{"id":7629,"date":"2015-12-15T11:05:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T05:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak?p=7629"},"modified":"2018-08-08T15:19:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T09:49:17","slug":"the-editorial-hiv-and-sexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/the-editorial-hiv-and-sexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Editorial: HIV and Sexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"

On World AIDS Day, we published the first issue of this month\u2019s\u00a0In Plainspeak<\/em>\u00a0with the theme HIV and Sexuality. Global funding for research and work around HIV issues has dried out over the past decade or so, with official statistics declaring it a slowing-down affliction; according to reports, it is a \u201cdeclining trend<\/a>\u201d, with a 19% drop<\/a>\u00a0in new HIV infections between 2005 and 2013.<\/p>\n

The mid-month issue features Sankhya Bommana\u2019s Voices article on the pitfalls<\/a> of how HIV has been tackled in India. Look out for Part 2<\/a> of SANGRAM\u2019s Voices article on intersectionality in practice between marginalised groups in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.<\/p>\n

Our Interview this month is with Kiran Deshmukh, President of VAMP Plus, on negotiating HIV in sex work<\/a>. The interview, in Hindi, has been edited by Dipika Srivastava. We also republish a video interview of Anjali Gopalan <\/a>from our archives.<\/p>\n

The Blog Roll contains curated articles from around the Web: what the mainstream conversation is missing<\/a> about Charlie Sheen\u2019s coming out as HIV-positive, Alliance India\u2019s note<\/a> on World AIDS Day this year, two reminiscences: one, of Siddharth Dube recounting<\/a> how homophobia affected the upper class Delhi man in the 1980s, and two, of a white medical NGO worker\u2019s experiences with HIV in Central Asia<\/a>; also, Edwin Cameron, a Justice of South Africa\u2019s Supreme Court of Appeal explains why criminalising HIV is counter-productive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And an editorial bonus: watch Vivek Diwan<\/a> talk about the LGBT movement, the law, and its connections with HIV.<\/p>\n

In the first issue of the month,\u00a0Mona Mishra<\/a> gave us an Issue In Focus overview of the journey India has been through with HIV so far.<\/p>\n

Three Voices articles echoed various concerns around HIV in India: Edwina Pereira wrote about HIV-positive children and\u00a0their sexual rights<\/a>; human rights activist organisation, SANGRAM, explored\u00a0intersectionality in practice<\/a>\u00a0between various marginalised groups including sex workers, HIV-positive people, MSM (men who have sex with men), and transpeople; and Siddharth Narrain charted out<\/a>\u00a0the connections between the LGBT movement and HIV in India.<\/p>\n

Kristin Francoeur\u00a0reviewed<\/a>\u00a0the book,\u00a0Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction and HIV\/AIDS in India<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>by Cecilia Van Hollen \u2013 a handy guide for activists, researchers, and others involved in working with HIV and AIDS issues in India.<\/p>\n

Brushstrokes featured Sunil Gupta\u2019s photographic\u00a0rendering of everyday lives\u00a0<\/a>of children living with HIV, and the Video Page had HIV-positive guys\u00a0retorting humorously<\/a>\u00a0to mean dating app messages.<\/p>\n

The TARSHI Corner is an\u00a0HIV myth-dispelling series<\/a>\u00a0of posters we created, and a FAQs page clears the air about the\u00a0routes of HIV transmission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The end of a year is time to take stock: please take a few minutes to take this survey<\/a> on what you think about In Plainspeak. <\/em>We\u2019d love to hear what you have to say about the eMagazine.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re also excited to announce that\u00a0In Plainspeak<\/em>\u00a0is going to get an all-new look in the coming weeks. We\u2019re testing it out at the moment, so don\u2019t be surprised if you suddenly spot some unexplained changes in how the eMagazine looks till then.<\/p>\n

And as we pore over the HIV and Sexuality issue, let us remember\u00a0Dr. Suniti Solomon<\/a>, whose path-breaking contribution to HIV and AIDS research in India has changed lives.<\/p>\n

We begin 2016 with a bang \u2013 January\u2019s issue is Humour and Sexuality, and it also most certainly looks like we\u2019re going to be publishing more Hindi content from next month on.<\/p>\n

Until then, happy reading!<\/p>\n

The TARSHI Team<\/p>\n

Image by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade \/ CC BY 2.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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