It must be an election year. Bush partially lifts the HIV ban to the US<\/a> yesterday (as pointed out to me by Kingston Andy, the guy who married me off). Good news for HIV+ people travelling to the US. Now they’re pretty much level with people who regularly travel to the US and get nervous around power-mad TSA agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From Andy:<\/p>\n

…the history of this is that it was a Democrat controlled Congress that introduced the restriction in 1987 and signed into law by Ronald Reagan, and it is again a Democratic controlled congress that sponsored the new bill signed into law by Bush. There was an expectation Bush might veto this line in the overall bill, but he didnt.<\/p>\n

Of course, back in 1987, alot of straight people including law makers were under the impression you could get HIV by sitting on a toilet or kissing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So it looks like the FFN people can take an indefinite leave<\/a>. Or maybe make nice with the Church Street BIA and stop this egotistical pissing match that countermands the Pride view of unity<\/em> and maybe create a street festival that would rival Folsom’s. Just a thought. <\/p>\n

Regardless of my bitchiness, this is good news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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