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Immigrant With HIV to Be Deported to Venezuela, Which Lacks Meds
Justice Prevails for Deported HIV-Positive Gay Mexican! [VIDEO]
What Are the Facts About HIV Rates in Haiti?
Representative Cori Bush (D–Missouri) was sworn in January 3, 2021.

Spotlighting Eight Potential HIV Champions in the 117th Congress

Ending HIV requires lawmakers in Congress dedicated to health equity, racial justice, sex education, housing and more.

Lawsuit Is Filed Against Trump Ban on LGBT and HIV-Positive Asylum Seekers

If the asylum ban goes forward, “the U.S. will deport countless LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees back to persecution, torture and death.”

Tracking COVID’s Spread Inside a Tight-Knit Latino Community

People fighting the spread of COVID-19 face many unique challenges when doing contact tracing among low-income Latino immigrants.
Cristina Herrera

Translatina Proud

Cristina Herrera provides support for the Latinx transgender community.

Speaking With a Collective Voice

In launching a new grassroots network, Latinx people living with HIV define their own agenda.
An image from “Here I Am,” a report on HIV and Latinx Men

Hear From Latino Gay and Bisexual Men Affected by HIV

Nine findings from ViiV Healthcare’s Latinx Listening Initiative

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National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day 2020

NAIRHHA Day also brings focus to other epidemics fueling HIV disparities.

Questioning the Benefits of Molecular Surveillance

Can this HIV prevention strategy overcome mistrust and fear among marginalized communities?
Lorena Borjas, center, received the Fuerza Award from the Latino Commission on AIDS in 2019. Next to her are George Fesser and Daniela Simba.

R.I.P. Lorena Borjas, a Transgender Latinx Activist Lost to COVID-19

Watch an inspiring video about the beloved New Yorker who operated HIV-testing programs and syringe exchanges for people taking hormones.

What Happens When Asylum Seekers Need HIV Meds?

Or when a transgender immigrant locked up by ICE is bleeding from her rectum and needs medical care?

Believe in Hope

We must fight through our collective trauma to begin the process of renewal.

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What’s Going On

Our cover story explores how HIV intersects with immigration and affects everyone from asylum seekers to longtime immigrants.
Oscar Lopez

Moving Mountains

Oscar Lopez advocates for Latinos living with HIV.
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Yearning to Breathe Free

Understanding Immigration and HIV

HIV Border Crisis

Advocates respond to the reports that a father, who is living with HIV, was permanently separated from his daughters after entering the U.S.

Voices of Voces Latinas

Understanding immigration and HIV through personal stories.
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