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The Guard Is Changing at the Nation’s Biggest LGBTQ Youth Shelter
Carl Siciliano and Alex Roque talk about the first leadership turnover at New York City’s Ali Forney Center since its 2002 founding.
This St. Louis–Based HIV Activist Uses Her Own Story to Make HIV Have ‘Meaning Behind the Numbers’
Positive Women’s Network-USA member and founder of Kneeshe Speaks, Kneeshe Parkinson, talks about the importance of connection, women, and telling our stories.
One of the Early ‘Foot Soldiers’ of HIV Activism Discusses Mobilizing in Black St. Louis
St. Louis–based advocate and educator Joan Ferguson talks about HIV work then and now.
After Losing a Mother and Two Sisters From HIV, This Woman Became an Advocate for Others
“I’ve walked beside them, so I can recognize the struggles, and maybe I can help make the walk easier.”
South Side Chicago Organization Puts a Family Touch on HIV Treatment and PrEP Adherence Support
With a “for us, by us” approach, Brothers Health Collective reaches a community often missed by larger organizations.
Tackling HIV Racial Disparities in the City of Angels
Amidst skyrocketing housing costs and historic racial segregation, APLA expands its work to Black and brown neighborhoods.
Dallas’ HIV Services Are Robust. But the County’s Numbers Are Still Stubborn, Say Caregivers
Though services are there, workers in Dallas’ HIV caregiving force say that retaining people in these services is a problem.
South Carolina’s Multi-Faceted HIV Epidemic Must Contend With Harmful State Laws
Though South Carolina is in the middle of an opioid epidemic and is ranked sixth nationally for HIV/AIDS prevalence, needle exchange is illegal in the state.
Black Transgender Activist Kiara St. James on Her Strategic Vision for 2020—and on Getting Help With Holiday Depression and Anxiety
“I realized it wasn’t normal for me to feel the hopelessness I was feeling.”
From the Ozarks to St. Louis, Missouri Must Combat HIV on Multiple Fronts
High religious stigma, urban and rural epidemics, and draconian HIV criminalization laws will make Missouri’s HIV plan complex.