- Richard Berkowitz
Richard Berkowitz (born
6 October 1955 ) is agay citation |periodical=New York Native |date=1982 |first=Richard |last=Berkowitz |first2=Michael |last2=Callen |title=We Know Who We Are: Two Gay Men Declare War On Promiscuity ] American author and activist best known as an early advocate ofsafe sex in response to the AIDS crisis among gay men in the 1980s.Gross, Jane (September 22, 1985). [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DF1439F931A1575AC0A963948260 Homosexuals stepping up AIDS eduction.] "New York Times " ]His early work with activist
Michael Callen and physicianJoseph Sonnabend blamed high-risk behaviors including drug use, promiscuity, and unsafe sexual practices in the gay community for transmission. These claims were considered controversial, and many activists took issue with the language of their message and its implications.Treichler, Paula A (1999). "How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: Cultural Chronicles of AIDS." Duke University Press ISBN 0822323184] The 1983 pamphlet "How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach" by Callen, Berkowitz, Sonnabend, andRichard Dworkin is widely considered the first sex-positive guide to practicing safe sex.Berkowitz was the subject of the 2008 documentary "Sex Positive".
elected publications
*Berkowitz, Richard and Michael Callen, with Joseph Sonnabend and Richard Dworkin (1983). How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach. News From The Front Publications
*Berkowitz, Richard (2003). "Stayin' Alive: The Invention of Safe Sex." Basic Books ISBN 9780813340920
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