South Beach AIDS Project Addresses HIV/AIDS with a Holistic Approach by David Volz The South Beach AIDS Project (SoBAP) is approaching the fight against HIV/AIDS from a wider angle. Over the past few months, SoBAP has been testing people for syphilis and, over the next few weeks, will start testing for a range of sexually transmitted and other infections. Often people with syphilis also test positive for HIV. Syphilis infection is considered a cofactor of HIV infection and progression. This is especially true in the gay [...]

Nonfiction by Rob Zukowski Test Run It was the summer of 1987 and I was newly out. Like any twenty year-old having just thrust open the closet doors, I was looking for experiences and adventures. I’d spent my young life nestled in suburbia, living between the northernmost Bronx and southernmost Westchester. In the early days of my gay life, I frequented an assortment of bars and dance clubs in North Jersey, Westchester, Rockland and Connecticut. I was bored with the white crunch socks, pastel-colored shirts, [...]

[FILM] The Test Directed by Gary Strieker Cielo Productions Part-documentary, part-strategic communication, The Test shares the success of the CarePack Demonstration Project, which sought to lessen the impact of HIV, malaria, and diarrhea on the lives of Kenyans. The film is lovingly photographed and offers a diversity of voices—it makes a good case for its suggestion to scale up these efforts. The suggestion is partial: The film and the campaign were created by Vestergaard Frandsen, makers of emergency response and disease control products who follow [...]