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HIV Community Split Over PSA

HIV Community Split Over PSA

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AIDS advocates and activists are finding themselves divided over a New York City government-backed public service announcement that features the graphic effects that HIV can have on the body.

Long-time activist Larry Kramer thinks "it's about time" for such a hard-hitting campaign. "This ad is honest and true and scary, all of which it should be. H.I.V. is scary, and all attempts to curtail it via lily-livered nicey-nicey 'prevention' tactics have failed," he wrote to friends and colleagues after the ad was released, according to the New York Times.

For more, visit HIV Plus Mag.

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