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Bob the Drag Queen & Monet X Change: How NYC drag queens helped revolutionize queer health care
During the AIDS epidemic, drag queens united the community and provided a model for health activism that endures to this day.
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New Jersey senate votes to decriminalize transmitting HIV
People living with HIV in New Jersey could face five years in prison for having sex, far more than any other STI.
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Most straight Americans would be uncomfortable with an HIV+ doctor
A new study on HIV stigma found that many Americans still don’t know the basics of HIV.
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Judge shuts down Trump administration’s attempt to stop HIV discrimination lawsuit
Two cadets with HIV were discharged from the military. Donald Trump can’t stop them from suing.
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Federal court rules Trump can’t discharge soldiers just for being HIV-positive
The judges wrote, “This ban is outmoded and at odds with current science. Such obsolete understandings cannot justify a ban.”
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HIV+ trans woman outed by pharmacy to neighbors
Her neighbors now call her “the drag queen with AIDS.”
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How ‘barebacking’ went from a gay taboo to just having sex
Sex without a barrier. Unprotected sex. Barebacking. Also known as having sex. Ask a straight person.
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U.S. border agents rip children away from immigrants with HIV
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says it doesn’t know where the policy came from or why it doesn’t apply to other more-easily communicable diseases.
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This famous male model died of AIDS, but his family told the media he had a skiing accident
Albert Delègue was a fashion model who reportedly died in a skiing accident. The real story was far different.
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A model’s photo was used in an HIV education campaign so she sued for ‘humiliation’
She won a heap of money because someone might think she’s “promiscuous.”