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Black Queer Sex Workers Need a Seat at the HIV Advocacy Table: A Conversation With JD Blackstone
Sex workers are not monolithic—and it is vital that their expertise be centered in HIV efforts that target the sex worker community.
Anti-Transgender Bills Are Active in Dozens of States. Here’s How Trans Folks and Allies Are Fighting Back
This is a record year for bills aiming to block trans youth from medical care or school sports—and some have already passed.
Fame and HIV/AIDS: History’s Biggest HIV-Positive Celebrities
By coming out about their status—even in death—celebrities can humanize the virus for many people who don’t otherwise know anybody who’s openly living with HIV. They can also help increase awareness and fight stigma.
First PrEP, Now the COVID-19 Vaccine: Why I Faced Medical Mistrust Head On
Black communities have many reasons for mistrust of medical authorities. But getting vaccinated can help us get to a place where we can be together again, safely.
HIV Ally Rochelle Walensky Will Lead the CDC Under Biden. Can She Rehab the Agency After Four Years of Trump?
Walensky is an expert on implementing health care solutions and is widely respected among HIV advocates. She’s also the second recent senior CDC hire who’s white, at a time when health crises are hitting people of color especially hard.
What HIV Activists Are Adding to Their Quarantine Music Playlists
Four nonprofit leaders share the music that keeps them inspired.
Remembering Rusti Miller-Hill, Whose Life Spanned Multiple Women’s Movements
“She just didn’t know how many people she touched, and helped, and made feel good.”
Meet the South African Nurse Living With HIV Who Inadvertently Sparked a Global Anti-Stigma Movement
Angela Motsusi created the hashtag #NormalizingHIVChallenge on a whim—and watched it catch fire in a matter of days.
Anti-Stigma “I Can Give U” Campaign Takes Social Media by Storm
This DIY PSA campaign has spread internationally, telling the world about the wonderful things people with HIV can give, while successful treatment allows them to not give HIV.
Fairy Godfather: Remembering Henry van Ameringen, Who Gave Nearly $150 Million to HIV and LGBTQ Causes
The gay fragrance heir constantly opened his checkbook for projects to support the queer community’s most vulnerable.