When Fort Lauderdale resident Benjamin P. Lap attended a fundraising event in 2003, the startling installation, Identity, by multimedia artist and activist Christopher Yoculan, struck him immediately. “It was such a powerful piece that was creative in its use of...
The 2026 United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA), held September 17-20 in Anaheim and organized each year by NMAC, is now history. It brought the usual mix of elation to be in the company of old friends and veteran advocates; worry for the future of our movement...
One of several films centering people living with HIV at the upcoming Out On Film festival in Atlanta is Mickey & Richard, a documentary examining the life of Richard Bernstein, aka the 1980s porn icon Mickey Squires. Fortunately for you, anyone in the United...
My husband Michael is the one person who will try to put the brakes on my writing. He will suggest a softer way around a topic, or simply ask, “Are you sure?” in a gentle way that makes his misgivings clear. Michael isn’t trying to censor me. He just worries is all....
The United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) is the largest conference in the country that brings together public health folks, activists, people living with HIV, and community organizations. It will be held in Anaheim, September 17-20, 2026 and has the theme,...
Nearly 10,000 researchers, public health and policy experts, community based organizations, and front-line advocates descended on Rio de Janeiro July 26-31, 2026, for AIDS2026, the International AIDS Conference. Most notably to me, the delegates and attendees included...
Unstoppable: Straight Women at the AIDS Frontlines, written by author and activist Victoria Noe, is a powerful book that documents the vital and often overlooked work of straight women in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The book serves as a follow-up to her award-winning 2019...
The systems that make our healthcare clinics tick are not my usual lane. I generally leave that up to clinicians and administrators. When I do get wonky, it’s because something really catches my eye and I think I can help make it understandable. So, thank goodness for...
There’s so much to be brokenhearted about, living in the United States in the midst of a fascist, damaging regime. But whatever frustration and sorrow there may be from within this once great nation, the feeling changes when one leaves it. The heartache becomes a...
The story is so unlikely, so heroic, so filled with tragedy and triumph, it deserves to be a movie or a book. And now it is both. Dr. David Hylan’s account of the history of ACT UP Shreveport was first chronicled in his 2017 documentary, Small Town Rage, which...
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