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Progress on Congressional Funding for 2020 Slows to a Crawl

HIV programs such as housing and syringe exchanges could be on the chopping block as the November 21 deadline looms. Here’s what you can do.
Congress members attend a briefing about syringe service programs.

New Congress Members Educate and Advocate for Syringe Services Programs

The programs lower the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C, reduce overdoses and result in these other benefits.

AIDS Institute to States: Lift Barriers to Hepatitis C Treatment!

37 state Medicaid programs continue to restrict access to lifesaving medication—despite medical guidelines telling them not to.
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How HIV Communities Can Prepare for Natural Disasters

These essential tools and plans can help you respond to a crisis.
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Rachel Weisz to Play Elizabeth Taylor in a Film About Her AIDS Activism

“A Special Relationship” explores Taylor’s friendship with her gay personal assistant and her role in fighting the epidemic.
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Mexican Group Banda MS Joins the CDC to Fight HIV Stigma

“Detén el estigma del VIH.” (“Stop HIV stigma.”)

As Impeachment Rolls On, Funding Talks Stall

Will federal programs—including HIV efforts—have the money to continue after November 21?

Success Stories From AIDS United’s Transgender Leadership Initiative

Grantees provided training, support services, direct employment and more. Check out these inspiring profiles on five groups.
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Remembering Sean Sasser

His presence on “The Real World” — and his legacy in advocacy — offers us a story about Black gay boys who dream, then fight.
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Frank Ocean’s PrEP-Themed Club Night and Merch Annoy AIDS Activists

The pop star’s party is named after the HIV prevention drug and is meant as an homage to ’80s-era queer nightlife.

Congress’s Indecision on Funding Bills Could Damage HIV Efforts

Plus: Republicans want to slash $63 million from the Housing for People with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA) program.

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Chidera Ejikeme

Meet the Teen Researcher Working to Create an HIV Vaccine

“Young researchers such as myself…can provide a new perspective and contribute to the conversation for a cure,” says Chidera Ejikeme.
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Protect LGBTQ Civil Rights

Housing Works and other HIV-related groups urge action on Tuesday, October 8.

Whitman-Walker Health Reflects on Today’s Changing HIV Conversation

The AIDS service organization based in Washington, DC, is part of AIDS United’s Public Policy Council.
Shuping Wang exposed an AIDS epidemic in rural China

R.I.P. Shuping Wang, the Whistle-Blower Who Exposed China’s Rural AIDS Epidemic

She had been living in the United States. Last month, a play based on her activism opened in London.
Peter Perkowski

Meet Peter Perkowski

The bisexual attorney is helping transgender service members with civil rights lawsuit counterstrikes.
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