John and husband, David Furnish
He believes that the rapidly spreading of HIV/AIDS across Africa, is because most african's are afraid to come out publicly to say they are gay. Sir Elton and his husband, David Furnish, will unveil a new partnership with the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), inconjuction with the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Each contributing $5 million to a fund to increase access to medication for people with HIV and AIDS in countries that are prejudiced toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.
As at today, most african countries have vehemently refused to recognize LGBT community. In some countries it is punishable under law, with up to 14-year jail sentence on anyone that is gay. On Thursday, Elton John Aids Foundation has gave $5m to organisations in sub-Saharan Africa who work with lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people suffering from AIDS or HIV.
He said the stigmatization they suffer makes them more vulnerable to contracting the disease. “We’re seeing an alarming growth in infections amongst these communities [where] we find that LGBT people are stigmatized where they live,” John told CNBC’s Tania Bryer.
“It stigmatizes the disease and the conditions where they live and so they don’t come out and have HIV tests. They feel nervous about going on the medication, about being labelled or branded as someone with HIV, so we really have to go in and attack the root of the problem and that is the stigmatization and the lack of safe access to treatment and advice and counselling.
“Otherwise, we won’t stop the disease in its tracks.”
What rubbish? You can imagine their ignorance and assert their crase for sodomy.
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