Abstinence Quote by Harold Brodkey

It's important not to lose sight of the fact people of all sorts are still putting themselves at risk. It happens to straight and…

— Brande Roderick

HIV changed my life, but I think I've accepted it. I don't even think about it unless someone brings it up.

— Tommy Morrison

I think I started out okay but with AIDS came a great deal of silence about gayness and this period of lose and morning,…

— Margaret Cho

When AIDS first appeared, people didn't know what it was. You'll remember that it affected mostly young gay men - it was actually called…

— Seth Berkley

HIV/AIDS has been a big epidemic for my generation, it's been around for as long as I've been alive.

— Rihanna

I knew I was gay when I was around 13. There wasn't the internet, there weren't support groups, AIDS was everywhere. I mean, it…

— Rufus Wainwright

AIDS was one of those diseases that a lot of people tried to claim ownership over, and especially as someone who was, fortunately never…

— Dale Peck

The general population still thinks HIV is something that came in the 80s and went away, or that it only affects the gay population…

— Annie Lennox

I grew up in a different era. People were definitely afraid of HIV back then, but education also helped change the way we thought…

— Forrest Griffin

I remember my first friend who got sick. It was 1981, and the disease was called the gay cancer. I don't think the word…

— Ellen Barkin

Like no other illness, AIDS tests our ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes - to empathize with the plight of our fellow…

— Barack Obama

You know, it's a very treatable disease. You shouldn't feel ashamed. But I'm afraid that's carried on very much so from the first days…

— Elton John