October 6, 2015


 

Eugene McCray, M.D., Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

For Gay and Bisexual Men, A Year Of Excitement Could
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Every year on September 27th, National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the HIV/AIDS community comes together to raise awareness, recommit to|

 
   


  
No Meds



Patrick

Sheryl Lee Ralph

 Howard University
Almost Half of Americans with HIV Don't...
Almost half of American adults infected with HIV don't take medications that can prevent them from developing AIDS, a new government report shows. T
he statistics, based on data gathered from 2007 to 2012, are a few|
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     



Digital Storytelling on National Gay...
When the first Federal report of what would come to be known as AIDS emerged in 1981, none of the new media tools we use today were available. A
t that time, you got your news from a printed newspaper or from one of three network|




 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

SisterLove, Incorporated Honors...
On Friday, October 16, 2015, in Atlanta, SisterLove, Incorporated will host the 6th Annual 2020 Leading Women's Society Awards in honor of 20 outstanding women from across the country that have lived with HIV for more |
         
 



 






 

 
 

HHS Vows Push To Enroll More Uninsured.
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The health law's upcoming enrollment period may be its toughest yet, with federal officials promising a vigorous outreach campaign to enroll millions of eligible yet hard-to-reach Americans who have yet to sign up for health insurance. 
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WHAT WE'RE READING

A cross-section of articles we've read this week about HIV/AIDS, STIs and a wide cross-section of structural and systemic factors impacting HIV/AIDS in Black communities.

Prevention
 
 
It's not unusual for contenders in political battles to try to win support with giveaways, a candidate offering tax cuts, for instance, or a labor union giving out free coffee and donuts at a rally. But Planned Parenthood, now embroiled in a fierce fight with Congressional Republicans, is taking the concept to a whole new level: free testing for sexually transmitted diseases
 
Science
 
 
Researchers with the Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine at UNLV have engineered a new protein that they believe has placed science much closer to an HIV cure.
 
Treatment
 
 
Beyond Martin Shkreli's behavior, the price of medications pits the interests of patients against the profits of two big industries - pharmaceuticals and insurance.
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
ROME, Ga. - Right before her unexpected release from prison, Ashley Diamond, a nonviolent offender who had sued Georgia corrections officials for failing to provide her medical treatment and safekeeping, was locked down for 30 days in a windowless single cell. It was dimly lit and eerily silent, and reeked of excrement.
 
 
The World Health Organization issued sweeping new guidelines on Wednesday that could put millions more people on H.I.V. drugs than are now getting them. The recommendations could go a long way toward halting the epidemic, health officials say, but would cost untold billions of dollars not yet committed.
 
 
The Obama administration hopes to dramatically reduce HIV infections in girls and young woman in 10 sub-Saharan African nations.

Obama Notes LGBT Rights in U.N. General Assembly Speech


President Obama on Monday made a broad reference to LGBT rights during his speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
 
Take This Survey on Participating in HIV Cure Research

An online survey by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hopes to find out what HIV-positive people think about cure research and whether they're willing to participate in HIV cure-related research.
 
 
An AIDS organization put up billboards linking Tinder and Grindr to sexually transmitted diseases. And Tinder is furious.
 
 
Being gay at my HBCU is a bittersweet experience for me. Since birth I was raised with the mentality to be "The Man." I was taught to not pursue anything that "threatened" my masculinity. Coming out and showing my true colors wasn't an easy road, but in retrospect I wouldn't change a thing. Through time I've come to understand that the measure of a man is on a broad spectrum not crippled by sexuality.
 
 
The former child star kept his diagnosis a secret for 12 years.

In This Issue
Phill Wilson
A little over a week ago, we marked National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD), a time when we raise awareness, reflect upon the previous year's progress and recommit ourselves to moving ahead. In this issue Dr. Eugene McRaemore

EVENTS 

H & Health and Hip Hop
Date: October 24, 2015
Time: 10am - 4pm 
Location: Morgan State University Student Center
1700 E. Cold Spring
Baltimore, MD 
For more info:
312-545-2442 or 

 
National PrEP Tour
2015 - 2016

Atlanta, GA  10/15/15

Baltimore, MD
10/22/15

Baton Rouge, LA
10/12/15

Bay Area, CA
11/3/2015

Broward County, Fl
TBD

Charlotte, NC
TBD

Chicago, IL
11/18/15

Cincinnati, OH
TBD

Dallas, TX
TBD

Detroit, MI
TBD

Jackson, MS
10/14/15

Kansas City, MO
TBD

Little Rock, AR
TBD

Los Angeles, CA
2/8/16

Melbourne, MN
11/5/2015

Miami, FL
TBD

Minneapolis, MN
11/5/2015

Miami, FL
TBD

Nashville, TN
TBD

New Orleans, LA
10/13/2015

Philadephia, PA
TBD

Richmond-Petersburg, VA
TBD

Rock Hill, SC
TBD

Washington, DC
10/27/2015

*Dates are subject to changeClick here for more info.

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BLACK AIDS
WEEKLY

PHILL WILSON 

Publisher

 

HILARY BEARD 

Editor-in-Chief

 

TERESA RIDLEY 

Copy Editor

 

LASHIEKA P. HUNTER 

Media and Public Relations Consultant


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