Search Results: hiv (586)

[…] transgender Southerners face record-high state-sponsored targeting of essential healthcare, free speech, and access to school sports and bathrooms. The South also has the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses, exacerbated and complicated by systemic and historic racism, poverty, and healthcare inequities. LGBTQ Southerners are not solely defined by these challenges. They’re also parents, friends, […]

[…] is a decrease of 72 characters and one percentage point from the previous study. There was only one LGBTQ character (0.2 percent) counted this year living with HIV: Tim Laughlin in Showtime’s miniseries Fellow Travelers. Of all 468 LGBTQ characters counted, at least 170 (36%) will not be returning due to series cancellations or […]

[…] been fighting against Tennessee’s staunch anti-LGBTQ and racist systems. Jenkins is the founder and president of Nashville Black Pride, and the founder of the first Black LGBTQ HIV outreach initiatives (extensions of Nashville CARES) Brothers United Program and Young Brothers United Program. The programs’ missions are to “uplift a generation of (Young) African-American Same […]

[…] is a decrease of 72 characters and one percentage point from the previous study. There was only one LGBTQ character (0.2 percent) counted this year living with HIV: Tim Laughlin in Showtime’s miniseries Fellow Travelers. Of all 468 LGBTQ characters counted, at least 170 (36%) will not be returning due to series cancellations or […]

[…] his face blurred due to the U.S. Military policy “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” Roberts once again shook the cultural zeitgest in 2018 when he revealed he was HIV positive in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. In 2000, Roberts became an unofficial face of Gay America, and 22 years later, Roberts sat down with GLAAD’s […]

[…] third year and eagerly searching for its third cohort of writers.  Write it Out! is a free 10-week virtual playwright’s workshop specifically designed for people living with HIV (PLWHIV). Donja R. Love created the program in 2019 in order to provide a safe and affirming space for PLWHIV to explore the artistic creation of […]

[…] high number of cases.” Early data of the current outbreak shows 98% of the cases were among gay or bisexual men. 41% of cases are people living with HIV. Additional CDC data released August 12 suggests Black and Latinx people are disproportionately affected, underscoring the necessity of equitable access to mpox testing, treatment, and preventative measures. Independent public […]

[…] begin for months to help guide responses and resources, and our voices were vastly underreported across the media. These are painful parallels to the early days of HIV/AIDS, when GLAAD was formed to fight inaccuracy and invisibility. Combined with systemic intolerance and indifference, it led to incalculable loss. Racism, discrimination and lack of access […]