In Memoriam: Scott Robbe
In Memoriam: Scott Robbe Renowned television, film, and stage producer, and veteran AIDS and queer rights advocate, Scott Robbe died on November 21, 2021, of complications from myelodysplastic anemia,...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide 2021: amfAR
Holiday Gift Guide 2021: amfAR GALA for Women and GALA for Men, two perfumes created for amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, were launched last year when the AIDS research nonprofit was unable to...
View ArticleGiving Tuesday: M•A•C VIVA GLAM x Keith Haring
M•A•C Cosmetics Teams with Keith Haring M•A•C Cosmetics, part of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., has teamed up with the Keith Haring Studio to celebrate M•A•C’s twenty-seven years of “giving back...
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Looking Back, Looking Forward Advocates Honor Four Decades of HIV/AIDS Advocacy as A&U Marks Thirty Years of Publication by Chael Needle Thirty years ago David Waggoner introduced Art &...
View ArticleFirst Ladies of Disco: 27th Annual Evening Under the Stars Gala
First Ladies of Disco Headline 27th Annual Evening Under the Stars Gala It will soon be time to hit the dancefloor and help raise funds for AAP—Food Samaritans, now in its thirtieth year of service to...
View ArticleActivists Launch ACT UP/LA Oral History Project
Activists Launch ACT UP/LA Oral History Project On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2021, former members of ACT UP/LA announced the launch of the ACT UP Los Angeles Oral History Project to capture the...
View ArticleEdward Albee’s Touch
Touching the Quilt An Edward Albee AIDS Moment by Lester Strong Edward Albee is not known for writing about AIDS, and certainly not in his plays. Yet during the mid-1990s, with the AIDS crisis at its...
View ArticleTribute: Richard Garcia
Tribute Richard Garcia (1951-2021) We were devastated to learn that (Louis) Richard Garcia had died this past Halloween. We offer our condolences to his partner, Tim Brockhum, and his younger sister,...
View ArticleBetty White Kept Me Sane During the Early AIDS Pandemic
Your Heart Is True Betty White & the Golden Girls Kept Me and My Friends Sane During the Early AIDS Pandemic by John Francis Leonard Betty White, THE PROPOSAL premiere, 2009. Photo by Angela...
View ArticleReunión Latina 2022: Register Now!
Reunión Latina 2022 Registration for the Reunión Latina 2022, an annual two-day training institute that focuses on how to rethink and respond to HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs, stigma, and other health...
View ArticleEmily Wells: Musician & Advocate
Regards to the End Composer & Musician Emily Wells Creates a Musical Dialogue Between Artists on the Front Lines of the Early AIDS Pandemic and Queer Contemporary Life by Chael Needle “David has a...
View ArticleBroadway Cares Receives Largest Gift Ever
BC/EFA Receives Largest Gift Ever As 2021 ended, the Fred Ebb Foundation, founded by legendary lyricist Fred Ebb, awarded $2.6 million to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the foundation’s largest...
View ArticleTyler TerMeer: Advocate
True Resilience Tyler TerMeer, PhD, the new CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation, talks about leadership, HIV/AIDS, and navigating “dueling pandemics” by Alina Oswald “As you flip the page to a new...
View ArticleAFC Releases Racial Equity Action Plan
AFC Releases Racial Equity Action Plan On February 7, 2022, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, AIDS Foundation Chicago released its first Racial Equity Action Plan. The three-year plan aims “to...
View ArticleBroadway Cares Awards $2.5 Million to Food & Meal Programs
BC/EFA Awards $2.5 Million to Food & Meal Programs Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has awarded a record $2,532,500 in grants to 127 food service and meal delivery programs in thirty-seven states,...
View ArticleJeffrey Long: Advocate
Giving Back Jeffrey Long Talks with A&U’s Chael Needle About Dedicating His Life with Advocacy Health comes first, as HIV/AIDS advocate Jeffrey Long knows. But health is intertwined with advocacy,...
View ArticleClaire Gasamagera Channels Her Advocacy on YouTube
The Importance of the Slow Lane Claire Gasamagera Uses Social Media Video to Bring HIV Advice to Women by Chael Needle Claire Gasamagera. Photo courtesy C. Gasamagera As an activist, Claire Gasamagera...
View ArticleLailani Muniz: Advocate
Access Routes Advocate Lailani Muniz Discusses the Impact of HIV on Women and How to Navigate Healthcare Barriers by Chael Needle Photo courtesy L. Muniz If you look at the health disparities that...
View ArticleBack-to-HIV Rally and Die-In in SF
Back-to-HIV Rally and Die-In Make HIV a priority again and address the impact of COVID on people with HIV—that’s the message that Bay Area activists and organizations want to send on March 21, from 11...
View ArticleMuwonge Gerald • Foaster Foundation for Healthcare Uganda
A Champion for Youth Muwonge Gerald Discusses the Struggles and Successes of the Foaster Foundation for Healthcare Uganda’s Efforts to Help Youth Affected by HIV/AIDS by Chael Needle In a Valentine’s...
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