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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.
For Black New Yorkers, HIV Progress Is Challenged by Housing Costs and Trump Anti-Immigrant Policies
Despite the Big Apple’s HIV rates falling for everyone, Black New Yorkers still are the most vulnerable.
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.
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.
In Mississippi, Efforts to Fight HIV Epidemic Clash With Health Care Disenfranchisement
Fighting Mississippi’s HIV epidemic is about more than just getting people living with HIV or at risk for HIV on a pill. It means confronting the reality that for many in the state, their primary care doctor is the emergency room.
In Cleveland, Resources to Address Silence and Stigma Matter as Much as Treatment and PrEP
Young black gay and bisexual men in Cleveland wish they had the resources of the state capital, Columbus, to address the HIV epidemic in Northeast Ohio.
Even in Wealthy, Progressive Seattle, HIV Care and Prevention Disparities Persist
Though Seattle is doing well compared to many other U.S. cities, it could still invest more to serve marginalized populations, including black residents and injection drug users.
Fighting Philadelphia’s HIV Epidemic Also Means Fighting Its Poverty Problem
The HIV epidemic in Philadelphia is heavily concentrated in its black population. Local caregivers at BEBASHI have seen diagnosis rates drop in recent years, though there’s still progress to be made.
Camryn Garrett's YA Novel 'Full Disclosure' Gives Gen Z the Black HIV-Positive Heroine They've Been Waiting For
Simone Garcia-Hampton's journey reminds us that the even the wokest young folks have blind spots when it comes to the epidemic.