Address the microaggressions–and aggressions–if you want to truly include Black people in your circle
I’m sharing my experience not only to live in my truth, but in the hopes that others might open their hearts to the many ways we must welcome Black people to our groups, our social events, and our community.
“There’s anxiety, and fear”: How HIV long-term survivors are processing the current political moment
Vince Crisostomo, director of Aging Services at SFAF, shares the ways that the Elizabeth Taylor 50-Plus Network is meeting the stress and anxiety caused by changes at the federal level.
Surviving Voices: Oral history of HIV lifetime & long-term survivors
In honor of National HIV Long-Term Survivors Day, survivors featured in an upcoming documentary film being screened on June 5 share their stories of resilience.
Here I was, thinking I needed to teach my Grandma about acceptance. But she'd quietly carried these lessons all along, learned in the darkest days of the AIDS crisis.
Trans people across the nation are experiencing their rights, healthcare, and existence stripped away. What's it like to witness and experience that as you're raising a trans child?
As a Black, queer man living with HIV, leading an organization fighting for our community, exhaustion feels inevitable. But it is unsustainable--exhaustion is not a strategy, and burnout is not a badge.
This book allowed me a chance to reflect on all of the ways I tried to express the masculinity that Black fathers often expect of their sons, and how I eventually found freedom in my own identity.
Queer folks have always protected each other against disasters. Climate change is no different.
From back-up options for temperature controlled hormone storage in case of wildfires, to LGBTQ safe houses--here's how Queer communities are coming together to care for one another through climate disasters.
CDC cuts, millions in NIH grants canceled, layoffs at HHS: Our quick summary of recent news impacting HIV & LGBTQ+ services and health
Millions of dollars at a time, our Federal government is dismantling the public health infrastructure we rely on to end the HIV epidemic and improve LGBTQ+ health.
