Evany Turk is a woman living with HIV who recently became the co-executive director, with Marnina Miller, of the powerhouse organization Positive Women's Network USA (PWN), one of our country’s leading advocacy organizations. PWN has a diverse membership and its...
At the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in February, HIV activism icon Peter Staley delivered much more than a history lesson on the impact of HIV activism back in the day. He called the thousands of researchers and scientists...
Malcolm Reid has the X Factor, a compelling way about him that attracts your attention but which you can’t quite put your finger on. Saying so about him would probably make him grin and even blush, which only makes the case for his charms even stronger. Malcolm is 68...
The announcement on social media appeared everywhere all at once in late December, from Instagram to Facebook to X. “CASTING: People Living with HIV,” it trumpeted. After brief demographic requirements (no one past their 60s need apply), things got down to...
Thank you for being a reader, my friend. I appreciate you being along for the ride. Writing has been my outlet and my therapy. It began as a way to process my diagnosis in 1985, and only through some bizarre twist of fate have I stayed around to keep right on telling...
Broadway star and Emmy-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph has been added to a slate of celebrities and community leaders who will appear at a virtual event on Wednesday, December 17, benefitting The Reunion Project, an alliance of HIV/AIDS survivors. “Mark is 65” will...
The south is losing one of its greatest HIV champions, Kathie Hiers, who has announced her retirement as CEO of AIDS Alabama after more than 30 years of dedicated service. In this first-person telling, Kathie shares one of her favorite memories from her years of...
My friends, I have a special announcement. I will devote my 65th birthday to a celebration of all HIV/AIDS survivors, and the stars will definitely be out. One of them could be you! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 17th at 8pm ET. The virtual event will...
It would be naive to suggest that the queer community invented cheeky protests. Long before inflatable animal costumes, or ACT UP protests, or Black civil rights activists sitting at lunch counters, or women’s suffrage demonstrations, there were barrels of tea being...
During the 2025 United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA), I watched a speech that may rank as the most beautiful speech I have seen in thirty years of attending this conference. Louie Ortiz-Fonseca, Director of LGBTQ Health and Rights at Advocates for Youth,...
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