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Fauci: No Clear Evidence HIV Heightens Coronavirus Risk

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday said it remains unclear whether people with HIV are more vulnerable to the coronavirus. “The story is not yet completely out in individuals with HIV,” he said during a panel that ...

Sign Petition Urging Mayor Bottoms to Secure Housing for Atlantans with HIV

The Positive Women’s Network has launched a petition demanding Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms to funnel funds to help those living with HIV. According to the petition, the City of Atlanta has failed to reimbur...

Donald Trump Fails to Mention LGBTQ Community in State of the Union Address

President Donald Trump outlined his priorities for the coming year in his State of the Union address, which included renewing his pledge to beat HIV by 2030, on Tuesday (February 4)—however, he failed to includ...

White House HIV Panel Urges Trump Admin. to Drop Religious Freedom Regulations in Healthcare

Four members of a White House panel to end the spread of HIV/AIDS have written a letter urging the Trump administration to avoid hindering the ability of LGBTQ people to receive healthcare. The letter, addre...

Three Experimental HIV Vaccines Move to Final Testing Stages

Three experimental HIV vaccines are entering the final stages of testing worldwide, making scientists hopeful there could be a test-worthy HIV vaccine by 2021, reported NBC. “ perhaps one of the most optimis...

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...

FDA Approves New PrEP Medication

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug to be used as PrEP for prevention of HIV transmission. The FDA approved pharmaceutical giant Gilead’s Descovy as a PrEP medication on Thursday (...

Tickets on Sale for PALS’ Second Annual Fur Ball Masquerade

Tickets are now on sale for PALS’ (Pets Are Loving Support) Second Annual Fur Ball Masquerade! The event will be held on Friday, November 1 from 7pm to 11pm at the Fox Theatre Egyptian Ballroom. Guests w...

Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness Comes Out as HIV-Positive

Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye’s resident grooming expert, has come out as HIV-positive in an interview with The New York Times about his new memoir "Over the Top," out now. Van Ness, who came out as non-binar...

Get Tested for Free this Friday!

Knowing your status is crucial – the CDC estimates that more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV but 18 percent are unaware of their status; that’s about 200,000 people. Many new HIV infecti...

29th Annual AIDS Walk to Raise Money for Local HIV/AIDS Organizations

The largest HIV/AIDS fundraiser in the Southeast, the 29th annual AIDS Walk Atlanta and Music Festival, is coming to Piedmont Park next Sunday (September 29)! Participants of the 5K, hosted by AID Atlanta, w...

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

Biden Rallies LGBTQ Supporters, Denounces Trump at HRC Event

Ginsburg’s Death Leaves LGBTQ Rights on Supreme Court Vulnerable to Religious Claims

Former Methodist Church in Savannah Becomes Nondenominational Over LGBTQ Beliefs

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Jonathan Bennett Stars in Hallmark’s New LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas Rom-Com

Brandon Krajewski on Directing and Co-Writing ‘Stone | Fruit’

Cindy L. Abel Talks Her Doc ‘Surviving the Silence’