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]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:56:05 EST Ryan Adamczeski https://www.hivplusmag.com/world-aids-day/hiv-kiss-protest-southern-border https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/aids-crisis-black-gay-men Sex scares me. As a teenager, at a time when most young men were starting to physically connect with their new, exciting, primal sexual desires, the blood in my body was flowing through my veins just as fast. There was nothing unusual about puberty.]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:00:02 EST Emil Wilbekin https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/aids-crisis-black-gay-men https://www.hivplusmag.com/people/javier-munoz-amazing-people-2025 Additional reporting by Ryan Adamszeski.]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:35:33 EDT Desirée Guerrero https://www.hivplusmag.com/people/javier-munoz-amazing-people-2025 https://www.hivplusmag.com/prep/mistr-national-prep-day-2025 Today is the first National PrEP Day — a new annual event dedicated to spreading information and awareness around HIV prevention.]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:00:04 EDT Desirée Guerrero https://www.hivplusmag.com/prep/mistr-national-prep-day-2025 https://www.hivplusmag.com/the-switch/john-gibson-rewrites-hiv-narrative The Switch is a video series sharing positive lifestyles and health routines to help you thrive while living with HIV. Listen to our guests living with HIV talk candidly about the positive switches they have made in their daily lives, including their approach to HIV treatment. Watch more episodes here.]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:56:59 EDT Keighton https://www.hivplusmag.com/the-switch/john-gibson-rewrites-hiv-narrative https://www.hivplusmag.com/the-switch/so-much-life-to-live-eric-nieves-on-thriving-with-hiv The Switch is a video series sharing positive lifestyles and health routines to help you thrive while living with HIV. Listen to our guests living with HIV talk candidly about the positive switches they have made in their daily lives, including their approach to HIV treatment. Watch more episodes here.]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:37:12 EDT Keighton https://www.hivplusmag.com/the-switch/so-much-life-to-live-eric-nieves-on-thriving-with-hiv https://www.hivplusmag.com/thetalk/the-talk-owning-your-voice Starting HIV treatment can be overwhelming, especially when you’re sitting across from a doctor, unsure of what to say. In Plus’ The Talk, individuals living with HIV open up about their first conversations with health care providers, offering real-world advice, reassurance and honesty. From must-ask questions to knowing your boundaries, The Talk is a guide to feeling seen, heard and empowered from the very first appointment. ]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:16:38 EDT Keighton https://www.hivplusmag.com/thetalk/the-talk-owning-your-voice https://www.hivplusmag.com/lab-coat-just-got-queer During New York Fashion Week next month, the lab coat — a symbol of medical authority — will be reimagined as a work of couture.]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:00:04 EDT Keighton https://www.hivplusmag.com/lab-coat-just-got-queer https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/hiv-vaccine-threatened-budget-cuts The quest for a vaccine against HIV has been going on for about 40 years — almost as long as the virus that causes AIDS has been known to scientists and the public. There has been some progress recently with vaccines created with messenger RNA, or mRNA, but last week notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, canceled $500 million in government grants to develop new mRNA vaccines, claiming those already in use aren’t effective. Well, they are, and the cancellation threatens the development of more. Also, the Trump administration had already cut millions for HIV vaccine research in general. Here’s a look at mRNA and its potential to prevent HIV and other diseases.]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:02:08 EDT Trudy Ring https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/hiv-vaccine-threatened-budget-cuts https://www.hivplusmag.com/thetalk/the-talk-beyond-the-exam-room Starting HIV treatment can be overwhelming, especially when you’re sitting across from a doctor, unsure of what to say. In Plus’ The Talk, individuals living with HIV open up about their first conversations with health care providers, offering real-world advice, reassurance and honesty. From must-ask questions to knowing your boundaries, The Talk is a guide to feeling seen, heard and empowered from the very first appointment. ]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:15:44 EDT Keighton https://www.hivplusmag.com/thetalk/the-talk-beyond-the-exam-room https://www.hivplusmag.com/thetalk/the-talk-navigating-your-treatent Starting HIV treatment can be overwhelming, especially when you’re sitting across from a doctor, unsure of what to say. In Plus’ The Talk, individuals living with HIV open up about their first conversations with health care providers, offering real-world advice, reassurance and honesty. From must-ask questions to knowing your boundaries, The Talk is a guide to feeling seen, heard and empowered from the very first appointment. ]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:02:21 EDT Keighton https://www.hivplusmag.com/thetalk/the-talk-navigating-your-treatent https://www.hivplusmag.com/thetalk/the-talk-starting-the-conversation For this episode of Plus’ video series, The Talk, we sit down with four inspiring individuals to discuss how they prepared for their first conversations after being diagnosed with HIV.]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:47:20 EDT Jose Cardenas https://www.hivplusmag.com/thetalk/the-talk-starting-the-conversation https://www.hivplusmag.com/U3DU26U/hiv-questions-and-answers-2025 Let’s face it. Receiving the news that you are HIV-positive is not what anyone really wants to hear. But fortunately, with today’s many highly effective treatment options, people living with HIV can now enjoy just as long, happy, healthy lives as those living without the virus — including having safe and active sex lives!]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:37:31 EDT Plus Editors https://www.hivplusmag.com/U3DU26U/hiv-questions-and-answers-2025 https://www.hivplusmag.com/history/black-aids-institute-fills-gap Grazell Howard is a living embodiment of the Black AIDS Institute’s motto of “Our People. Our Problem. Our Solution.” Clear-eyed about the failures of a movement to truly address the needs of those most impacted by the virus, her assessment of this moment in which Black and brown communities are still disproportionately affected by HIV is simple. ]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:06:34 EDT Tre’Vell Anderson https://www.hivplusmag.com/history/black-aids-institute-fills-gap https://www.hivplusmag.com/the-switch/niko-flowers-reclaiming-life-hiv The Switch is a video series sharing positive lifestyles and health routines to help you thrive while living with HIV. Listen to our guests living with HIV talk candidly about the positive switches they have made in their daily lives, including their approach to HIV treatment. Watch more episodes here.]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:22:58 EDT Keighton https://www.hivplusmag.com/the-switch/niko-flowers-reclaiming-life-hiv https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/malcolm-jamal-warner-aids-film Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, died July 21 at the age of 54 while on vacation in Costa Rica, according to a statement from his family. ]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2025 07:00:03 EDT John Casey https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/malcolm-jamal-warner-aids-film https://www.hivplusmag.com/entertainment/gay-hiv-survivor-christopher-reeve As Superman recently soared back into theaters, the new Clark Kent, David Corenswet, carries the legacy of not just a fictional hero but a real-life tale of resilience involving two men who understood the meaning of fight: Christopher Reeve, the actor-turned-activist paralyzed in 1995, who will forever be known as Superman, and Michael Manganiello, a trailblazing gay HIV survivor who helped Reeve channel his celebrity into groundbreaking advocacy.]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:05:42 EDT John Casey https://www.hivplusmag.com/entertainment/gay-hiv-survivor-christopher-reeve https://www.hivplusmag.com/the-switch/dancer-healer-survivor-deshaun-armbrister The Switch is a video series sharing positive lifestyles and health routines to help you thrive while living with HIV. Listen to our guests living with HIV talk candidly about the positive switches they have made in their daily lives, including their approach to HIV treatment. Watch more episodes here.]]> Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:23:27 EDT Keighton https://www.hivplusmag.com/the-switch/dancer-healer-survivor-deshaun-armbrister https://www.hivplusmag.com/prep/supreme-court-braidwood-ruling The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, ruling in Kennedy v. Braidwood that health insurance companies must continue covering preventive services recommended by a federal task force — including HIV prevention medication, cancer screenings, and vaccines.]]> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:32:04 EDT Christopher Wiggins https://www.hivplusmag.com/prep/supreme-court-braidwood-ruling https://www.hivplusmag.com/history/1985-aids-crisis-broke-silence 1985 marked a pivotal turning point in the global AIDS crisis. What had been dismissed by many as a distant or marginalized epidemic suddenly became a central issue in public consciousness, driven by a confluence of activism, celebrity, and political reckoning. ]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:24:42 EDT John Casey https://www.hivplusmag.com/history/1985-aids-crisis-broke-silence