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Tag: hiv

National Latinx HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Carlos & José | Gran Varones Fellows

When you’re living with HIV, finding community can be hard. When you do, sometimes having HIV is the only common…
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Posted on: October 15, 2020 Last updated on: October 15, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Gran Varones Fellows

Last weekend, the second convening of the Gran Varones Positive Digital Arts Fellowship took place in Washington, DC. Since the…
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Posted on: March 3, 2020 Last updated on: March 3, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Fernando | Chicago, IL

I would pass by the clinic but I would never enter, standing in front of the door I would think,…
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Posted on: February 17, 2020 Last updated on: February 17, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Future is Black, Queer & Poz Thanks Adonis Timone

Adonis Timōne is not here to blend into the background. Straddling the lines between artist and HIV activist, Adonis Timone…
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Posted on: February 7, 2020 Last updated on: February 7, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

CBS News New York Tweets HIV-Phobic Headline

on this 8th day of the new decade that is 2020, cbs news New York tweeted a headline, in all…
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Posted on: January 8, 2020 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

German | Philadelphia, PA

As I child I grew up unable to be myself due to the things I was forced listen to about…
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Posted on: December 14, 2019 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Mathew | Philadelphia, PA

when i was diagnosed, it changed my life completely. i was a 17 year old boy barely coming to grips…
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Posted on: December 1, 2019 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Raúl | Brooklyn, NY

proud poz bori fag. decolonize + destigmatize In today’s health landscape, 1 in 5 queer latinx men and 1 in…
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Posted on: December 1, 2019 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

José, Puerto Rico

every intersection of every group is like a small world – latino, gay, (hiv) negative. i’ve been in so many…
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Posted on: March 30, 2019 Last updated on: July 3, 2019 Written by: louie

From Under a Rock: Surviving the Reagan Crack Years

My mother began smoking crack in the summer of 1986. At that time, it was widely known as “crack rock.”…
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Posted on: March 27, 2019 Last updated on: June 1, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

MARCELINO SÁNCHEZ

there are many who walked this earth and cracked open the universe just enough for their energy to linger and…
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Posted on: November 22, 2018 Last updated on: December 2, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

David | Philadelphia, PA

i always have a problem when people say “post-gay” because what exactly does that mean? there is no escaping the…
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Posted on: February 20, 2018 Last updated on: February 29, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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