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Using Her Voice to Help Get Out the Vote

Longtime activist Maria A. Davis is part of a new initiative to encourage community members to become well-informed, active voters.
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Hear From Latino Gay and Bisexual Men Affected by HIV

Nine findings from ViiV Healthcare’s Latinx Listening Initiative
Anthony Fauci, MD, heads the NIAID.

Join Anthony Fauci for a GMHC Webinar on Aging With HIV During COVID-19

Later that same day, September 17, a POZ at Home event on Zoom features several long-term survivors. You’re invited!
The National Harm Reduction Coalition revamped its brand and website September 2020

Here’s What the Future of Harm Reduction Looks Like

A revamped National Harm Reduction Coalition tackles the “racist war on drugs” and advocates for people who use drugs.
Husbands Jeff Graham and Peter Stinner

R.I.P. Peter Stinner, an HIV Educator and ACT UP Activist in Atlanta

Over two decades, he helped thousands of clients at Grady Health System’s Ponce de Leon Center.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

AIDS United Honors Historic March on Washington

An open letter to elected officials spells out why racial justice must be a part of our work to end the HIV epidemic.

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Organizers and speakers of NFHAAD 2020

National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020

Join a virtual get-out-the-vote town hall and prayer services planned around NFHAAD, held the last Sunday in August.
My House Clinic opens September 1, 2020, in Nashville

A New HIV and STI Medical Clinic in Nashville Operates on PRIDE

At My House Clinic, which also offers hep C and COVID-19 services, PRIDE stands for “Promotes Respect Inclusion & Dignity for Everyone.”
Richard Zaldivar, executive director of The Wall Las Memorias Project, leads a Zoom discussion on meth and Latino MSM

Meth and HIV Among Gay and Bi Latino Men [VIDEOS]

Virtual discussions in Texas and Los Angeles shed light on “the dark side of the rainbow.”

The Memory That Gets Me Through These Dark Challenging Times

On Sunday, June 18, 2017, I walked into Hammerstein Ballroom for “Broadway Bares“ and joy surged through my body.
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Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020

Be part of the Southern Solution by checking out these virtual discussions, planning sessions and happy hours.

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One Heartland

Serving Youth

The nonprofit organization One Heartland shares how COVID-19 threatens the survival of the summer camp it created in response to AIDS.

What Is Successful Aging With HIV/AIDS?

Researchers study older people living with the virus.
Gert McMullin sews masks out of extra fabric from the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Fabric of Our Lives

Sewing to remember AIDS losses and to protect against COVID-19
Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.

Positive Again

POZ editor-in-chief Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. shares his experiences testing antibody positive for COVID-19.
(From left to right): C. Virginia Fields, Ingrid Floyd, Pernessa C. Steele

Iris House Leader Now Heads a Second HIV Group

Ingrid Floyd is the interim executive director of Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD).
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