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As HIV began to decimate the lives of Black gay men in the 1980s, Cornelius Mabin Jr. Founder and CEO of ARKANSAS RAPPS, began mobilizing members of Little Rock’s Black gay community to develop a survival plan in the living room of his small two-bedroom apartment. Without any financial assistance or official meeting space […]

“People living with HIV should not be treated as violent sex offenders for the rest of their lives solely because of their HIV status.” In a stern statement from Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, with the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the department alleges that Tennessee’s decades-old aggravated prostitution statute violates the Americans […]

[…] are also featured among many talk show and journalism nominees, including: “Mj Rodriguez on Historic Emmy Nomination and Hopes for Trans Community’s Future” The View (ABC), “ HIV/AIDS: 40 Years Later” TODAY (NBC), “Gay Panic” This is Life with Lisa Ling (CNN), “Life After Pulse” (WESH), “Mama Gloria” (PBS), “Pride of The White House” […]

[…] AIDS Coalition to launch a major initiative bringing sections of the Quilt to communities in the southern United States as a teaching tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The next stop is Louisiana in February 2023. NAM is bringing sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to communities throughout the Southern U.S as part of […]

[…] started. Are y’all ready?! pic.twitter.com/SjVxh2mX7C — jon batiste (@JonBatiste) June 21, 2022 Batiste’s performance was in collaboration with the Gilead COMPASS Initiative, to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS crisis that continues to plague some of the Southernmost states in the U.S. The South is most affected by the HIV epidemic, accounting for 54% of […]

[…] would come to this. What others standing around her bed did not know—that I had been charged to hold in secret—was that she was also living with HIV. Before the cancer diagnosis, she learned of her HIV status, and had not really shared it with anyone. She was so afraid of what others would […]

[…] October 6, in a TIME Magazine exclusive, GLAAD released “Invisible People,” a first-of-its-kind report detailing the disruption caused by COVID-19 in the lives of people living with HIV. The 23-page report combines a comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed scientific literature, qualitative interviews of people living with HIV, affected communities, and community-based organizations (CBOs) serving these […]

The reality of HIV and AIDS has evolved in the United States since it was first brought to public consciousness in the 1980s. While we have seen significant progress on prevention and treatment, public understanding lags and the unwarranted negative stigma associated with the disease continues to be an obstacle to eradication. Download the […]