Pride Festivals Help Keep HIV Out of Wyoming
Friday, June 8, 2007
Wyoming has the fifth lowest HIV and AIDS rate in the country, and two festivals tomorrow aim to keep it that way. Wyoming Equality is holding its annual "Pride in the Park" events in Cheyenne, and the first one ever in Casper, which are in counties with the highest rate of HIV and AIDS in the state. Free, rapid, and confidential testing will be available at the events tomorrow. Bob Spencer from Wyoming Equality says there's more to it than just a blood test.
“There's also some counseling that goes along with it to help you prepare for hearing bad news or hearing good news.”
Three percent of adults in Wyoming are considered at high-risk for contracting HIV. The large majority of them are white males between the ages of 18 and 24.
Spencer notes that the events are in conjunction with hundreds of others during gay pride month.
“June is an important month because throughout this country, throughout the world actually, this is when we remember that we are proud of who we are.”
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