with HIV/AIDS, EJAF partnered with the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation to help establish the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS. Since its launch in May 2006, the CBMP has grown to include more than 80 leading broadcasters from 25 Caribbean countries and territories across the region, in an unprecedented collaboration to develop a coordinated media response to AIDS. CBMP

"When I think of gay history, I immediately think of my own civil partnership with my partner David.'

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If I'd ask someone from the U.S. about gay history they most likely would mention the Stonewall riots in 1969. Many in Britain might think of Oscar Wilde's trials in 1895. When I say gay history what comes to your mind?

For me, I would have to say that when I think of gay history I immediately think of my own civil partnership with my partner David. When civil partnerships became possible in the United Kingdom, it was very important for David and I to be able to do this on the first day it was possible. I really felt part of something genuinely progressive and groundbreaking and we were also so totally overwhelmed and heartened by the positive support we received across the board from the press, my fans, the people of Great Britain and literally the world over!

Ray Charles, the Beatles and Sir Elton John are all musical history. Charles will be known mostly by his music. The Beatles will be remembered for their musical invasion of the U.S. How would you want

history to remember you?

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that day of victory will not be easy and there

I would like to be remembered very simwill be those individuals who will try and ply as a good person.

Over the last few years you've been outspoken on a number of issues and causes: AIDS and HIV of course, gay marriage and even sexism. Can your own history in the gay community teach us anything?

We can certainly continue to make tremendous strides by positively pulling together as a community and directing our energy toward the issues that really matter. I always say that life is about building bridges, not walls.

Part of our struggle is the right for equality. You stood up for equality when you and David married in Windsor. Any advice for those battling in California for that right?

I would say that ultimately we should not be deterred by those who do not want us to gain equal footing in society. The path to

stand in the way of progress. But, I feel that over time the ideals of equality for gay men and women-in this case to marry—will prevail. So, don't lose sight of what is right.

On a light note, how does it feel to be a married man?

Wonderful! As I said, David and I deliberately chose to have our civil partnership on the very first day that this became legal and possible in Great Britain; however, after all the excitement died down, we both felt incredibly content and secure in the knowledge that mainstream British society now supported our relationship.

Mark Segal is publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News. He also produced Philadelphia's 2005 Fourth of July concert with Elton John, Pattie Labelle and Bryan Adams, which raised $1 million for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and $100,000 for local AIDS organizations.

broadcast members have made HIV/AIDS a business priority, and they air HIV content across all programming genres, delivering important messages about tolerance and HIV prevention to an estimated audience of some 40 million people. With the new grant just awarded in early September, the CBMP will be expanding its efforts into Haiti, the country most affected by HIV/AIDS in the Western Hemisphere.

So, I am very pleased that EJAF can not only maintain its commitments to funding projects at the front lines here in the U.S., but can also expand to areas in desperate need such as the Caribbean region.

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