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[…] compassionate and comprehensive health services to all underserved individuals in Orange County, with a special focus on the LGBTQ+ community and those living with and affected by HIV, held its annual Gala on June 3rd in Costa Mesa, CA. The event aimed to raise funds for LGBTQ+ healthcare equity. Co-chaired by Adrienne Matros and […]

[…] absence – a drop from the single character counted in the previous study. More disappointing, there is a complete absence of stories of LGBTQ characters living with HIV, a group which still faces incredibly high levels of stigma and discrimination. Today, approximately 1.2 million Americans live with HIV. And their stories must be told, […]

The best approach to HIV prevention is a combination of condom distribution, health education, syringeexchange services, and initiation of and continued adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP; HIVprevention medication). Prior to the pandemic, these services were delivered primarily in person throughclinics, hospitals, community centers, and outreach events in social spaces frequented by the targetpopulation (clubs, […]

[…] while I could not see my doctor. But I was never worried about it because my viral load had always been really low.” ~ Person Living With HIV (PLWH), Gay Black + Latinx Male, 56y, Western US “I started online counseling after I took a depression assessment through work, but it wasn’t a great […]

[…] in report’s history, over half of LGBTQ characters on cable television are people of color, meeting GLAAD’s challenge from last year’s report Representation of people living with HIV drops significantly — prompting GLAAD and Gilead to challenge the industry to introduce new regular, recurring characters living with HIV per year New York, NY – […]

[…] podcast about how this current moment is affecting his spirituality, the myth that queer people are not and can not also be religious, and the effect that HIV/AIDS had on him growing up in the ’80s. Listen to the full interview on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Jeffrey Masters: How has your relationship to […]

[…] romantic lead. Max’s drama The Fallout included two queer girls at the center of the film, and Paramount Plus’ Three Months followed a gay teen awaiting his HIV test results. Universal’s romantic comedy Bros boasted a central gay love story and a multitude of LGBTQ characters in the larger ensemble, while Focus Features’ releases […]

[…] the first time in the report’s history, queer women characters outnumber queer men but the report finds no LGBTQ characters with disabilities, no LGBTQ characters living with HIV, and transgender and/or non-binary characters remain completely absent for a fourth year in a row GLAAD suspends grades for major film studios due to COVID-19 and […]