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National AIDS Memorial Grove: The Hemophilia Memorial Circle
Forgotten No Longer National AIDS Memorial Grove Brings HIV-Positive Hemophiliacs into the Fold by Hank Trout Photos Courtesy NAMG At the beginning of the AIDS crisis, the virus seemed to target...
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blu sunne: Blog by Lester Strong: Art, Activism, HIV/AIDS
Lesbian Americans Don’t Sell out!, Dyke Action Machine! poster, used with permission Went recently to the current exhibition by New York City-based artist Carrie Moyer at the DC Moore Gallery in the...
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Pushing Dead
Pushing Dead A Film by Tom E. Brown Explores Long-Term Surviving—With a Sense of Humor by Hank Trout The first thing I noticed about filmmaker Tom E. Brown was his impossibly clear blue eyes. When we...
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Still At Risk: An Interview with Playwright Tim Pinckney
Still At Risk Playwright Tim Pinckney examines AIDS activism then and now, and the rewriting of our history by Hank Trout Playwright Tim Pinckney. Photo by Sean Turi We first meet Kevin, ex-actor and...
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AIDS Walk OC: May 5
Rise Above AIDS, together! AIDS Walk OC is gearing up for its 32nd annual fundraising event. Setting a goal to #EndtheEpidemic by 2025, AIDS Walk OC is aiming to raise $350,000, the total surpassed by...
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AGE, SURVIVE AND THRIVE: Art Saves Lives Exhibition
Diane Sciarretta, creator of Bodyscapes Healing Art Workshops AGE, SURVIVE AND THRIVE, an exhibition showcasing drawings and poems by long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS, will open with a reception on...
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Radiant Health Centers
Radiant Indeed An ASO in Orange County dismantles barriers to care by Allie Oakes Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Sean Black I know all too well how precious good health is and how any support...
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Denny Tedesco: Advocate
A Band of Two The Wrecking Crew! Filmmaker Denny Tedesco Pays Tribute to His Late Musician Father, Who Both Strummed Their Generosity Towards the HIV Community by Dann Dulin Photo by Isabella Tedesco...
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The Life Group LA presents “The Next Level of Care: Aging & HIV+”
On Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, 2018, The Life Group LA, along with The City of West Hollywood, APLA and Viiv Healthcare, will present “Elevate: The Next Level of Care: Aging & HIV+,” a...
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Summer 1993: An Interview with Filmmaker Carla Simón
Survivors of the Crisis Filmmaker Carla Simón takes viewers back to Summer 1993 by Ren Jender “Why aren’t you crying,” another child asks Frida (Laia Artigas), the six-year-old main character of...
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Alfie Pettit: Advocate
Untucked Alan “Alfie” Pettit, aka Arial Trampway, the Inimitable Drag Queen of Palm Springs, Educates Others About the Epidemic From Firsthand Knowledge by Dann Dulin I was totally bulldozed…by the...
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HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day: June 5, 2018
The fifth annual HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (HLTSAD) is Tuesday, June 5, 2018. The fifth of June is an important date in the history of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It was on that date that the...
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All Together Human: Photo Exhibit
All Together Human ACT UP Dublin’s Will St. Leger & Photographer Hazel Coonagh Create an Exhibit to Destigmatize HIV by Hank Trout Will St. Leger. Photo by Nathalie Marquez-Courtney When artist...
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Golden Rainbow & Dining Out For Life: July24
Golden Rainbow, which provides affordable long-term and transitional housing programs, as well as education and direct financial assistance, to low-income PLWHIV all over southern Nevada, will be the...
View ArticleFDA Approves Truvada as PrEP for Adolescents
On May 18, 2018, Gilead Sciences, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved once-daily oral Truvada for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of...
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blu sunne: A Blog by Lester Strong: The Boys in the Band + AIDS
The Boys in the Band, AIDS: Looking to the Past, Moving Toward the Future My husband Dave and I recently saw the current Broadway revival of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band at the Booth Theatre....
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Harvey Milk Photo Center 2018 LGBTQ Exhibit Event: Art & Pride
#lgbtqsanfrancisco Photo by dannynicoletta.com The Harvey Milk Photo Center in San Francisco has announced its annual LGBTQ Pride exhibit for 2018, Art & Pride: A Fine Arts Celebration in a Mixed...
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After Louie
Today we live in “a potential radicalizing moment,” artist and activist Avram Finkelstein said in a recent interview, [A&U, January 2018]. We find ourselves at “a critical junction” between two...
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Philadelphia FIGHT Kicks Off AIDS Education Month
Philadelphia FIGHT, a comprehensive health services organization providing primary care, education, research, and advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS and those at high risk, will kick off AIDS...
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Ron B.: Advocate
Breaking Boundaries Actor and celebrity host Ron B. talks about her show, No Boundaries–Up Close and Personal, and becoming an LGBTQ and HIV advocate Text & Photos by Alina Oswald There are no...
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