Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Richard Gere Dances with Indian Sex Workers


Leave it to the American Gigolo himself to reach out to thousands of prostitutes in a dusty fairground in Mumbai.

"No condom, no sex. No condom, no sex. No condom, no sex," Gere hollered into a microphone as about 10,000 prostitutes gathered at a dusty Mumbai fairground joined him in chorus.

The actor, dressed in a brown jacket and black trousers, presented awards to sex workers in recognition of their work on various HIV/AIDS intervention programs.

"This is unfathomable. This will not happen in the U.S. or Europe, or even in Asia."

The United Nations' says 5.7 million Indians are living with HIV/AIDS, the world's largest caseload. Many of those infected are prostitutes.

Continue reading Gere Dances to fight AIDS

How can you not love a guy like that!

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