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HIV and the LGBTQ Community *This section was created as a collaboration between GLAAD and Prevention Access Campaign 2021 marked the 40-year…

“When you have access to medical care, HIV’s no longer a death sentence. People live long lives. They fall in…

“Since 1999, National Black/HIV Awareness Day has been observed to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in Black communities.” – Darian Aaron, Communications Director of Counter Narrative Project (CNP) 

“NBHAAD remains a day where we galvanize our efforts to improve how we discuss HIV, reduce HIV stigma, and look to the future of HIV research in Black communities. Two HIV prevention efforts everyone should know about are PrEP and U=U.” – DaShawn Usher

“He lived in my apartment and died in my apartment.” In the early 80s, as the AIDS crisis was beginning…

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is releasing its second annual State…

“There is no way we could have gotten through the tragedy that was those years, the constant memorials and the…

Fair, accurate, and inclusive news media coverage is vital to expanding public awareness and understanding of LGBTQ people. While recent decades have shown remarkable advancements in accurate reporting on issues affecting our lives and increasingly nuanced portrayals of the incredible diversity within LGBTQ communities, many reporters, editors, and producers continue to face challenges covering LGBTQ issues in a complex, sometimes rhetorically charged climate.

The U.S. South has the highest concentration of LGBTQ Americans of any region, in states without statewide laws protecting them from discrimination.