Larry Kramer: People Who Use PrEP are Cowardly

[Liza's Headband]

Let's b e hnest. I'd do Larry.

[vpd1981]

When you read or see a play (or the film versions) of work, such as Kramer's "The Normal Heart," or the new McNally play "Mothers and Sons," or the films "Philadelphia," "It's My Party," "Angels in America," "How to Survive a Plague," "We Were There," or "Longtime Companion," (to name but only a few) it is stunning to see how far the medical field has come in terms of treatment.

That anyone, Kramer especially, would try to belittle any progress, or anyones choice to take advantage of such progress is baffling.

HIV/AIDS is still a terrifying thing; I have so many young friends who are ignorant and careless with their health. I constantly hear people compare HIV/AIDS with diabetes. "Oh, it can be treated now, it's just like diabetes." First of all, diabetes can still kill someone. It's still a disease that needs to be treated medically. It wasn't always such a small disease.

I applaud the progress. I wish there was more. I applaud anyone who wants to live their life the way they want to; shaming the people who choose to take this drug as a preventative (either in conjunction with or in place of condoms) is no different than saying a woman who takes birth control is a slut.

[FindingNamo]

Shaming people about sex or drug use has never stopped a single infection.