Gay HIV-positive actor denied U.S. visa

[davidinalameda]

http://www.advocate.com/news_detail.asp?id=17981

Gay Argentine actor and comedian Fernando Pena, who says he has had a visa for travel to the United States for his entire life, was recently denied a visa renewal by U.S. authorities because he is HIV-positive, reports the gay immigration group Immigration Equality. The denial of the visa renewal will prevent Pena from acting and performing in the United States. He had recently performed in Miami at the Latin American MTV Video Music Awards. It also prevented him from attending his brother's marriage in the country, according to Immigration Equality.

[goclark]

1. Ids that true for everyone with HIV Aids?

[China_cat]

3. I don't know about HIV

but my nephew has been denied permission to visit the US since he was 2 because he has one of the distrophic diseases. The justification for denying him entry was the fear that he was coming here for treatment and would be a burden on the US health system...despite the fact that his own country's health care makes ours look like it hasn't progressed beyond bandaids and aspirin.

[acmavm]

2. And what the hell could the justification be for this, pray tell? Like we

don't have HIV positive people here? Oh wait, could it be his sexual persuasion?

This is just damn petty and ridiculous. Someone needs slapped for this.