Brothers on the "DL" part 2 of our educational series
A seminar where a man named J.L. King was speaking on the subject of "DL Brothers". The "DL" stands for Down Low or Double Lives. Now, what makes this so interesting is that Mr. King is a DL brother. South Carolina is #8 in the nation for HIV/AIDS new cases. African American women are 80% of all new cases and they are contracting the virus from men who are having sex with other men but they are doing this on the "Down Low". These men say they are not gay...they are heterosexual but just sleep with men once in awhile. These are men who work in the church as officers, men who are leaders in the community, and men that say they hate gays.
Mr. King shared his life story and said he knows a lot of "DL" brothers in the NBA/NFL and even in the entertainment world and to prove his point: On Thursday, the director of the Tri-County Collaboration for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, Valerie King (no relation) took J.L. to a Charleston Club and introduced him to 5 men she knew. These men were respected men at work and church. Valerie excused herself for about 15-20 minutes. In that time J.L. had gotten 3 of the 5 men's phone numbers to hook up with later.Click on the links, for important information that could save your life!
http://www.natap.org/2003/april/042803_1.htm
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june01/aids_5-30.html
http://www.hivdent.org/publicp/ppUSCU022003.htm