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Jessica Whitbread: 'She Who Smiles With the Strength of a Thousand Warrior Women'
As a queer woman living with HIV, artist and activist Jessica Whitbread explores her own sexuality and curiosity, often in public places, in hopes of making it easier for others to do the same.
Tiger Blood/Bad Blood: Pop Goes HIV
Ted Kerr's pop-sick brain started singing "Tiger Blood" to the tune of Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" and it became clear: HIV criminalization is like a Swift song -- worthy of further consideration, often rooted in revenge.
How Injustice Politicized Early AIDS Activists
In this interview with the director of HBO's Larry Kramer in Love & Anger, the director goes into the anger and frustration that fuels some of the epidemic's most memorable activism.
Jose Luis Cortes' En Blanco y Negro: Gay and Boricua
Visual AIDS artist member Jose Luis Cortes discusses the Philadelphia exhibition that he hopes will make people feel sadness, love, pleasure and loneliness.
A History of the Red Ribbon
Why make art in response to AIDS? The people behind the red ribbon discuss their decision to make the iconic awareness symbol.
A Gay HIV-Positive Chinese Immigrant Artist Rejects the Labels
Artist Tseng Kwong Chi's sister discusses his work, and how it reflected the life of an HIV-positive immigrant.
When Time Can Cure What Meds Cannot
How has time changed the meaning of living with HIV? In this analysis of an artist-made video, the writer discusses PTSD, the power of time and getting to live with HIV "casually."
Connections Between Black Lives Matter and the HIV Movement
Since its inception in 2007, Black Lives Matter has been a lens through which to view American racism. Can we view the fight against HIV through that lens, as well?
How Is Silence Equals Death Relevant Post-Ferguson?
Christian Liclair discusses the ACT UP slogan "Silence = Death" and what it means during this time of racial unrest in the United States.
Forgetting ACT UP and Reducing the Past to One Moment
Coming out of an event in New York City, this piece discusses what happens when we continuously remember ACT UP instead of remembering all the activism that happened in the AIDS crisis.