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POZ June 2020 Ed Barron
Stand By Me
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HIV and Aging: The Basics
Forums: Support and discussion

Canadian People Living With HIV Have Their Say About the Impact of COVID-19

Survey says Canadian PLWHIV have often been struggling—but they are resilient

FDA Approves Rukobia for People With Multidrug-Resistant HIV

The novel attachment inhibitor led to viral suppression in 60% of people with extensive prior treatment.

POZ Contributor Mark S. King Named LGBTQ Journalist of the Year

My Fabulous Disease also garnered NLGJA’s Excellence in Blogging honor.

Film: Can a ‘Gay Leftie with AIDS’ Get Elected Mayor of a Rural Town?

A new documentary follows activist (and POZ Magazine founder) Sean Strub’s quixotic quest to be elected Mayor of his rural town.
Jesse Milan, Jr.

A Long-Term Survivor’s Hope: End the HIV Epidemic

Here’s how to do it.
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HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2020

“Not Our First Pandemic” is this year’s coronavirus-related HLTSAD theme.

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R.I.P. Ron Simmons, PhD, an Empowering AIDS Advocate for Black Gay Men

A community leader and academic, Simmons also led the DC-based HIV nonprofit Us Helping Us. He died of prostate cancer.
Bob Leahy

Five Things I’ve Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic

How a Canadian living with HIV has coped with being a shut-in, and what he has learned about himself—and about us
From left: Larry Kramer’s latest novel, out January 2020; the activist at the GMHC Spring Gala in March 2017

R.I.P. Larry Kramer, 84, Author and AIDS Activist

The playwright and novelist was a cofounder of GMHC and ACT UP.

Live and Love

Long-term survivor John Reams shared his story of profound loss and immense gratitude.
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Bearing Witness

A journalist with experience reporting on the early U.S. AIDS epidemic reflects on HIV and COVID-19.

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HIV Medications: The Basics
Paying for Care and Treatment
Oriol R. Gutierrez

I’ll Stand by You

Our cover subject, Ed Barron, is a long-term survivor of not only HIV, but also many other conditions.

Portrait of an Artist

A book excerpt about living in the past to survive AIDS.

POZ June 2020

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August “Buzz” Pusateri

R.I.P. August “Buzz” Pusateri, 81, HIV and LGBT Trailblazer

HIV positive since at least 1982, he participated in the Pitt Men’s Study, a long-running AIDS research project.
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R.I.P. Ed Shaw; the Longtime Advocate for Those Aging With HIV Died of COVID-19

“Improving the lives of those with HIV and AIDS has been my mission and life’s work for over two decades.”
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