In these circumstances the A-word that interests me is not apathy , imagined as a form of culpable voluntary moral failing , but alliances , above all between different generations of gay men who share such closely parallel contemporary challenges . The AIDS Day theme ` ` getting to know '' is a goal that remains patently unachievable , he says . The young are disproportionately affected ` ` because they have no access to targeted HIV education '' HIV may no longer be an automatic death sentence , ` ` but it is still a death sentence , '' he says . New alliances between different generations of gay men , and achievable local goals , are required .
The AIDS Day theme ` ` getting to know '' is a goal that remains patently unachievable , he says . The young are disproportionately affected ` ` because they have no access to targeted HIV education '' HIV may no longer be an automatic death sentence , ` ` but it is still a death sentence , '' he says . New alliances between different generations of gay men , and achievable local goals , are required .