HIV/AIDS Prevention

CDC threatens program over workshops

Published in AIDS Weekly, July 7th, 2003

U.S. federal health officials have warned an HIV/AIDS prevention program that its federal funding will be cut if it does not stop offering classes that "encourage or promote sexual activity."

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specifically criticized the nonprofit Stop AIDS Project for a workshop that offers guidelines on "safe and friendly relations" with male prostitutes, another that discusses oral sex, and a third entitled "Bootylicious" that provides tips for successful anal intercourse.

The June 13, 2003, warning, announced in a letter, came 4 months after the agency cleared Stop AIDS following a review prompted by complaints...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-07-07)

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