A men’s magazine said it has used blood from HIV-positive people to print its latest edition in an effort to combat “the stigma and the irrational fears” surrounding the virus, Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday.
Julian Wiehl, the editor-in-chief and founder of the Austrian “Vangardist” magazine, told AFP that the usually digital magazine will be printed in a hard copy edition using donated blood from three HIV-positive people and regular ink.
“If you hold this magazine in your hands it is like holding somebody who is HIV positive,” Wiehl told AFP. “Nothing can happen, nothing can harm you holding the magazine, and nothing can harm you holding an HIV-positive person.”
The “#HIVHeroes” edition of the magazine will reportedly be available for 50 euros and all proceeds from the sale of the 3,000 copies will be donated to charity.
h/t Raw Story
How can I send a copy of this issue to every Republican Presidential candidate?
Piqued my curiosity. What’s the content, I wonder…
Every billionaire donor.
You know…I seem to recall something similar in the 70s when my brother was a Kiss fan.
…Only if we can see you hand it over to them with the cameras rolling. Would love to get a close-up of their faces when you give it to them. Wouldn’t that be priceless? For the party that keeps saying “I’m not a scientist”, that sure would be fun to watch.