2024 State of HIV Stigma Report

Acknowledgements

Mathew Rodriguez
Writer, Journalist and Author

DaShawn Usher
Senior Director, Communities of Color and Media, GLAAD

Julian J. Walker
Associate Director, Communities of Color and Media, GLAAD

Kayla Thompson
Communities of Color Associate, GLAAD

Ty Ballard
Junior Associate, Communities of Color, GLAAD

Tristan Marra
Vice President of Research & Reports, GLAAD

Tony Morrison
Senior Director of Communications, GLAAD

Crystal Stratford
Art Director and Head of Creative, GLAAD

Special thanks:
Gwendolyn Pointer, Rich Ferraro, Brendan Davis, Heidi Spillum, Skye Gould, Lauren Sanders, Barbara Simon, Darian Aaron, Alex Cammy, Daniel DeMartis

Back to report home…

Sweeps Week Resource Kit

Community organizations play a vital role in responding to sensational sweeps coverage with their own anti-defamation campaigns. With this Sweeps Weeks Toolkit, GLAAD encourages community members to contact stations that air sensational coverage about the LGBT community and tell them how such stories spread inaccurate or defamatory myths about us.

Immigration Inequality Resource Kit

Following the reintroduction of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) in Congress on May 8, GLAAD calls on journalists to explore the real life consequences of discriminatory immigration policies on LGBT- and HIV-positive people and their families.

The Angie Zapata Murder: Violence Against Transgender People Resource Kit

On April 14, 2009, the two-week trial for the murder of Angie Zapata—an 18-year-old transgender woman—began in Greeley, Colo and ended with her murderer convicted of a hate crime.

Transgender Day of Remembrance Resource Kit for Journalists

Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors the memory of those murdered because of anti-transgender prejudice, is recognized annually on November 20. GLAAD encourages journalists to mark the occasion with stories about the pervasive problem of crimes against transgender people, as well as the diversity and resilience of the community in the face of harassment and violence.