Mention HIV/AIDS, and chances are that your automatic association of it will be sex, never mind that there are many other causes for it. And since this is the month of AIDS Memorial Day, we thought it appropriate that Sex should occupy centre stage to our May line-ups.

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When Hugh Grant was caught having sex with a black prostitute in the car, the world was aghast, because this was at the time when his girlfriend Liz Hurley was the " most desirable woman" on earth. He was later diagnosed as suffering from sex addition.

But is it the sex? or is it just men? May be it is neither, it is the risk addition - the thrill of forbidden act, the risk of getting caught? More likely, it is a cry for help, of desperate loneliness, low self-esteem.. We blame everything on sex, but behind the "sex addiction" hides a myriad of other problems. What are they?

You did something foolish once, and you are punished for it by contracting HIV; someone else did something foolish with you, and you paid the price by also contracting HIV.. And as if that is not enough, you are further punished by the society by being ostracised.. Think about it!

Once you have developed AIDS, the question ceases to be, " how the hell did I get it?", it starts to be," how can I continue to live a life as well adjusted and normal as possible?". But you can't live a "normal" life if everyone runs away from you, can you? Think about it!

Malaysia's HIV/AIDS cases have risen to something in excess of 70000 with many underground cases unaccounted for. Whilst prevention must be the first frontier, we also need a society that accepts, understands and empathises with this situation. This Session is devoted to how we can best serve the PLWHA ( People Living With HIV & AIDS) community. Let's commemorate the day by talking about it.