Just*in Time: July 2014
Posted on August 8, 2014 by A&U in Columns, Just*in Time
Just*in Time by Justin B. Terry Smith Justin, You know that you can reverse HIV with juicing? —Fruitarian Zombie Ummmmm, wow, so sorry to tell you this, but that is incorrect. If this were the case don’t you think that everyone would be cured of HIV by now? I get a lot of e-mails asking [...]
NYC Ballroom Community
Posted on June 18, 2014 by A&U in Features
Invitation to a Ball AIDS Awareness Helps Bridge the Generation Gap in the Ballroom Community Text & Photos by Alina Oswald Strike a pose. Vogue.” The command may have different connotations for individuals from different generations—a flashback to Madonna’s song, for some; and a dance form, for those too young to remember when the singer [...]
Adriana Bertini
Posted on June 10, 2014 by A&U in Features
Adriana Bertini [A&U, July 2005], a self-titled artivist (that’s artist plus activist), is headed to AIDS 2014 in Melbourne, Australia, with her condom couture in tow. For nearly two decades, Bertini has been creating and exhibiting vibrant and vital couture dresses, skirts, and suits out of quality-test-rejected or expired condoms as a way to destigmatize [...]
Laverne Cox
Posted on June 2, 2014 by A&U in Cover Story
On Each Other’s Team Orange Is the New Black’s breakout star Laverne Cox strategizes the defeat of trans oppression, addresses femme-phobia within her own LGBT community and explains why eliminating HIV stigma from the playing field would be a major victory! by Sean Black Cover Photo by Nino Muñoz for Netflix This disease has been [...]
SEXO LATEX
Posted on January 21, 2014 by A&U in Features
Bringing Sexy Back Twenty Years After Its Launch, a Groundbreaking HIV Awareness Campaign Makes a Comeback by Chip Alfred The year was 1992. Gay men across the country were salivating over a series of images that sparked a firestorm of controversy in Philadelphia. SEXO LATEX, an HIV prevention campaign featuring hunky, nearly-naked Latino men, was [...]
National HIV Testing Day
Posted on June 3, 2013 by A&U in Noteworthy
Last year, President Barack Obama said: “Testing remains a special priority—and thanks to quick and accurate tests, finding out your HIV status has never been easier. The Affordable Care Act now requires many health insurance plans to provide recommended preventive health services with no out of pocket costs, giving millions of Americans better access to [...]
