Tag: hiv
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Songs That Soundtrack the AIDS Crisis: Rihanna’s “Sex With Me”
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Ally A Muhammad It is the year of our Beyoncé 2024, and folks got on her internet to deride people for taking PrEP, by admonishing them to just “not have sex with people who have hiv.” This began a few days ago when X account @ FemK_Ultra wrote that “Realizing…
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National Latinx HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Carlos & José | Gran Varones Fellows
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When you’re living with HIV, finding community can be hard. When you do, sometimes having HIV is the only common factor. When you do come across a group of people who look like you, around your age, had similar familial backgrounds, history, traditions, traumas and triumphs, you finally feel like…
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Gran Varones Fellows
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Last weekend, the second convening of the Gran Varones Positive Digital Arts Fellowship took place in Washington, DC. Since the start of the fellowship, varones from six different cities and just as many states, organized events, held community get-togethers and created digital content that amplified the experiences of Latinx folks…
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Fernando | Chicago, IL
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I would pass by the clinic but I would never enter, standing in front of the door I would think, “Do I go in or not.” I made five attempts before going in. And when I entered, I sat down, and next to me someone sat down. The older gentleman…
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The Future is Black, Queer & Poz Thanks Adonis Timone
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Adonis Timōne is not here to blend into the background. Straddling the lines between artist and HIV activist, Adonis Timone is combining both to push the boundaries in the world of Hip-Hop and HIV activism. I met Adonis last September when we began working in partnership as part of ECHO…
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CBS News New York Tweets HIV-Phobic Headline
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on this 8th day of the new decade that is 2020, cbs news New York tweeted a headline, in all caps i might add, that read in: “RELEASED AFTER HIV ATTACK: A judge has let a suspect back onto the streets after police at LaGuardia say the attacker spit into…
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German | Philadelphia, PA
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As I child I grew up unable to be myself due to the things I was forced listen to about being gay. I was bullied by my uncles because they always called me gay. I lost so many chances at life. I held myself back from so many opportunities because…
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Mathew | Philadelphia, PA
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when i was diagnosed, it changed my life completely. i was a 17 year old boy barely coming to grips with my sexuality. i was already struggling with aspects of myself that i was scared to share with the world in fear of judgment and now this happened. it stopped…
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Raúl | Brooklyn, NY
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proud poz bori fag. decolonize + destigmatize In today’s health landscape, 1 in 5 queer latinx men and 1 in 2 gay black men will contract HIV by their mid 20s. When I was 21, I became the 1 in 5. We be afraid to talk about our lived experiences…
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José, Puerto Rico
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every intersection of every group is like a small world – latino, gay, (hiv) negative. i’ve been in so many small groups. like my art, i have been highlighted as an hiv artist, latino artist, a puerto rican artist, as a gay artist. at the beginning, i was like, “no.…
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From Under a Rock: Surviving the Reagan Crack Years
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My mother began smoking crack in the summer of 1986. At that time, it was widely known as “crack rock.” I was 9 years old and I already had mastered the art of secrecy. I didn’t call it art or survival; it was just life under the “rock.” I learned…
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MARCELINO SÁNCHEZ
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there are many who walked this earth and cracked open the universe just enough for their energy to linger and leave mark only noticeable for those who exist int he subtext. one of these people was gay puerto rican actor marcelino sánchez. marcelino was born on december 5, 1957 in…