Episode 110: Sex and the Single Swede – Celia Farber Considers Julian Assange’s Refusal of an ‘HIV Test’
Episode 110: Sex and the Single Swede - Celia Farber Considers Julian Assange's Refusal of an 'HIV Test' [ 1 h 16 min 48 s | 35.16 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (747)In August 2010, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange refused to take an “HIV test” in Sweden at the request of two young women with whom he had had consensual sex. To avoid extradition to Sweden to face accusations under that country’s “expansive,” and expanding, rape law, Assange has been effectively imprisoned for the past four years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
“Only in the shadow of the 1980s HIV/AIDS mushroom cloud, could a broken condom be met with such hysteria, and morph into a criminal drama, involving several governments and millions of dollars,” wrote former “How Positive Are You” co-host Celia Farber. Close to the fourth anniversary of Assange’s exile, Elizabeth Ely joins Celia in her Manhattan kitchen for tea and discussion of her February 2016 New York Observer article on the sexual politics of this unusual case. Continue reading »
Comment (0)Episode 97: The ‘Gutierrez’ Decision Ends the ‘HIV Criminalization’ Era, Says Attorney Kevin McDermott
Just like that, about 25 years of risking an “aggravated assault” or similar charge for not informing a sexual partner that you’re “HIV positive” are effectively over. On February 23, 2015, the highest U.S. military court judged the risk of contracting “HIV” from sex as so low that it is no longer a serious crime not to tell sexual partners. Attorney and ex-Marine reservist Kevin McDermott talks to “How Positive Are You” co-host Elizabeth Ely about the decision in United States v. Gutierrez and how it might affect civilian as well as military cases.
The U.S. armed forces mandate “HIV testing” of all active-duty personnel every six months. Testimony in similar court cases has revealed low standards for this testing — and on more health conditions than “HIV.” This has been devastating to the lives, health, careers, reputations, retirement benefits and families of thousands who serve their country. We urge all, inside and outside the military, to review the limitations of HIV testing. Continue reading »
Comments (2)Episode 88: Attorney Robert Parker Mills on the ‘AIDS’-Blackmailing of Rock Hudson, Alive and Dead
Thirty years ago this summer, doctors told actor Rock Hudson that he had “AIDS.” A year later, he collapsed in a hotel room in Paris, igniting a public hysteria around a virus then said to threaten everyone. A little over a year later, Hudson was dead at 59, AIDS had gone mainstream, and a young drifter named Marc Christian, claiming to have been the Hollywood heartthrob’s lover, filed a lawsuit against the estate for “emotional distress” for fear of having caught a fatal virus. Attorney and author Robert Parker Mills chats with “How Positive Are You” co-host Elizabeth (Beth) Ely about defending the estate — and the posthumous reputation — of one of the most beloved stars of movies and television, in 1988-89. Continue reading »
Comment (1)Episode 68: South African ‘HIV’ Thriver Lizé Oosthuizen
If you believe in AIDS “risk groups,” Lizé Oosthuizen is the kind of person this isn’t supposed to happen to: a fairly affluent, white South African woman. She received her “HIV” diagnosis in 2005 after her boyfriend, who was ill, tested “positive.” Even though her “numbers” were “good,” she immediately started taking AZT but soon quit and has not touched “anti-retrovirals” (ARVs) since. In her conversation with “How Positive Are You” co-hosts David Crowe and Elizabeth Ely, she describes her health as excellent.
Comment (0)Episode 64: Thomas Shevory and the Nushawn Williams Lynching
Thomas Shevory is author of the 2004 book, “Notorious HIV: The Media Spectacle of Nushawn Williams.” He gives David and Elizabeth a lot of background on the case and discusses the upcoming civil trial that could see Nushawn, whose sentence expired two years ago, locked up in a mental institution for the rest of his life. Does this shock you? It should . . . especially since the Office of Medical and Scientific Justice (OMSJ) has found there is no evidence that Williams has ever been HIV positive.
Comment (0)Episode 51: “Jane”, an HIV-positive Nurse
Episode 51: Jane, an HIV-positive Nurse [ 1 h 00 min 00 s | 27.47 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (706)“Jane” (not her real name) is an HIV-positive nurse who has experienced the lies of HIV and AIDS from both sides. David Crowe and Elizabeth Ely speak to her for an hour about her experiences and her thoughts on HIV testing and AIDS drugs.
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