Will Harrell: Advocate
Turning Grief Into Giving
Performer Will Harrell Shares How His Drag Alter Ego, Candy Samples, Helped Him Give Voice to AIDS Awareness
by Rob Zukowski
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Leo Herrera/The Fathers Project
What If?
The Fathers Project, Created by Leo Herrera, Imagines a Queer World Without AIDS
by Hank Trout
Photographed Exclusively for AU by Alex Ray
Imagine a world...
David Wojnarowicz: Artist
History Keeps Me Awake at Night
A New Exhibit at the Whitney Illuminates the Brutal, Provocative Outsider Art of David Wojnarowicz
by Hank Trout
Born in Red...
Jon Reed Sims & the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band
Marching On
Founded by Jon Reed Sims, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Celebrates Forty Years of Making a Joyous Gay Noise
by Hank Trout
Photography by...
Brandon Lee: Advocate
Knowledge Is Power
At The Alliance for Positive Change, Brandon Lee gives people the tools they need to empower themselves about HIV
Text & Photos by...
Luna Luis Ortiz: Artist
Zoom!
Luna Luis Ortiz Turned His Personal Life Into Images that Created a History Marker for the Epidemic
by Dann Dulin
Photos by Luna Luis Ortiz
It’s opening...
Alfie Pettit: Advocate
Untucked
Alan “Alfie” Pettit, aka Arial Trampway, the Inimitable Drag Queen of Palm Springs, Educates Others About the Epidemic From Firsthand Knowledge
by Dann Dulin
I was...
Boy Radio: Advocate
Raised in Southern California, by a single mom (they are very close), electrohouse singer Boy Radio now resides in Brooklyn. With a couple of...
Felix Racelis: Advocate
Racing down Wilshire Boulevard near Crescent Heights in my streamlined ’69 “Mother” Lincoln, my azure blue Manolo Blahniks slam on the brakes as I...
“I Am HIV-Positive”
Every time I give a tour at the AIDS foundation I currently work for, I share my status and say out loud, “I am...
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