The AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ‘90s was a dark time in queer history, but since then, medical advances have been made, and the stigma against HIV continues to dwindle every year. While there are ...

“We can find a way to end HIV. We got heart, and maybe that’s enough to fight the racism, stigma, homophobia, gender inequity …. We got to stick together. We got to stay strong.” Todrick Hall sang ...

HIV stigma, for the first time in five years, is on the decline in the United States, despite knowledge gaps in certain demographics and a lack of representation in media, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance ...

FMA executive Dr Alipate Vaka­mocea said it was more concern­ing that medical professionals were avoiding treatment.

The first case of AIDS was reported more than 40 years ago and since then, people living with HIV (PLWH) have faced persistent stigma that affects both patients’ lives and the continuum of HIV care.

In 2023, The National Association of People with AIDS created Zero HIV Stigma Day to be observed on July 21. The observance serves as a call to action, encouraging people to get tested, learn their ...

For over two decades, Freda Jones has transformed her HIV diagnosis into a mission to educate and empower Black communities across Atlanta. As founder of LOTUS (Loving Ourselves Through Unity and ...

Stigma plays an incredibly large role in the lives of those with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. University of Iowa researchers Oluwafemi Adeagbo and Oluwaseun Badru are taking a magnifying ...

Four decades into the AIDS epidemic and for some, it's as if gains in awareness, advances in prevention and treatment, and the concept of undetected equals untransmissable (U=U) never happened. In its ...

Studio shot of a young woman with a hand painted on her mouth posing against a black background Combatting HIV stigma also requires courageous and honest conversations about sources of stigma, which ...

The HIV pandemic hit the LGBTQI+ community particularly early: people who were already stigmatized. This stigmatization prevented the lessons of the HIV pandemic from being adopted by broader parts of ...