SAN DIEGO -- A social marketing campaign to get Latino LGBTQ youth tested for HIV launched in San Diego on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The campaign is titled "Sabemos Que No Es Asi (We Know Different)."

Their focus is to increase access and utilization of free HIV testing.

The "We Know Different" message

They say we're scared.
They say we don't care.
They say we wont stop AIDS.

WE KNOW DIFFERENT.

Take a friend.
Get tested.
Get your Results.
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Dicen que no tenemos miedo.
Dicen que no nos importa.
Dicen que no papararemos el SIDA.

QUEENS, N.Y. -- Victor Mooney is hoping the third time's the charm for his one-man journey to raise AIDS awareness.

The Queens man is planning to row a boat solo from Africa to New York as part of his quixotic campaign to fight the deadly disease.

Mooney's already failed twice before, but this time he's determined to make the 5,000 mile trek safely.

"Until there's a cure, we can't give up in this fight for AIDS," said the Forest Hills resident, who showed off his new boat "Never Give Up" at a Brooklyn marina Sunday.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- State Rep. Larry Brown said during a discussion of his legislative goals for the year that the government should not spend money to treat adults with HIV or AIDS who "caused it by the way they live."

Brown, R-Forsyth, made the comments when asked by the Winston-Salem Journal to talk about his goals for the N.C. General Assembly session set to begin this month.

He began by discussing his support for a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to a union between one man and one woman, which would forestall any efforts to allow same-sex marriage.

MILWAUKEE -- A discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of Melody Rose, a woman living with HIV who was denied gallbladder surgery, has been resolved.

Lambda Legal and the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) announced the news today.

Rose is a Wisconsin woman who alleged that she was denied surgery by Steven M. Cahee, M.D., the Fond du Lac Regional Clinic and Agnesian Healthcare because of concerns the doctor had regarding his own health.