Nearly 50% of all Americans living with HIV are over the age of 50, according to SAGE USA, an LGBTQ-elder advocacy group. It’s a striking figure, but it’s also encouraging. Jimmy Thomason is the [...]
The year: 1969. Man landed on the moon, the Beatles gave their last concert on top of the Apple building in London, and we mourned Judy Garland’s death. But most notable for me was the Stonewall [...]
In 2021 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.75 trillion human infrastructure bill — the Build Back Better Act. It contains 10 concrete provisions that it will directly benefit the LGBTQ [...]
Tez Anderson is founder and executive director of Let’s Kick “ASS” (AIDS Survivor Syndrome), a nonprofit dedicated to HIV long-term survivors. In 2014, he started HIV Long-Term [...]
This past July marked the 40-year anniversary of The New York Times story noting a rare cancer found in several dozen “homosexuals.” That cancer, of course, was Kaposi’s sarcoma, and the cause [...]
At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the mid-1980s, John Laird joined with five other gay men to launch the Santa Cruz AIDS Project in order to support people living in the seaside city who were [...]
Because more than half of people living with HIV/AIDS in the US are aged 50 and up, HIV has become an aging issue. Medical advancements over the last two and a half decades have allowed [...]
SAGE, the world’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ elders, is commemorating World AIDS Day by elevating the experiencing older people living with [...]
After he was diagnosed with HIV during the height of the AIDS epidemic, Ed Miller started living his life in two-year increments. “In the beginning, they would just say ‘you could have a couple [...]
Ricky Martin a few days ago shared on his official Instagram account an image with former Vice President Joe Biden where he promoted the Democratic presidential candidate’s plan for Puerto Rico. [...]
Featured topic and speakers Watch the Full video HERE. In recognition of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger (he/him/his) talks with three experts [...]
America has much to learn from the food and buddy programs born in crisis Part of the STILL HERE, STILL POSITIVE SPECIAL REPORT (Editor’s note: This story is part of Still Here, Still Positive: A [...]
NEW YORK — Alone again, Diedra Nottingham spends her days flipping through photo albums of dead friends. She hasn’t left home for weeks, fearing “death by touch,” she said. [...]
STROUD, England / MEXICO CITY, March 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A lockdowns have been issued worldwide to stop the spread of coronavirus, LGBTQ+ + groups are scrambling to support older [...]
During the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, D.C.’s Salon Roi remained open while other shops shut down due to the epidemic. But coronavirus has forced former owner Roi Barnard to put down his [...]
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Under a law signed Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois is the first state to designate older adults living with HIV and the third state to identify LGBTQ+ older adults as [...]
LGBTQ+ older adults are less likely to have access to healthcare and critical aging services and support than their cisgender and straight peers because of discrimination and fear of [...]
