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HIV Medications May Lower Risk of COVID-19, Study Finds

A new study has revealed that HIV-positive people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) medications have a lower risk of getting coronavirus, experiencing severe symptoms, and dying from COVID-19-related complication...

Gay ‘The Normal Heart’ Playwright and AIDS Activist Larry Kramer Dies at 84

Gay Oscar-nominated screenwriter, playwright, author, and gay rights and AIDS activist Larry Kramer has died at the age of 84, reported The New York Times. Kramer, best known for his Tony Award-winning pla...

Annual Atlanta Pride Run Goes Virtual

The Annual Atlanta Pride Run is going virtual this year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and registration is now open. Because of the health crisis, the 30th anniversary of the 5k will be postponed u...

HIV, STD, and LGBTQ Orgs Urge White House to Recall Lessons from HIV Crisis While Combatting Coronavirus

Over 50 HIV, STD, and LGBTQ have signed an open letter urging the White House’s COVID-19 task force to refer to the lessons learned during the HIV/AIDS crisis amid the current coronavirus pandemic, reported Met...

Over 300,000 Transgender Americans Have Medical Conditions that Increase COVID-19 Risk

A new study suggests that more than 300,000 transgender adults in the US have pre-existing health conditions that can worsen the risk of COVID-19. Examining data from the US Transgender Population Health Su...

Trump’s Budget Seeks Increased HIV Funds — but Housing, Global Programs Cut

With a declared goal of beating HIV/AIDS in the United States by 2030, President Trump this week in his $4.8 trillion budget request for fiscal year 2021 proposed major increases in HIV/AIDS funds, but global p...

HIV Conference Comes to Atlanta

Two-day event brings discussion to the impact of HIV/AIDS on black women and their families When it comes to the discussion of HIV in the black community, black men (especially those who have sex with men) a...

Young People are Uninformed about HIV, Survey Finds

A new survey as part of the HIV-prevention initiative Prevention Access Campaign has revealed that many millennials and Gen Z individuals lack understanding and knowledge on HIV. The survey, Owning HIV: Youn...

AIDS Quilt Moving to San Francisco

The Atlanta-based Names Project Foundation, which has served as the custodian of the massive AIDS Memorial Quilt since 1987, is turning over that task to the San Francisco-based National AIDS Memorial, official...

Study Finds No Risk of HIV Transmission while on Antiretroviral Treatment

A new study published in The Lancet found zero risk of HIV transmission with a partner while on effective antiretroviral treatment (ART). The study, called PARTNER2, looked at 972 gay male couples who were s...

Sam Park Joins Positive Impact

Out legislator Sam Park has joined Positive Impact Health Centers as their new Legal Analyst to help tackle Atlanta's HIV epidemic. In the position, which was created after Positive Impact saw significant in...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Easier at Religious Schools

House Democrats Demand Transgender Military Ban Be Lifted in Light of SCOTUS Ruling

Tech Experts Fear New US Broadcasting Chief Could Jeopardize LGBTQ Internet Freedom

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Bisexual Actress Javicia Leslie Takes on Role of Batwoman

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

New Documentary Looks at Terrors Facing LGBTQ Community