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1. A Message From My Gay Brothers on National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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By Michael Everett, MHS | September 25, 2017
As we gear up for National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, I have a message for you from my gay brothers. That’s right. Not to them, but from us to you. We need your help! Yes, you!
For the last 30+ years, HIV has been instrumental in drawing attention to the experiences of gay men in the United States
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2. The Cost of the Closet: Reflections on Gay Men and National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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By Michael Everett, MHS | October 15, 2015
Confinement has its costs. There are costs to being confined physically, emotionally, sexually, mentally or spatially for any period of time. You can often tell when people have grown up in isolation, or with little social interaction. They seem unprepared for social exchanges.
I have seen a version of this with members of the LGBT community. We grow up and discover that what we feel on the inside is seen as wrong in the larger world around us. We learn that who we are “goes against” religious and historical principles.
This can really do a number on you.
- By Michael Everett, MHS
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