Why are furry conventions offering HIV testing to attendees? - Dhole Moments
Why are furry conventions offering HIV testing to attendees? - Dhole Moments
Spoiler: It’s nothing scandalous or bad. Every once in a while, someone posts this photo on Twitter to attempt to dunk on furries: Midwest FurFest 2018 Over the years, I’ve seen this di…
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Maybe we wouldn't have to have so much testing if bigots hadn't pushed so hard to spread HIV around vulnerable people.
/rant
I feel like I'm out of the loop here, could you explain?
I assume this is in reference to the US (Regan's) (lack of / adversarial) response to AIDS in the 80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_and_AIDS
Ahh that makes sense, thanks for the info
It was not (at least not entirely). It was mostly general frustration at the demonisation of lgbt folks and contraception in the past, mostly due to Catholocism. If there wasn't as much of that, then I think HIV probably wouldn't be as much of a "thing" as it is nowadays.