Discrimination Against People With HIV Is Illegal. Here's What to Do if It Happens to You
If you've been the target of HIV-related discrimination, know you are not alone. There are laws to protect you, and people and organizations prepared to help. Understand your rights and use these tips to take action.
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Will New York Governor Cuomo Release Thousands of Aging Prisoners Before COVID-19 Kills Them?
The activist group Release Aging People in Prison has launched an urgent campaign to get the governor to enact mass clemency before the coronavirus sweeps through New York’s 52 prisons.
How HIV/AIDS Activism Can Shape Our Response to COVID-19
“To honor ACT UP’s legacy, it would behoove us to raise hell in some way.”
Ending the Epidemic in Florida Must Include Ending HIV Criminalization
Modernizing the state’s HIV criminal laws for organ donation and nondisclosure should be a priority, Equality Florida advocate Alejandro Acosta writes.
How This Lesbian Couple Cared for the First AIDS Patients in Salt Lake City
Kristin Ries and Maggie Snyder met and fell in love while caring for people living with HIV in Salt Lake City. Here, they tell the story of the early epidemic in a very religious town.
New Play Remembers the Women Who Defined AIDS
“I, of Course, Was Livid” dramatizes the work women living with HIV did to change what was considered an AIDS-defining illness.
It’s Hard to Be a Proud Bisexual and Be HIV Positive
Steve Spencer was just reckoning with his bisexual identity when he found out he was HIV positive. That complicated his coming out process, he writes.
California Moves to End HIV Discrimination in Life and Disability Insurance Coverage
HIV will be considered a chronic condition, like others, in insurance underwriting decisions.
NMAC Renames Annual Conference to USCHA Following Community Pushback
Some people living with AIDS were not happy when they were seemingly erased from the annual conference’s name.
‘Raw’ Is the Book That Contemplates What It Means to Bareback
Barebacking is not just an act. It’s a stand-in for so many of our feelings about queer sexuality.
An AIDS Conference Without the Word ‘AIDS’ Earns Community Cheers and Jeers
NMAC, the organization that hosts the annual U.S. Conference on AIDS, changed the gathering’s name to the U.S. Conference on HIV. Some community members aren’t happy.