World AIDS Day is celebrated December 1st of each year. It's a day of action for HIV and AIDS. I'm not going to preach to anyone, but all I can say is that make sure you are smart when it comes to having sex. You can't look at someone and tell they are infected. Always use protection (at least until you and your partner have been tested.) I was listening to the radio this morning, and they were talking about how back in the '80s HIV/AIDS was mainly prevalent in the gay white community, and now it's highly present in the black straight women community. That wasn't shocking to me - HIV/AIDS was bound to spread into other communities. What was shocking, was the fact that nowadays, the percentage in gay white men with new cases of HIV/AIDS has decreased significantly, yet the percentage in black women keeps going up. I don't understand how as black women we can make sure we look fly when we go out, but we can't make sure that we ask questions to our partners or even make them strap up before they go up in us. FYI -- you should be tested for HIV once a year, and if you have a very active sex life with multiple partners) every six months. Please go get tested and smarten up when it comes to having sex! Respect & Protect yourself....

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http://www.worldaidsday.org/index.asp