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Advocates Born With HIV Face Ongoing Challenges
Bill to Repeal HIV Discrimination Reintroduced in Congress
AIDS Coalition Issues Statement of HIV Risk When Undetectable
Still from Matthew Puccini’s “The Mess He Made”

Watch This Man Wait for His HIV Test Results at a Strip Mall [VIDEO]

Director Matthew Puccini talks about his film short “The Mess He Made.” The results aren’t what you expect.
Jai Rodriguez

Sex Tips From a Gay Man, Indeed!

Inspired by an aunt lost to AIDS, TV star Jai Rodriguez promotes “Positively Fearless” HIV awareness among Latino gay and bi men.

Review: “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” Is Trans Film Noir

Filmmaker David France’s (“How to Survive a Plague”) new documentary shows the dangerous gulf between trans women and the LGBT spectrum.
Graphics from the Heroes report on HIV in Louisiana

Louisiana’s Two HIV Epidemics

A report looks at HIV/AIDS in rural versus metropolitan communities of the Southern state.

POZ Poll: Have you disclosed to your family that you have HIV?

Anselmo Fonseca

Island Fever

Puerto Rico’s economic crisis threatens critical progress on HIV.

Facing Stigma

October/November 2017 Survey
Cecilia Aldarondo

Discovering That Your Uncle, Who Died in 1987, Had AIDS, Not Cancer

In her film “Memories of a Penitent Heart,” Cecilia Aldarondo explores the secrets and generational rifts of her Latino family.

An Interview With Jack Mackenroth

HIV advocate and “Project Runway”’s first openly HIV-positive contestant, Jack Mackenroth talks about stigma, relationships and Scruff.
Todrick Hall

Look What You Made Todrick Hall Do … for HIV Awareness! [VIDEO]

He conquered Broadway, YouTube and Oz. Now he’s helping “Positively Fearless” tackle HIV in the Black community.
Diana, Princess of Wales

Remembering Princess Diana’s AIDS Work 20 Years After Her Death

At the height of AIDS fears, she showed that it was OK to hug people with HIV.

Hot topics

Stigma Busting #POZStories
Joing the Fight #Advocacy

Stripping (the Clothes of Shame)

What to do when your mind etches stigmas and labels in your heart, spirit and soul.
Actress and AIDS activist Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron’s HIV Project to Help Youth in South Africa [VIDEO]

The actress talks about her organization, which creates safe spaces for young people and helps break down stigma.

3 Ways Black Faith Leaders Address HIV as a Social Justice Issue

In Los Angeles alone, more than 120 churches joined the Day of Unity, promoted by The Black Church & HIV initiative.

Long-Term Survivors

The social media buzz on Long-Term Survivor Awareness Day
Dustin Thompson of Long Beach, California, in the #ImPositive campaign

POZ Poll: Have you ever disclosed your HIV status on social media?

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