The HIV Minister

" . . . I say he died from shame and stigma."

Part of the reason we need AIDS walks and AIDS rides is because every conversation we have with those who witness us will chip a little more of the stigma away. Everyone still has to make a decision of which side of stigma they choose to be on - but as walkers, riders and volunteers - we gently say that we choose to be on the side of love. With every pedal turn, we say that no one should die from shame and stigma. No one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPLslFRaX1w