Let's AID the disadvantaged against AIDS

Black gay men are routinely at the “back of the line” when it comes to receiving treatment for HIV and AIDS despite being the population most in need, according to a study released this week. Experts say the problem is especially prevalent in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where black men account for 51 percent of AIDS patients, according to the Louisiana Office of Public Health. The mere fact that a group that should be at the front of the queue is for no good reason shoved to the back is totally unfair and biased. That particular group encounters enough obstacles to treatment (including but not limited to poverty, unemployment, and lack of access to health care) even without racism and homophobia. In other news, last night's deadly shootings at a movie theater in Colorado have briefly silenced the presidential campaign, prompting both Obama and Romney to cut short their schedules and pull advertising in the state out of respect for the victims and their families.