Several prominent black and Latina women in western New York State made a public showing of taking HIV tests yesterday during a church service in Buffalo, NY. The women, who included Buffalo Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples and County Legislator Betty Jean Grant, took oral swab tests in front of a congregation of about 700 in order to encourage minority communities to get tested.
"I am psychologically suffering from body wasting, mainly hips, face, legs and arms. Does anyone know where I can order something (maybe underwear with foam) to fill the sunken hips, so that pants can start looking normal? I feel pathetic when I look at myself in the mirror in jeans—jeans used to fill up so nicely, now they just hang!"