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HIV/AIDS

Zimbabwe decriminalizes HIV transmission in major step forward for LGBTQ+ equality
Politics

Zimbabwe decriminalizes HIV transmission in major step forward for LGBTQ+ equality

Activists have called on the country to repeal other anti-LGBTQ+ laws that make it more difficult to address the ongoing HIV epidemic

By Nico Lang
A woman becomes third person to have been cured of HIV
Health

A woman becomes third person to have been cured of HIV

The patient’s race, sex and age has led experts in the medical field to express confidence about the possibility of curing more people than previously imagined

By Ursula Muñoz S.
Why Jason Kenney’s vile HIV/AIDS comparison struck a nerve
Politics

Why Jason Kenney’s vile HIV/AIDS comparison struck a nerve

OPINION: The Alberta premier compared the experience of unvaccinated people now to those with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s

By Mel Woods
Queer activists are making sex safer because no one else will
Health

Queer activists are making sex safer because no one else will

As governments fail to address rising rates of sexually transmitted and blood borne infections, grassroots organizers are turning to off-label treatments to protect their communities

By Kevin Hurren
This U.S. state just repealed its discriminatory laws criminalizing HIV transmission
Justice

This U.S. state just repealed its discriminatory laws criminalizing HIV transmission

New Jersey joins nine other states in striking down its outdated laws

By Yvonne Marquez
Am I the only gay guy who still finds condoms sexy?
Health

Am I the only gay guy who still finds condoms sexy?

Rolling on a condom is romantic, right on the precipice between foreplay to penetration, an intermission filled with sexual anticipation

By Sam Sferrazza
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FDA approves first injectable HIV prevention drug
Health

FDA approves first injectable HIV prevention drug

Apretude, which is injected every two months, is an alternative to daily HIV prevention pills

By Mel Woods
How better HIV treatment could prevent future COVID-19 variants
Health

How better HIV treatment could prevent future COVID-19 variants

Treating and curing immunity-related diseases like HIV could help prevent new variants like Omicron, new research suggests

By Mel Woods
The battle against AIDS was waged on the streets
Excerpt

The battle against AIDS was waged on the streets

“Up Against the Wall” explores the meaning and impact of the AIDS epidemic as told through posters over the last 40 years

By Jennifer Brier, Matthew Wizinsky
Rinaldo Walcott on how to build a better queer future
Health

Rinaldo Walcott on how to build a better queer future

The writer and scholar weighs in on how a strong set of queer values can help us build a better world for everyone

By Ziya Jones
Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ is the hit that keeps coming back
Queer View Mirror

Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ is the hit that keeps coming back

Reinterpretations by Bronski Beat, Underworld and Madonna reflect our changing world—and our unending love for dance music

By vivi hansen
What safer sex looks like in a post-pandemic world wildly in flux
Sex

What safer sex looks like in a post-pandemic world wildly in flux

Can we really have a “hot vax summer”?

By Bobby Box
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Coming of age during the AIDS crisis: A dialogue
HIV/AIDS

Coming of age during the AIDS crisis: A dialogue

Authors Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Alexander McClelland discuss how a lost generation of queers came out, grieved and thrived through the height of the epidemic

By Alexander McClelland, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
First Lady Nancy Reagan befriended gay men, then betrayed them
Books

First Lady Nancy Reagan befriended gay men, then betrayed them

The legacy of the Reagan presidency’s callous handling of the early HIV/AIDS crisis still haunts us today

By Daniel Sanchez Torres
‘I’m so much more than that diagnosis.’ Billy Porter comes out as HIV-positive
Culture

‘I’m so much more than that diagnosis.’ Billy Porter comes out as HIV-positive

In an interview with “The Hollywood Reporter,” the “Pose” star spoke candidly about living with HIV

By Mel Woods
What people got wrong—and what Sarah Schulman wants to get right—about the history of ACT UP and early AIDS activism
Books

What people got wrong—and what Sarah Schulman wants to get right—about the history of ACT UP and early AIDS activism

In her new book, the New York writer lays bare the achievements and embarrassments of an astonishingly successful social movement

By Paul Gallant
Can HIV self-tests help counter Canada’s rising transmission rates?
Health

Can HIV self-tests help counter Canada’s rising transmission rates?

At-home testing kits were greenlit in November 2020, but few Canadians have used them

By Kevin Hurren
An HIV vaccine could be on the horizon thanks to COVID-19 research
Health

An HIV vaccine could be on the horizon thanks to COVID-19 research

New mRNA technology developed for the Moderna vaccine could fast-track HIV vaccine

By Mel Woods
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