Bob Shilling, an AIDS educator from the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, goes to Gay Bingo with friends a couple of times a year. Gay Bingo is not as easy as it sounds, particularly during the "Speed Game" it can be all but impossible to keep up with the numbers, as Bingo poses certain challenges for the deaf player. AIDS education within the deaf community has also posed particular challenges.

"Back then, when AIDS first came out, it seems that hearing people had more information, and were like five years ahead of us. . . it became a very isolated issue for deaf people, and deaf people became frustrated because we lost so many deaf people to AIDS. Several deaf people and several hearing people involved in the deaf community got together, rolled up their sleeves, and tried to get all the information from the hearing people, and then we translated it into American Sign Language and tried to get a basic foundation of what AIDS is all about. We're still a little bit behind, but it's much better than before."