it encompasses all the anger, pain, frustration, and hate felt under Bush's rule and administration. No one lyric doesn't hit a chord within me, and I think you will feel the same way once you listen to the song. Purchase the song off of itunes for .99, it's definitely worth it.

"Dear Mr. President"
Pink feat. Indigo Girls

Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel when you look in the mirror
Are you proud

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why

Dear Mr. President
Were you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
How can you say
No child is left behind
We're not dumb and we're not blind
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pay the road to hell

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye

Let me tell you bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night
How do you walk with your head held high
Dear Mr. President
You'd never take a walk with me
Would you

Vernon Robinson's "Twilight Zone" Campaign TV AD

Vernon Robinson is running for the 13th district of North Carolina against Democratic incumbent Brad Miller . I haven't learned much about Mr. Robinson till now, he is quite the interesting candidate. He ran against Virginia Foxx in 2004 to gain the Republican candidacy for the 5th district, which he did not receive. He had ran against Democrat Molly Leight for a seat on Winston Salem's City Council in 2005, and lost, but had served two terms on the Council, where he is one of two Republicans on the Council.

I ran across his new campaign ad for his 2006 run against Brad Miller, and I find it to be ridiuclous because these types of "values" he said that he is in favor of are hateful and unconstitutional. At the end of this ad it shows the family from Leave it to Beaver waving, which is supposed to represent his view of "Traditional American Values". You know, if he wanted to go back to 1955, than he can get himself a time machine if it was possible and try to run for Congress then and see if he could run for Congress, let alone get a support he has now (which is scary that he has one at all) considering how most Americans felt about African Americans then.

I believe it to be funny, but in a rather sick, you are shocked, but I suppose that's his intended purpose. My intended purpose is to show this to many people as possible and keep Brad Miller in office.

Watch below and be horrified and then register to vote, cause I'm sure no matter where you are there is a fool like Vernon Robinson promoting hate, prejudice, and ignorance as "Traditional American Values", hell, our government, all 3 branches, are run by fools like these.