Positive Lives - by Jenn Ackerman

[hivquestions]

a new chapter is now being written on AIDS ....

[ntzke231]

you fucking insensentive maggots ..theres nothing wrong with same sex couples ok...anyway you say.."oh the bible forbids it" did you know the bible was twisted and revised by the romans you uneducated maggots...what about the book of mary magdelan you dont see that in your bible do ya..truth be told !! ...people get sexually abused and turn gay sometimes and thats not there fault ok...go get educated and maybe you guys are the ones that are homosexual and this guy just has the courage 2 b open

[radavis76]

MentalFacility is 100% W-R-O-N-G! GBLTI people are still people who deserve 2 enjoy a normal and happy life! I thought I knew my classmates, but that's not the case. I wish Ray and his companion all the best and to Hell with the haters and the Bible bashers who try 2 get me 2 join their churches! But I think a person really has 2 B born GBLTI--we don't just turn out that way. You're right--GBLTI people have 2 have courage just 2 refuse 2 B pigeon-holed by these hateful hypocrites!

[dazm0]

thats so inspiring!! im gonna start defining myself by my sexuality also. . .

oh wait, im straight. . . and sane. . .

[MentalFacility]

gays should die. they are sick in the head on top of everything else.

[alanoasiss]

gays sucks exept freddi mercury beacause he is a rocker

[OrnerySphere]

I read somewhere in here about cristians be dissin them. Well... how about that new..how should i call it. "Getaway" place community for homosexual cristians hmn?

Shut the fuck up. The Bible doesnt aprove homosexuality, smoking, having relations before marriage and so on. and most of you all do it, so next time you want to diss someone, look at the mirror in your bathroom. Btw: dissin is not allowed in the Bible too.

This is a very nice short movie.

Have a nice day :)

[Keikofromelbow]

go wank over oprah

[dazm0]

lol. . . dissin. . . yo

[Keikofromelbow]

GAY

[therobottree]

YES.

GAY!!!

[WhiteSpartan59]

Your point is bullshit, here's a great statistic for you 97.91% of youth's are emotionally abandoned by a member of the opposite sex, its called breaking up and also 80% of gay people do not know they are gay until they are in their mid teens, giving them ample time to have had a hetrosexual relationship. My other point is were 95% of all hetrosexuals abandoned by someone of the same sex?

Thank you for you time and i hope for a response

[rolle24]

its a cool story and i love id... alot of people can learn from them, even the christian who are posting thos comments...

for all christian who are agains them... read ((1 Corinthians 13))

[Harshfate]

thats so awesome dudes!!!

rock on

[gregart999]

★★★★★ [cool story] ★★★★★

[Brittanydog2002]

These comments will always remind me that ignorance still lives strongly among people.

How is it YOUR business what they do? They're a loving, sweet couple, so why does it matter?

Women and men, STRAIGHT women and men, have HIV as well. These people are dedicated to one another, and I wish that every couple - straight, gay, lesbian - was like they are.

They're still people, they still feel and hurt like everyone else, and they deserve equality and happiness as much as anyone else.

[corkeyman2008]

sick sick sh1t!!!

[Lesliemojo74]

Show some compassion people, you'll be amazed how much better life will be without carrying around all that hate. Cruelty is not is showing your ignorance. Look up diversity in the dictionary.

[bananaluvs]

Videos like this make me wonder how people can possibly be against this. This is true love.

[bananaluvs]

False.

[flipazn65]

does them right.

they're sticking their dicks in the wrong fuckin hole.

[kenziegunn]

"does" us good, actually. We're already a grotesquely overpopulated planet. Most gay couples do not conceive children and instead opt for adoption. I'm glad they stick it in the "wrong fuckin hole". Does it keep you up at night, knowing that somewhere out there, people are doing what they like? Not dealing with feelings of sexual repression and frustration?

[manhill]

die hard, mofo.

[paolonmi]

figures hes a faggit!

[liamo907]

we need spell check for idiots like you

[AnitaCubanita]

you people are so narrow minded. The world is changing and accepting certain things, but you people stay the same, your patterns of thinking don't change and you don't even try to look outside the box. Thats the problem, the ignorance. People post videos on youtube for people who want to see them, there are millions. if you dont like it you don't watch it, so let them talk about what they want. Its called freedome of speech, and what you are doing is called ignorance.

[sammy626a]

sick, disgusting - keep this shit to yourself

[evan711heaven]

worship Lord Jesus and remember to pray every day for comfort and help.

[bmw123321]

Gay's are just normapeople.

Don't judge them. If you judge them, you judge yourself.

[soboboo]

I'm usually quite vocal about calling guys out on being gays or as I like to call 'em "fags", but there's something about this video that honestly changed my view(s) about both HIV & gays. I think what I heard at 1:27 (about you two being together "almost 7 years") plus the image at 1:44 (the family picture) changed my viewpoint. You guys have the same obstacles any other person would. Watching this video was almost like watching one of MY family videos with my wife & 2 sons. A real family.

[sethrboyd]

Lesson learned---dont stick your cock up a another mans ass without a fucking condom

[wajenny13]

milk milk lemonade around the corner fudge is made.

[Eastyles]

Sarah Palin approves this message.

[scrEYEB]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH classic (y)

[lskpro]

I'm probably one of few guys who can make almost every straight guy , homosexual.

Believe me,I have tried it. they stare dead threw my eyes, and they get all kinky.

ESPECIALLY drunk.

I love gays, as long as they aren't uber gay

[checkmicsfolife]

quadra is a gay empathiser, he is not even gay. so shut your mouth you asexual piece of shit

[nasur]

Your Comment just proves his point :)

[ghostman7073]

okay this is stupid

[jsquadra6869]

You are an uneducated, pretentious, close-minded excuse for a human being....

You need to have some respect for someone besides yourself and you need to learn to accept new ideas.

To think that you are "immune" to AIDS because you're straight is the most ridiculous idea i have ever heard.

[satyaraoblog]

great job

[whyiflipthis]

wow...gay...really, really gay

[vols84fan]

what kind of faggot ass shit is this?

[stefano666tits]

you know what fuck you,

do you have any idea what its like being gay,

every day they go through the troubles of being made fun of, or asulting.

just like you did.

Imagin being gay going through highschool, most of them cry themselfs to sleep

[mrmonkey832]

hey now we dont need to know your own life story here.

[stefano666tits]

ass hole im aint gay

i just think they go through enough shit to be made fun off online TOO

[qwxp437]

Yeah, Yeah...

god, allah, buddha, the holy worm and so on...!

Its a virus, deadly one, but you still have time, so people can enjoy life before leaving!

As long as you are happy with your lifestyle, it is the right one! Dont give a fuck about other ignorant and brainless wannabe-like-in-tv-losers...!

[sfcalvinaz]

Thank you for this. Awesome!

[drewblakeman]

I find it astonishing that this video is not about being gay, yet every comment made is battling back and forth about how people who choose to live a certain way are "evil" and should "fuck off". Does this couple seriously appear to be evil to you. It really goes to show that religion is just a reason to hate each other. This video is about love in the face of aids, but apparently it's about two gay guys who are bad people. I'm sorry everyone, i guess i'm not seeing the same thing.

[BuzzedMontage]

religion has nothing to do with hating in fact its the exact opposite(in most cases)

[liamo907]

i love it.. in most cases

the unfortunate thing about religion is how much it contradicts itself

[Nickgupplies]

And on a lighter note: jlackerman12 presents, AIDS, God's way of saying, "fuck off you homos".

[Nickgupplies]

Okay, okay, I was being mean. Here are my thoughts but shortened, perhaps, castrated, as requested by ohshiite: "fuck off you teabag"

[Nickgupplies]

No, i'm tired of being terse. No one fucking gets it. And by the way, the word is "too" not "to". And I know you are trying to be cute and ironic, but more is spelled with an "o" not a fucking zero. If you don't want to fucking read it, then don't; besides anyone who names himself ohshiite should fuck himself - and his mom.

[Nickgupplies]

Who are you to judge his faith and the practices that his faith mandates? Shouldn't he, according to you, be free to do whatever he wants? And doesn't legitimately accepting a inanimate "Supreme Being" of a relative religion somewhat negate the sense of "ego" in which you claim every man should "lose"? You sir, are the egoist, and must realize that life doesn't adhere to your doctrine of morals. It tends to act as a disease, spreading rampantly, accordingly and in a varying manner; youcantstopit

[ohshiite]

to many posts. m0re words with less said??

[Nickgupplies]

You also claim that every human is the same. Although our form is similar no two humans, physically, mentally, spiritually, socially, financially, sexually, are alike, which makes mankind great. The phenotypic and genotypic variations in mankind's masses allows for higher success rates in creating more dominant, healthy humans. Another thing, "walking a faithful journey" is relative to the individual and his beliefs. If his doctrine mandates him to hate pagans, isn't he merely being faithful?

[Nickgupplies]

Which, other than eating and drinking, is the human's most biologically charged drive and urge. Homosexuality, now that there are plenty of humans abound across this globe, and some even orbiting space as we speak, is a biological deficiency in which man can and should freely be able to practice; its just that the cultures and traditions which came to fruition to preserve and make life plentiful have been so firmly rooted in human existence that our progressive species will always have kinks.

[Nickgupplies]

rexx6869, you make no sense, and I mean that with the highest regard that one can give to someone who is using his fingers and a keyboard to communicate illogical points. First off, homophobia and gay bashing has very little to do with racism because the majority of the world's cultures will most likely agree, no matter what race, that homosexuality is awkward, if not immoral. I'm not saying I believe that, but to its most lexical degree, homosexuality impedes on nature's laws of procreation.

[cameronj1972]

i am so jealous of their love!  I completely and totally understand how he lives and what hiv can do to you! Living with hiv in a rural community is awfull, you have to live in total secret and be carefull, as i can imagine it would be for anyone anywhere...

[rexx6869]

Many of the comments I have read are very tasteless and lack understanding. The shun that heterosexuals give most gays is most likened to the racists issues of the world. Do you know what it's like to be unaccepted? Do you think God is really casting judgment just on gays? If so, why do innocent people get it? Sorry, I can't help but say I've lost countless friends and even relatives to HIV. Education is the only cure.

[rexx6869]

More to this is that the innocent people are often babies and heterosexuals. What about them? When is man going to lose his ego and realize everyone else is the same. Walking a faithful journey doesn't consist of damning people because ONLY GOD is the FINAL Judge. Peace and love to all.......Rex

[BrotherOrchid]

The minute doctors discovered the exact cause of aids that should have been the last case save contaminated blood supply, babies born to infected mothers etc. There are gay groups that activly seek the disease.

[mizanaa]

Look what is your condition because it from God do you know why??? because it totally illegal God never said.. to sex male to male.. that you chiristan make through this world HIV virous..

[Nickgupplies]

May death exact its sweet role upon ignorance and those who possess it, like this man, and countless others who believed their sexual prowess was a thing to admire. Pride never ends, though. Whereas this man's wanton lack of sexual awareness disintegrated amid easily controllable human urges, death gave birth to death and this man's so called "pride" is as meaningless as the caution he ignorantly forgot to exercise. May you go peacefully, nonetheless, and may your burden only concern God.

[Nickgupplies]

This man failed at life. To so frivolously frolic in his sexual fervor without having the common sense to strap up or have whoever was spelunking his rectal cavity strap up is why his fatal flaw has come to felicitous fruition. May his fate be fitting to his foibles, and may man, sooner than later, hold a bit more responsibility in his own actions, for both the recipient and his hopeless lover shall never be the same again because of one simple mistake.

[excaptain123]

:')

[srusty]

Thanks for sharing your world with me... very touching.

[funiron]

AIDS kills anyone. This comment is uncalled 4 and uneducated. If you want 2 debate a point then do it. Don't be tasteless.

[o0masta0o]

New studies show that if you have a monogamous relationship, with non-infected HIV people, you won't get AIDS!

[msepb]

wow, what a discovery...xD

but you still can be screwed if you use some infected needle or have a wrong blood transfusion...

[thurmanoliver]

Only the homophobic men showed an increase in penile erection to male homosexual stimuli. The groups did not differ in aggression. Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies.

[thurmanoliver]

Journal of Abnormal Psychology Aug 1996. investigation of the role of homosexual arousal in exclusively heterosexual men who admitted negative affect toward homosexual individuals.Participants consisted of a group of homophobic men and a group of nonhomophobic men.

[tjmarsh62]

I also think the person who calims there are 12 commandments needs to go back to school and learn a few things....too funny!

[TheVerdeSquirrel]

LOL '12 commandments'

[tjmarsh62]

Wow....there really is ignorance in this world....all the comments about the bible and going to hell and fags will come back on you all. Karma is a powerful thing.  Small minded peckerheads are what you are! Love is love...period!

[TheVerdeSquirrel]

ahem...fyi, ANYONE can get HIV. it doesn't JUST happen to gays. yes, even an ultra conservative christian can get it. i'm christian, and if you wanna get technical with scripture, it says freaking everyone is "equal in sin" so don't judge these people. maybe it's not the most natural thing in the world, but they love each other. if only everyone could do that. isn't that what jesus wanted? love?

[Habakkuksaid]

Check out Romans 1 on the subject of homosexuality. Just repent and believe and the Lord Jesus will give you a new hart and different desires and you will live forever and maybe you could help get some of your friends saved.

[funny16shit22]

Wow God made adam and eve not adam and steve!!! thats nasty! you got it from buttsex smartas! What is this world comeing to???

[hurleyttom]

ibwildchild5 must be a fag

[skaterfan105]

dood I feel sorry for you it says in the bible not to be gey you're going to hell.

[ibwildchild5]

You are obviously ignorant skaterfan105, I found this clip really moving and would have felt the same whether they were gay or not. Shot for getting on with it even though HIV is in the picture!

[pualywog]

it actually says its an abomination it doesn't say your going to hell it is breaking one of the twelve commandments thou.

[almightyseancore]

12?

[sTImpY2487]

wahahaha.. Wat the F? wat twelve commandments? U myt be mislead with ur religion!

[sTImpY2487]

hahaha.. Dats hilarious! Nice one.. U made my day.

[narsinga]

Wow an audio preview.

[Soupy21]

If you have HIV, I would highly recommend to quit smoking. You've probably heard that 100 times, but I dunno, I would probably take every precaution possible. But, it is your life. Take care.

[zombierehab]

I feel bad for the kids to have fag parents.

[JerryBigger]

FYI no need to feel sorry for those children as I am their mother. These two men have been a very positive part of my children's lives, better than their STRAIGHT fathers. I am very PROUD to say that these two men are my children's GODFATHERS and by all means I am at ease in my mind that in the event of my death I could rest assured that my children would be well-cared for!

Thank You.

[brianh406]

I think you meant Humans. Aids kills Humans........UNLESS you think you are immune. Are you Immune?

[RachaelSTFU]

I don't see God making his "children" into people that have no chance in Heaven because of their sexuality.

what kind of God would that be?

[TheVerdeSquirrel]

RachaelSTFU it would be the god the holier-than-thou ultra conservative christians have made up. God's children are his children. he loves them no matter what. Now THAT is in the Bible.

[RachaelSTFU]

i am glad to say that i am American and that i give them all the best wishes i can.

Unlike most young and old Americans, I have stuck to the belief of freedom in the U.S.

and NOT trying to run a supposedly free country based on one religion.

even saying that "God said" it's not natural....who are you to judge? I figure if there is some problem with it, that is something they can take up with god.

[Genie4sho]

You never graduated did you?

[tiger357mag]

I was wondering... are those adopted kids? anyways I hope you guys have a wonderfull life together. I know alot of gay people and they seem to be really smart, kind, easy going, happy, and down to earth. I stay away from the everly sexual ones though, it can be quite uncomfortable being hit on by another dude. best wishes and I'm voting NO on prop 8

[MKOWHEAD]

Hey you idiots that think being gay is bad, its not. All of you who think they are different and should be treated differently youre wrong. Remember when black people werent treated like people. Well you guys are treating him like one of those black people. He has no choice in his sexuality, what if you became gay? Wouldnt you want the respect you deserve. Im not gay. I dont have a problem with gays. And all of you bible freaks can fuck off. Most of you are probably american. Figures.

[liebeleslie]

Bravo! Beautiful story. Thanks for posting. Everyone has the right to fall in love.

[loveme404]

Disgusting

[Holliboom]

Gay isn't the way to go. It really is against the nature of humankind. The world started with Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. I really did see a lot in this video.. I'll pray for you two, and your kids.

[Genie4sho]

The world started with Adam and Eve and then Steve came into the picture. There is evidence of homosexuality from almost the beginning of human kind. Don't be so closed minded. I'm straight, but not narrow!!

[brianh406]

Adam and Who? Pray? Dont pray for us. Or atleast for me. Your narrowminded ass thinks that the world started with two people rising from the dirt??????? I should pray for you, but I dont believe.....

[Holliboom]

I'm sorry you feel that way. I respect your decisions, no matter how awkward I feel they are.

[wdmigedx]

打不开吖~~

[AmonCahan]

Another fine example of a life style that promotes disease and goes against the nature of humankind.

[Genie4sho]

you can be straight and get HIV too... and against human kind??? people were gay since the beginning of time so that doesn't make much sense!

[funiron]

That is correct. You can get hiv while being straight. Living a gay life style is against the natural order of things. Look at the gay parades and stuff. It is all about indulgence and sexuality. I am ok about sex like it but I don't advertise my sexuality on the street. Sorry but I see a lot of sexuality and self serving from the gay community. There are nice gay people I just don't agree with the lifestyle. God didn't make it this way. Love u just not the sin.

[Genie4sho]

You would love me.. I am straight. The gay parades have to do with finally being able to tell the world about who you are. Forever people have hid their sexuality..for no reason. Homosexuality has been around forever, finally people are proud of it. Good for them. And I am a true believer that God is now happier that people are happy. God did make it this way, or else it wouldn't be this way!!!

[funiron]

I would love you whether or not you were straight or gay. You want to finally tell about who you are GREAT!!! Just don't be pushing it on me and my kids. As 4 God being happy about this He says it is an abomination. Sodomy and gayness was one of the many reasons Sodom(get it) and Gomorrah were destroyed with fire & brimstone.They were called Sodom bcause that was what the city was known 4. Jesus also said that offenses must come but woe 2 who they come by. All creation groans 4 redemption.

[Genie4sho]

then don't go to the parade! Thats the way you interpreted the story. God created gayness..if he didn't like it, he wouldn't have made people that way!!

[camdawg17]

Genie4sho, How do you know if god created "gayness"? I don't think that is an available assumption for one believing in a god unless that god is an unpersonable and unloving god. You then have to accept the fact that god crated "evilness" or "prone to molesting-ness" which some people are born with a higher tendency to act upon.

[RayfromBeyblade]

Actually God lets people choose what they do. He did not create gayness he lets people choose but that does not mean its not a sin. (I am not saying i dont like gay people, I am saying that God lets somethings happen. He does not control people) He lets evil exist so people have a choice.

[BuzzedMontage]

Geneie4sho clearly god doesn't like (evilness)

yet he allows it to go on so how do you know this is not the same case as you would put it (gayness)

[brianh406]

Your a D-Bag. Nuff said

[funiron]

Whatever ^_^ :) :D

[MitchGambino]

I agree, Genie4sho.  Are these people high or what.

[brianh406]

Aqainst the nature of Human Kind??????????????? ANYBODY CAN GET HIV Your Stupid Effing FVCKTARD......WOW, you must be all kinds of smart and stuff.

[sTImpY2487]

Next time you make a clip like this, dont post it in you tube..

[Genie4sho]

you can't handle it?

[daltonsbadboy]

Disgusting

[RustyFans]

Good job, this is a touching piece of work! It really has a way of making me think, gosh, I really could get to know them and be friends! What a touching story and how brave to share that intimacy with the world, basically, and the message that everyone needs to have sink in is loud and clear! Such a brave, loving couple!

[mikenray4life]

omg every time i watch this i cry!!!!!!! you two know how i feel you two are my rocks my strengths my children's god fathers i love you both

jerry

[fourwdinpa]

This was thoughtful and touching, very well put together. Beautiful, both the people and the photography!!!

Jason in Pittsburgh

[spenzehiga]

Mike & Ray....awesome awesome awesome!!!

it'll be an honor to say aloha.

[mikenray4life]

You've done this project justice!