02 Dec HIV activists dump half a ton of cow dung outside UKIP office
HIV activists embraced in a gay kiss as they dumped half a ton of cow dung outside the South London office of UKIP. They were disgusted by UKIP leader Nigel Farage and other politicians in the party saying people living with HIV should be barred from coming to Britain.
The World AIDS Day (1 December) protest symbolizes a rebirth by the London chapter of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power), a group which has had been less visible in the UK in the last decade.
ACT UP activist Gary Hunter said: ‘We’ve had enough of UKIP’s misinformation and offensive attacks on minorities. We wanted to show Farage that people living with HIV aren’t going to take his BS any longer – so we’ve returned it.The vile crap that UKIP keeps spreading stigmatizes and ostracizes people living with HIV, gay people and immigrants. We thought this steaming pile of muck was a great representation of what we, as HIV-positive people, think of UKIP’s agenda.’
The pile of manure at the UKIP offices in South London was decorated with an AIDS ribbon and the label ‘What goes around comes around. Solidarity on World AIDS Day. #UkipStinks’
Activist Dan Glass added: ‘Farage has suggested the UK should do what the USA and “virtually every other country in the world” do and ban people with HIV from living here, because “We can’t afford to have people with life-threatening diseases”.
‘But those are all lies. Only about 12% of countries deport people with HIV, the USA repealed its ban in 2010.This past week Farage’s former deputy leader made outrageous comments blaming gays for HIV, saying we lead “short, miserable lives. If anything is making us miserable it’s their fear-mongering and demonization, which makes people afraid to get tested or discuss their status.’
UKIP politicians have previously said gay marriage causes floods and that if you shoot one gay, another 99 would turn straight.
Source: Gay Star News