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Hari Ziyad’s Memoir ‘Black Boy Out of Time’ Is a Spiritual Look at Growing Up Black and Queer
What is the experience of growing up Black and queer in America? Hari Ziyad’s new book Black Boy Out of Time offers a story that is part memoir, part theory, part manifesto, and part prayer.
The Fight for More HOPWA Funding Is on in 2021
The program currently serves only a fraction of all low-income folks with HIV who are eligible for housing. Can advocates pull off a game-changer this year?
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.
Amid Hate Crimes, Asians and Pacific Islanders in HIV Say Relatively Low Numbers Shouldn’t Equal Invisibility
Asians and Pacific Islanders are often erased when it comes to HIV prevention, making these communities unable to share in the overall progress made in fighting HIV nationwide.
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.
The Racial Justice Index Will Investigate Whether HIV Agencies Really Walk the Equity Walk
AIDS United and Black AIDS Institute will ask organizations to answer a survey measuring how much their leadership and board look like the people they serve.
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.
Demetre Daskalakis on Leading HIV Prevention Efforts at the CDC
The former deputy commissioner for New York City’s department of health is ready to take on HIV prevention at a national level.
The Particular Struggle of the Fight Against HIV in a Deep Red State
No expanded Medicaid. Awful sex ed. Criminalization laws. And poor PrEP access. But folks are making do—and taking part in systemic political change where they can.