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Every December 1st World AIDS Day is celebrated which aims to reflect on the global AIDS epidemic due to the spread of the HIV virus. The first of December is made up of 24 hours, but a year is made up of 365 days, which is why the volunteers of Jonathan Project have decided to collect and tell every day the hopes, dreams and difficulties of many men and women, straight and gay, who live with this disease. To make people understand the importance of not letting your guard down and of always use a condom. The spread of AIDS is growing, silently, but it is growing. Never forget it! If you want, send us your story too gionatanews@gmail.com

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Queer people living with HIV aren't just statistics

Text by Jordan J. Edwards*, published on the LGBTQ Nation website (United States) on February 5, 2025. Freely translated by the Gionata Project volunteers. HIV, to me, has never been just a statistic. It has never been something distant, an abstract concern or a faceless condition, as it is for so many people. He was never alone...

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AIDS and Holy Week

Article by Trenton Straube published on the POZ magazine website (United States) on 8 April 2020, freely translated by Silvia Lanzi We are experiencing Holy Week, the days that lead us to Easter Sunday. Regardless of your religious denomination (if you even have one), now is a good time to check out the six-part podcast “The Plague:…

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AIDS and Catholics. An untold story

Text* taken from the book Hidden Mercy: Aids, Catholics, and the Untold Story of Compassion in the Face of Fear by Michael J. O'Loughlin**, published on the website of the radio station WBUR (United States) on 1 December 2021, freely translated by Silvia Lanzi When Father Bill McNichols...

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AIDS, Catholics, and the untold story of compassion in the face of fear

Article by Peter O'Dowd* and Allison Hagan** published on the website of the radio station WBUR (United States) on 1 December 2021, freely translated by Silvia Lanzi In the 1980s and 1990s, many activists in the fight against AIDS believed that the Catholic Church had turned its back on those who were dying; instead, many Catholic faithful and many priests have approached and have...

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What unite San Campion and the victims of AIDS? They were both killed by fear

Homily* by Father Matt Malone SJ** published on the website of the Jesuit weekly America (United States) on 1 December 2020, freely translated by Sabrina G. It was December 1992, on one of those long, gray winter afternoons when the world seems unbearable. For reasons I don't remember, but which certainly seemed terrible to me, I had had enough of life,...

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The path to involving churches in the fight against aIDS

Article published on the website of the Los Angeles Times newspaper (United States) on 7 June 2003, freely translated by Silvia Lanzi About three hundred, including pastors of churches frequented by people of color and activists, gathered in a meeting on AIDS in the black community, and the message they heard from Pernessa Seele is simple: "Get involved". Pernessa is the...

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The fight against HIV must be intertwined with efforts to cure COVID-19

Reflections by Winnie Byanyima, executive director of UNAIDS, published on the website Of The Global Cause association (Great britain) On 20 november 2020, Freely Translated By claudia pannozzo “Global solidarity, shared responsibility” is the theme Of this year's world AIDS day. the slogan couldn't be more poignant as we continue to cope with the global Pandemic. COVID-19 has amplified and...

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Nonostante il covid non dimentichiamo la pandemia di HIV

Articolo di Lois Chingandu pubblicato sul sito della Global Cause Foundation (Gran Bretagna) il 25 novembre 2020, liberamente tradotto da Giulia Garofani La risposta globale al COVID-19 ha dimostrato che tutto è possibile. Ora abbiamo bisogno dello stesso impegno per sconfiggere l’AIDS. L’AIDS non è scomparso. Forse possediamo trattamenti efficaci e metodi di prevenzione innovativi, ma non siamo riusciti a...