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Furnish: An AIDS-free generation is within our grasp

From a Speech by David Furnish, co-chair of the Elton John AIDS Foundation
We must fight, and end, the complacency about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in this country. And we must stop the active ignorance of the needs of the marginalized and the voiceless.
An AIDS-free generation is within our grasp, but we have to stop waiting for someone else to do something about it. It is up to us to do a better job of educating our young people about their sexual health. It is up to us to stop ignoring the needs of LGBT youth and people of color.
Each of us can do something right now to help end the epidemic. Get tested — and while you’re at it, urge your doctor to adopt HIV testing as a standard of care. Encourage others, especially the young people in your lives, to get tested, too. Speak out for comprehensive sexual health programming in your schools. And urge your local, state and federal representatives to provide full funding for HIV/AIDS education, testing and treatment programs.
The most vulnerable among us need our help. They need us to make our voices heard. If we want to achieve an AIDS-free generation, if we want to end AIDS, we have to act.
Full speech here