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Gilead Gives Yet More Money to Community Groups Combating HIV in Black and Latinx Communities
Via the Human Rights Campaign, the pharma giant will dole out $3.2 million, its latest investment in a complicated relationship with the HIV community.

Stable Housing Is Essential to Ending the HIV Epidemic
Will President Biden keep his promises to fund affordable housing and prevent homelessness?

Trump May Be Gone, but the HIV Criminalization Fight Goes On
There’s still work to do, even under a more progressive administration.

LGBTQ Activists Remember Carmen Vázquez
On Jan. 27, Carmen Vázquez, a beloved and outspoken member of the LGBTQ+ community and longtime social-justice activist, died of COVID-19 complications at age 72.

New York’s Notorious “Walking While Trans” Law Has Finally Been Repealed
The transgender community and allies spent years trying to undo a solicitation law used to harass Black and brown trans women on the street.

Positive Women’s Network Wants You to Celebrate and Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement
Leading up to and on March 12, Positive Women’s Network will be holding an art contest, town hall, and more events honoring the work of Black women in the fight against HIV.

Could Raising the Minimum Wage Be the Best Way to Fight HIV?
Making sure everyone has enough money to live on can protect HIV-negative people from vulnerability to HIV infection and keep the viral loads of people living with HIV undetectable.
Joseph Sonnabend, Brilliant Early AIDS Doctor, Would Treat Patients for Free
The amfAR and ACRIA cofounder, a hero in 1980s and ’90s New York City, died in London on Jan. 24 at age 88.

The ‘Funeral Diva’ Pamela Sneed Remembers AIDS, Art, and Activism in New Book
Black lesbian poet and activist Pamela Sneed discusses her latest collection of essays and poems, ‘Funeral Diva.’

Biden Actually Has a House and Senate Majority. So What Should We Push For?
Advocates say that a big fat COVID bill must come first, followed by a Medicare public option. (Oh ... and then there’s impeachment.)