Juan Michael Porter II
Staff WriterJuan Michael Porter II is a staff writer for TheBody and TheBodyPro. He is also a contributor to Observer, TDF Stages, Time Out NY, and BroadwayWorld Dance, and a National Critics Institute Fellow. His writing has appeared in American Theatre, SYFY Wire, Colorlines, and SNews.
Latest by Juan Michael Porter II
Providers Can Save Black Women’s Lives by Listening Without Judgment
Black women face health disparities that can shorten their lives. Why aren’t doctors taking their concerns seriously?
HIV Self-Testing Improves Care Among Queer Men
Cedric Bien-Gund, M.D., explains how at-home HIV self-testing, while improving options for gay and bisexual men, also makes it more likely they’ll be connected to care and preventative services.
To Keep Indigenous Communities Safe, We Need to Broaden COVID-19 Vaccine Access
Indigenous people have the highest mortality rates from COVID-19 and HIV among all racial and ethnic groups in the country. When paired with illicit drug use, that vulnerability explodes.
Honoring Breonna Taylor Means Recognizing the Harm of the War on Drugs
Since Taylor’s death just over a year ago, Drug Policy Alliance has compiled an interactive timeline of what happened the night she was killed, with key points about the history of laws that enabled those actions to take place.
Black People Have Concerns About the COVID Vaccine—Don’t Call It Fear
Surveys show Black respondents trust government sources of vaccine information more than whites, but media narratives denying that Black people want the vaccine have flourished—and hampered access.
The CDC Has Released Guidance for Fully COVID-Vaccinated People
Two weeks after you receive the last required dose of vaccine, you can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or staying 6 feet apart.
Grindr Survey Says Romance Is Bringing Sexy Back
Among 10,000 survey respondents, 58% say that they’ve become more interested in long-term relationships than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medical Racism Was Meant to Hurt Black Women—And It Does
We need to take an active approach as a society to end health disparities among Black women that are caused by racism.
Stable Housing Is Essential to Ending the HIV Epidemic
Will President Biden keep his promises to fund affordable housing and prevent homelessness?
Reviving the Office of National AIDS Policy Is Crucial to Ending the HIV Epidemic
We talked with longtime HIV/AIDS policy expert and former ONAP official Greg Millett, M.P.H., to better understand why.