HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS

interview

lgbt history

New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community

Shot on a mix of consumer-grade recording devices — iPhone, Zoom, VHS camcorder, and Super-8 film — the documentary is an homage to grassroots AIDS mediamaking across decades and its…

Lauren Herold —

Mar 21, 2025

#affiliatemarketing

HIV/AIDS

lgbt history

Marika Cifor Wants You To Activate Your Nostalgia for ACT UP

Marika Cifor’s new book Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS explores how LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS archives shape our understanding of history.

Lauren Herold —

Dec 6, 2022

extra extra

HIV/AIDS

news

Extra! Extra!: Amidst COVID-19, 62% of Black Trans Women Surveyed Are Also Living with HIV

This week’s Extra! Extra! takes a look at the latest criminal justice news in the wake of more police brutality and the Chauvin ruling, more perspectives on capitalist exploitations after…

the team —

Apr 23, 2021

AIDS

HIV/AIDS

literature

Surprise Porn and Hospital Parties: The Queer and Trans Pleasure in Marty Fink’s “Forget Burial”

Marty Fink shows how caregiving is activism, disability is sexy and dusty archives are tantalizing in Forget Burial, an essential, highly pleasurable, read.

Anna Lee-Popham —

Feb 24, 2021

AIDS

AIDS and COVID

politics + activism

Coming Together, Staying Apart: What Taking Care and Taking Action Look Like on HIV/AIDS and COVID-19

Talking to survivors and caretakers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic about what we can learn from the past about our present.

Beth Ashley —

May 22, 2020

AIDS

AIDS and COVID

first person

What Being a Child of the AIDS Epidemic Taught Me About Coronavirus

All we have is each other. And we are the only ones we know, if we believe in the myth of ourselves enough to create truth, who will save us.

Audrey Olivero —

May 20, 2020

AIDS

AIDS and COVID

politics + activism

“Reach Out to One Person a Day”: Feminist AIDS Activists Reflect on COVID-19

While gay men have necessary and urgent things to say about the enduring HIV/AIDS epidemic, women have always participated in AIDS activism. I spoke with two longtime feminist AIDS activists…

Lauren Herold —

May 18, 2020

Act Up

AIDS

lgbt history

The True Story Behind ACT UP and Sandra Bernhard’s Character on “Pose”

I realized that even though I’d vaguely heard or read about the lesbians of ACT UP, I didn’t really know enough about the specifics. Who were these women? What was…

Carmen Phillips —

Jun 24, 2019

Act Up

AIDS

politics + activism

Five Lessons Today’s Queer Activists Can Learn From ACT UP

Five lessons that start to explore just how much we can learn from our queer and trans forebears in AIDS activism.

Adrian —

May 17, 2017

2016 presidential race

bernie sanders

politics + activism

Trans Activist Diana Sacayán Found Dead In Her Buenos Aires Home

Kroger will cover gender affirming surgeries for trans employees, mainstream media and informal polls don’t agree on who won the Democratic debate, the New York Attorney General launched an investigation…

Yvonne —

Oct 15, 2015

AIDS

Daily Fix

politics + activism

FDA Will Allow Gay Men to Donate Blood Under Amended Restrictions

After weeks of discussion on the subject, the agency has finally announced it will replace the current lifetime ban with a one-year restriction period for men who sleep with men.

Kaitlyn —

Dec 23, 2014

AIDS

Daily Fix

politics + activism

FDA Upholds Status Quo Banning Blood Donations From Gay Men

The FDA is the one politicizing the issue, not the blood organizations and medical associations that support lifting the lifetime ban.

Adrian —

Dec 11, 2014