In This Issue

New York City's Iris House has launched a groundbreaking HIV-prevention campaign—the first in the nation targeting heterosexual Black men, as well as gay and bisexual men. Rod McCullom reports.

Many Black gay men feel as though they're forced to choose between their love for men and their love for God. Both gay and married, Washington, D.C. Pastor Aaron B. Jones-Wade, helps us understand that being gay or bisexual and being spiritual isn't an either/or proposition and offers suggestions how men who have sex with men can deepen their connection with their spiritual selves.

The CDC has recently launched the NCHHSTP Atlas, a new interactive web tool that allows users access to CDC data so that they can map and analyze information on HIV/AID and several STDs. Our friends at AIDS.gov report. As the Republican presidential race unfolds, Kaiser Health News informs us about the two frontrunners' flip-flops on the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act. Our friends at ColorLines.com have run several articles about the recently released film Pariah, the story of a young Black lesbian woman coming of age and growing into her sexual orientation and sexual expression. We think this movie is important for many reasons, including because it portrays the challenges that gay and bisexual Black people often face in coming out and finding their place in their families, Black life and American society.

Finally, it's been three years since the Act Against AIDS campaign first rolled out. Jonathan Mermin, M.D., Ph.D., announces that the AAA Second Year-End Report is available and provides us with an update on its progress.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill