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History of HIV and AIDS
Two Exhibitions Illuminate Queer NYC Subculture During the AIDS Epidemic

“Continuum” is a term used by two curators who’ve recently organized exhibitions of art created amidst and in response to the AIDS epidemic in New York City. Both exhibitions provide a peek into the artistic scenes, subcultures, and venues that cultivated community in NYC during this time.

Published
27 September 2017
From
Bedford and Bowery
People and personal stories
Twilight of a Difficult Man: Larry Kramer and the Birth of AIDS Activism

Larry Kramer — writer, advocate, “loudmouth” — helped define AIDS activism and gay life. He ruffled some feathers along the way.

Published
22 May 2017
From
New York Times
HIV testing programmes
The 'Charlie Sheen Effect': Surge Seen in HIV Test Sales

Researchers found that, after Sheen announced he had HIV on Nov. 17, 2015, sales of home HIV testing kits doubled in the United States — from about 3,500 kits sold per week prior to the announcement, to 7,000 kits sold the week of the announcement. And this boost in sales continued for several more weeks.

Published
18 May 2017
From
Live Science
HIV in the arts and media
Report: Studio trying to quash movie that portrays Donald Trump getting HIV

Studio executives are reportedly trying to make "disappear" a movie that has a scene in which Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump contracts HIV. Sony Pictures has been limiting its marketing of the movie, "The Brothers Grimsby," by Sacha Baron Cohen.

Published
07 March 2016
From
The Hill
Bad science and bogus treatments
I Watched Charlie Sheen on The Dr. Oz Show So You Don't Have To

I am dismayed to report that Tiger Blood Charlie is back and he has gone rogue. And his Chasing the Cure! conversation with Dr. Oz might be the worst thing to ever happen to AIDS cure research, or at least the most irresponsible reporting about it.

Published
14 January 2016
From
Poz
Combatting stigma
Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma

HIV stigma perpetuates ideas that there are ‘good’ and ‘bad’ ways of living with HIV. In the same breath that Charlie Sheen discloses his HIV status, he distances himself from these aspects of “bad” HIV: he uses a lot of recreational drugs but he was never involved with “needles and that whole mess”; he had a lot of sexual partners, but he “always led with condoms and honesty”; he hired sex workers whom he is quick to describe as “unsavoury and insipid types”. Above all, he is under medical supervision – he presents his doctor in person on the Today show who verifies that he is “undetectable”.

Published
24 November 2015
From
The Conversation
History of HIV and AIDS
Book review: 'Body Counts' an important effort

"Body Counts," Sean Strub's moving, multi-decade memoir of one gay man's life, is not only a time capsule of the LGBT movement but also an examination of how far the United States has come in a very brief time to a new understanding of difference and acceptance.

Published
29 January 2014
From
San Francisco Chronicle
History of HIV and AIDS
Sean Strub’s AIDS Memoir Drops Names, Downplays His True Passion

Sean Strub is a rare figure in the community: a businessman who has consistently channeled his entrepreneurial zeal toward activist goals.

Published
29 January 2014
From
Slate
HIV in the arts and media
How to Survive a Plague: the defiance of Aids activism on film

The documentary How to Survive a Plague shows inspirational footage of 1980s Aids activism in the US – and the message is still relevant today

Published
28 October 2013
From
The Guardian
HIV in the arts and media
Through Positive Eyes: Photographer Gideon Mendel

Gideon Mendel photographed the impact of H.I.V. / AIDS in South Africa, moving away from a documentary practice toward more overtly activist work. Mendel aligned himself with various AIDS-prevention organizations, and his work took on stronger conceptual undertones.

Published
16 October 2013
From
New Yorker
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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