Blog #2

Homosexuality has been something that has been easily looked at for many generations as the main transmission of HIV. During the 1980s in the Caribbeans, many people believed that HIV was widely transmitted through homosexual men. It was until the mid 80s that people started to realize that homosexuals were not the main mode of transmission of HIV, but the heterosexual people were. Even though it has been a big dispute for many decades, many people label HIV as the "gay disease." This disease has placed a big stereotype on many homosexuals because of this myth.

DID YOU KNOW?
Homosexual males, who make up less than 2% of the US population, account for 56% of the adult AIDS cases?
"AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases among men who have sex with men." Fathers For Life. 14 Oct. 1999. 26 Jan. 2011. <http://fathersforlife.org/dale/aids1.html>.
"The Stigmatization of Homosexuals and Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, W.I.." The AIDS Pandemic. 22 Feb. 2008. 22 Jan. 2011. <http://the-aids-pandemic.blogspot.com/2008/02/stigmatization-of-homosexuals-and.html>.

Blog #1 And So It Begins.....

My first week of class was quite interesting. It took some time to get adjusted to the web course and I got a late start on things due to me adding the class near the end of the first week of the spring semester. My thoughts on being thrown into a web course on a disease that is still killing thousands of people each year is that it is a little intimidating at first. Being that there is a full course dedicated to learning information on HIV makes me question how much do I know about the disease. I was frightened in some ways because this is a disease that is growing in numbers across the world and each year more and more people are getting infected. I did not feel challenged because I feel that this course will better me in understanding the causes, effects, preventions, and other useful information. Following the first week, I feel that I have gained some valuable information that I will retain. As the semester progresses, I believe I will acquire more knowledge about this worldly disease and be able to educate my peers about what I have learned in this course.