I am Life: Houston-Based Campaign’s Message of Hope
I Am Life With the Help of Ambassadors, the Houston Health Department’s Message of Hope Rings Loud & Clear by John Francis Leonard Chloe Fulton, Ambassador The numbers are troubling. LGBTQ persons...
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Mapplethorpe Redux The second half of 2019 has meant the second half of the Guggenheim Museum’s year-long look back at the work and artistic legacy of famed—and controversial—American photographer...
View ArticleTribute: Jerry Herman
Hello, Dolly! La Cage aux Folles. Mame. The list goes on. Multiple Tony-winning composer/lyricist Jerry Herman [A&U, February 1998] has left an indelible mark on American musical theater. His...
View ArticleReducing Intimate Partner Violence & Its Effects Among Positive Women
Reducing Intimate Partner Violence & Its Effects Among Positive Women The HIV.gov website reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for...
View ArticleDoctors Without Borders Warns: “No Time to Lose” in Fighting AIDS
Doctors Without Borders Warns: “No Time to Lose” in Fighting AIDS In a report released on December 2, 2019, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans...
View ArticleLOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2020 Valentine Pop-Up Exhibition: Opens January 31
Visual AIDS, Handmade valentine’s cards for LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN, 2020. The LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN 2020 Valentine Pop-Up Exhibition opening is January 31 at La MaMa Galleria in New York City. According to...
View ArticleGreg Mahusay: Advocate
Back on the Bike Athlete & Activist Greg Mahusay Talks About the Long Road He Traveled to Regain His Health by Hank Trout Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Michael Kerner Photography No one...
View ArticleNational Hispanic/Latinx Health Leadership Summit 2020
National Hispanic/Latinx Health Leadership Summit 2020 The National Hispanic/Latinx Health Leadership Summit will convene on Monday, March 2 and Tuesday, March 3, 2020, bringing together leaders from...
View ArticleVisual AIDS’ Women’s Empowerment Art Therapy Workshops
Visual AIDS’ Women’s Empowerment Art Therapy Workshops Photo courtesy Visual AIDS Visual AIDS needs your help to continue empowering women living with HIV in New York City. Visual AIDS Artist Member...
View ArticleCazwell: Advocate
Pump Up the Volume The Rapper And Songwriter Cazwell Takes a Sex-Positive Approach to Music & Fights Against HIV Ignorance by Dann Dulin Photos by BAZ On first meeting Cazwell, he comes off as a...
View ArticleLinus Ignatius: Advocate
Mass Appeal Actor & Director Linus Ignatius Explores Body Dysmorphia and Gay Men in an HIV-Conscious Context by John Francis Leonard I recently had the opportunity to interview an incredible actor...
View ArticleAIDSWatch 2020 Set for March 30, 31
AIDSWatch 2020 Set for March 30, 31 AIDS United has announced that AIDSWatch 2020, the largest yearly constituent-based national HIV advocacy event, will be held on March 30 and 31 at the Sheraton...
View ArticlePaul Lisicky: Writer & Advocate
There Is No Later than Later Writer Paul Lisicky Talks with A&U’s Raymond Luczak About His New Memoir About Life at the Edge of the World When I first heard about Paul Lisicky’s memoir Later: My...
View ArticleThe Inheritance & the Eclipsing of Long-Term Survivors
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View ArticleMarlon Bundo Bow Tie Benefits AIDS United, Trevor Project
Marlon Bundo Bow Tie Benefits AIDS United, Trevor Project Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Photo by Luke Fontana Marlon Bundo first hopped into our hearts in March 2018 in A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, a...
View ArticleRadiant Health Centers Raises Over $920,000 at 34th Annual Gala
Radiant Health Centers Raises Over $920,000 at 34th Annual Gala Photo by Laurel Hungerford Photography Radiant Health Centers, an Orange County, California, nonprofit that offers free HIV testing, as...
View ArticleJohn Duran: Advocate
Spout Off In His Fight for the Equality of Others, Activist & Risk-Taker John Duran Found Himself By Dann Dulin Photography by Samuel Lippke “Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future”...
View ArticleVisual AIDS Calls for Video Proposals: Day With(out) Art 2021
Visual AIDS Calls for Video Proposals: Day With(out) Art 2021 Visual AIDS has put out a call for artists and filmmakers, both established and emerging, to submit proposals for new video works to be...
View ArticleMany AIDS-Related Events, Including AIDS2020, Go Virtual for 2020
Many AIDS-Related Events Go Virtual for 2020 In light of many states’s ongoing “shelter-in-place” order in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the organizers of many AIDS-related events scheduled for...
View ArticleElliot Fletcher: Advocate
Who is that strikingly handsome guy making out with Ian?!, I think to myself, watching season seven of Shameless. Afterwards I scan the Internet to find out more about this actor. His name is Elliot...
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