In the moment is an innovative series of “webisodes”, short online dramas formatted for the Internet. Set in West Hollywood In the moment aims at reaching gay men and at providing a portal for discussion about safe sex and relationships.
The idea is original and the advocates behind the project should be praised for having identified the Internet both as today’s most growing means of communication for gay men and as the best medium to reach them. Unfortunately, the result rather come as a miss and fails to engage with the …

Credit crunch, recession or maybe Jamie Oliver’s crusade for a better care for chicken might explain why Sainsbury is putting security tags on its frozen chickens to stop the birds being stolen from their shop.
“Sainsbury’s has introduced the measure at its Hampden Park store near Eastbourne, East Sussex, where frozen chickens have been alarmed with the security devices usually used to prevent theft of expensive alcohol and high-value clothing.
The supermarket is believed to have taken the move after recording a rise in shoplifting of the chickens – both the top-of-the-range …

“A tiny group of Republican senators continues to block a vote on an important bill to increase American spending on AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world” i.e. PEPFAR.
Republicans opposing the re-authorisation of PEPFAR have done so on different grounds. A recurring argument being the cost of the President’s plan which, lest we forget represents less than 1.5% of the cost of the Iraq war. Another argument is the elimination of the statutory ban on admitting people infected with the HIV virus into the US, putting the country on …

Last Saturday London Pride was an opportunity to really appreciate the diversity of the LGBT people. All were represented and if there was a need to prove that your imaginary “gay” may not fit the picture some have in mind. Here it is.

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An editorial in The Lancet comments the World Disasters Report 2008 published by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) . Previous IFRC disaster reports focused on natural events but this year’s report is concerned with the only one issue: HIV.
“The report has three key messages. First, effective interventions to tackle HIV/AIDS are not being targeted at the right groups. In too many countries where the HIV epidemic is concentrated in high-risk groups (sex workers, injecting drug users, men who have sex with men), governments …