 Scholars have seen this and a related zine called "Infected Faggot Perspectives" as counterpublics, spaces where marginalized cultures can create their own discourse and identity, outside of the one imposed on them by society.In November 2009, the New York Public Library digitized the first eight issues of "Diseased Pariah News" and posted them online at new DPN Online Archive.The goal is to eventually have all eleven issues digitized and made available to allow AIDS historians and others to benefit from reading the publication.