The AIDS activist group ACT UP boycotted the Gay Freedom Festival in Washington, protesting the inclusion of fund-raising events for PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA opposes all animal experiments, even for medical research on diseases such as AIDS, for which it claims computer models are just as conclusive. Still, when asked about people with AIDS who hope for a vaccine, PETA's Dan Matthews told the Los Angeles Times: " 'Don't get diseases in the first place, schmo,' is what I tell those contemplating unsafe sex."

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