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This Trans Latina Living With HIV Is Serving Her Florida Community—And Suing Trump for Health Care Discrimination
“Access to health care is a human right,” says Arianna Inurritegui-Lint, the founder of Arianna’s Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Sex Work Has Moved From IRL to URL
Already hurt by the closing of Backpage and other sites where they could practice sex work safely, sex workers face all new challenges under COVID isolation.

HIV Self-Care and COVID-19: Lessons for the Future of the HIV Response
COVID-19 has shown that patients are more than capable of taking a bigger role in their health care. How does that translate to HIV care?

For Trans People to Access PrEP, Systemic Barriers Have to Go
Clinics and AIDS service organizations have a responsibility to make sure their programs are welcoming and accessible to trans people.

Gay Sex Rumors Aside, Lindsey Graham’s LGBTQ Record Is a Flaming Trash Dumpster
Questions about the senator’s sexuality are swirling, but his votes on queer lives matter more.

After Years of HIV Rates Dropping, Washington, D.C. Struggles to Get to the End of the Epidemic
Organizations like Us Helping Us are working to support communities that continue to be highly impacted.

America Has Responded to Outbreaks With Fear and Discrimination Many Times Before. With Coronavirus, We Can Do Better
On April 16, TheBody hosted a livestream panel discussion entitled “Policing Pandemics: Criminalization From HIV to COVID-19.” We invited four pillars of HIV advocacy to speak with us about our current moment, offer guidance on what to do next, and answer questions from the audience.

Decriminalization Is the Radical HIV Prevention Strategy We Need
You've heard of TasP, PrEP and other acronyms on HIV prevention. Here, activist Jason Rosenberg discusses "DasP," or "decriminalization as prevention" and why it could be helpful in the fight against HIV.

Our COVID-19 Response Is Living in the House HIV Activists Built
Let’s honor those whose labor built the pathways to address this global crisis, and in doing so, remember a valuable lesson: that plagues and epidemics impact the most vulnerable, disproportionately.

Lorena Borjas, New York City–Based Trans Activist, Dies of COVID-19
Borjas, a leader in Queens, New York’s Latinx trans community, died on March 30 and was honored with a virtual memorial.