{"id":23001,"date":"2014-05-16T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=23001"},"modified":"2014-05-16T18:25:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T22:25:07","slug":"may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/","title":{"rendered":" Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rate of HIV infections has stabilized in every demographic in America accept for one. It has increased by twenty-two percent in recent years for young gay men 13 to 25 years old. A Chicago-based organization called The Night Ministry, founded by clergy members, has equipped a van to offer rapid free testing and other resources right on the street. Rabbi Menachem Cohen serves with them. &#8220;What it comes down to is we meet people where they are at, and we provide the services they need, and HIV testing is one of the important services people need.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rate of HIV infections in America is rising for young gay men. Groups like the Chicago-based Night Ministry are meeting them where they are, offering free testing right out of a van on the street. &#8220;Churches have been powerful communities of support for people living with HIV,&#8221; says Matt Richards of the University of Chicago Medicine\u2019s community programs. &#8220;On the other hand, churches have often been a primary driver of really shaming, stigmatizing, inaccurate messages about HIV.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":23071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[970,5496,3901,5685,1829,10005],"class_list":["post-23001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-aids","tag-chicago","tag-epidemic","tag-gay","tag-hiv","tag-young-adults","topics-health-and-medicine","topics-us-domestic-issues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>May 16, 2014 ~ Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago | May 16, 2014 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mobile ministries try to curb the rate of HIV infections with education, rapid testing, and a welcoming outreach.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"May 16, 2014 ~ Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago | May 16, 2014 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mobile ministries try to curb the rate of HIV infections with education, rapid testing, and a welcoming outreach.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-16T16:02:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-05-16T22:25:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/05\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anton Vidale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anton Vidale\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anton Vidale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35\"},\"headline\":\"Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-16T16:02:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-05-16T22:25:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":103,\"commentCount\":6,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AIDS\",\"Chicago\",\"epidemic\",\"Gay\",\"HIV\",\"young adults\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Videocast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/\",\"name\":\"May 16, 2014 ~ Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago | May 16, 2014 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-16T16:02:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-05-16T22:25:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35\"},\"description\":\"Mobile ministries try to curb the rate of HIV infections with education, rapid testing, and a welcoming outreach.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/16\\\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\\\/23001\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion&#039;s role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/search-results\\\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35\",\"name\":\"Anton Vidale\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/author\\\/vidalea\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"May 16, 2014 ~ Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago | May 16, 2014 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","description":"Mobile ministries try to curb the rate of HIV infections with education, rapid testing, and a welcoming outreach.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"May 16, 2014 ~ Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago | May 16, 2014 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","og_description":"Mobile ministries try to curb the rate of HIV infections with education, rapid testing, and a welcoming outreach.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/","og_site_name":"Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"2014-05-16T16:02:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-05-16T22:25:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/05\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anton Vidale","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anton Vidale"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/"},"author":{"name":"Anton Vidale","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35"},"headline":"Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago","datePublished":"2014-05-16T16:02:35+00:00","dateModified":"2014-05-16T22:25:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/"},"wordCount":103,"commentCount":6,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/05\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg","keywords":["AIDS","Chicago","epidemic","Gay","HIV","young adults"],"articleSection":["Videocast"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/","name":"May 16, 2014 ~ Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago | May 16, 2014 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/05\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg","datePublished":"2014-05-16T16:02:35+00:00","dateModified":"2014-05-16T22:25:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35"},"description":"Mobile ministries try to curb the rate of HIV infections with education, rapid testing, and a welcoming outreach.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/16\/may-16-2014-young-gay-men-and-hiv-in-chicago\/23001\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/05\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/05\/Chicago-HIV-Epidemic-v1-FEAT.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion&#039;s role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35","name":"Anton Vidale","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/vidalea\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}