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I fight AIDS because it's a killer disease, destroys the human race in all fields.

AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma.

You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.

I think AIDS can be won. I think we can win this fight. It is winnable. But it means behavior change.

Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with. I mean hate. Downright hate. Down and dirty hate.

You can't be involved in healthcare without being involved in the battle against AIDS.

We must encourage people to get educated, to get tested, to get involved in the fight against AIDS.

I had seen AIDS patients in India and Africa, and knowing that people were dying even though drugs existed that could help them was shattering for me.

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!

It's important not to lose sight of the fact people of all sorts are still putting themselves at risk. It happens to straight and gay, single and married. I have never been comfortable thinking of AIDS as something that 'other people' get.