Human Rights Watch is sending around a press release announcing the arrival, into these United States, of Clemens Ruland and Hugo Bausch. Ruland (left), who is HIV-positive, is believed to be the first HIV-plus type entering American soil since the Obama administration lifted the HIV travel ban. They Dutch couple arrives from Amsterdam, which means not only will conservatives attack these homo-gays for bringing their disease to America, but they’ll forever be linked to that other dangerous Amsterdam flight … the one with the exploding underwear. See you at Terminal 4 at 5pm, homoterrorists!
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If You Want to Brave the Traffic to JFK, You Can Meet America’s First Legal HIV+ Visitor
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Frank Amsterdam
@Queerty: they are not both HIV-positive. Clemens is hiv-positive, his boyfriend Hugo not.
Johnny
the first “Legal” hiv+ people to enter the USA, you think travellers really declared their status?
Frank Amsterdam
@Johnny: Depends, Clemens has travelled before to the USA without disclosing – as have many, many -, but technically he is the first under the new regime being “legal”. Except: I am hiv-positive and had to – because of my work – apply for a visa in 2001 and got it. But, the State Department now knows about my status, as with the newly travellers with hiv they do not.
Johnny
@Frank, well it’s good news now, they can’t turn you away at immigration for HIV about bloody time.Does it also include immigration? working visas etc?