Opinion

Forty-Five Years Of HIV/AIDS And We’re Still Ignoring Black Women’s Leadership, Says New Book, Ill Erotics

As HIV/AIDS enters its fifth decade, Black women's leadership offers urgent lessons about public health, community care, and democracy.
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Black women’s HIV stories have long been undertold. This magazine hopes to change that.

There was a time in the ’90s when it was pretty commonplace to hear a mention of HIV or AIDS in regular, everyday conversations. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for the subjects to come up in pop ...
LGBTQ Nation

The stories of Black queer people with HIV cannot be told in statistics

HIV has never been just a statistic for me. It has never been a distant concern or a nameless condition existing in the abstract like it is for so many. It has never been something that merely existed ...
Opinion

Zero HIV Stigma Day: The epidemic we still choose to ignore

Medical advances have transformed HIV care, but stigma continues to keep people from prevention, treatment, and support. This Zero HIV Stigma Day, NMAC CEO Harold J. Phillips argues that ending the ...
Bay Area Reporter

SF Video Archive Puts Focus on Long-Term HIV Survivors

An online video platform that will feature more than 1,000 stories from people living with HIV/AIDS held its launch event in San Francisco. Coinciding with National HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors ...
The Connecticut Mirror

HIV – A story that still needs a voice

While decades have passed since HIV/AIDS was the top story on every news broadcast and was quite misunderstood by many, even in the medical community, it still remains a major health issue to this day ...
NPR

In April NPR profiled people who couldn't get their HIV drugs. How are they faring now?

In April 2025, we published a story with the headline: "Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out." It looked at the impact of President Trump's cuts to foreign aid ...
Essence

This Theater Experience Set In A Salon Tells Black Women’s HIV Stories

It’s a Sunday night at DreamGirls Hair Salon in Culver City, but something’s different. The usual hum of blow dryers and laughter is gone. In its place? Still Here, an immersive exhibit and live ...
Healthline

Learning to Thrive: One Nurse’s Journey with HIV

Bridgette Picou, a licensed vocational nurse (LVN), shares her journey with HIV — from diagnosis and treatment to caring and supporting others with the condition. Editor’s note: This story has been ...
AOL

Black Women’s HIV Stories Have Long Been Undertold. This Magazine Hopes To Change That.

Public conversations around HIV and AIDS have faded since the peak of the epidemic in the 1980s and '90s. However, Still Here, a magazine created to amplify the voices and experiences of Black women ...
Bay Area Reporter

Video archive puts focus on long-term HIV survivors

An online video platform that will feature more than 1,000 stories from people living with HIV/AIDS held its launch event in San Francisco. Coinciding with National HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors ...