February 13th, 2014
The Graying of AIDS is excited to be working in collaboration with ACRIA on a new NYC-based HIV and aging awareness bus shelter campaign. While previous awareness campaigns have often used professional models or pictured individual older adults, …
As a nurse, I have been working in HIV for 19 years and I am still moved with compassion whenever
December 2nd, 2011
“People just don’t know. They think it’s gone. The only way it will ever go away is by educating, people speaking out, making it a media noise. And I think that’s the only cure.” –Anna Fowlkes, age 64, Baltimore, MD. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic, and yesterday was World AIDS Day…
When I was first diagnosed, information about HIV was only provided by medical personnel. However, there was no information about
“What if there are many other older people, and this is the first wave of them, who are not used to speaking out about anything, and they’ll just quietly pack up their blankets and leave? And I thought, damn, that’s not right.”
A song from Flower Drum Song by Rodgers and Hammerstein has become a precious note to me on life and living
September 20, 2011
In recognition of the fourth annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day on September 18th, The Graying of AIDS teamed up with the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging to highlight some of the extraordinary LGBT-identified older adults …
In 1996, I directed a production of Steven Dietz’ Lonely Planet for InterAct Theatre Company, an organization I founded in
June 8th, 2011
While HIV/AIDS in the US generally receives little media attention these days, there has been a recent surge in coverage in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic. On June 5, 1981, the CDC’s MMWR Weekly published a brief account of a cluster of rare infections among otherwise healthy young gay men; this publication is generally regarded as the first public recognition of what came to be known as HIV/AIDS….
I was born in 1981, the year generally considered to be the start of the AIDS epidemic. I have never
I do not know an adult life without HIV. In 1981 I entered college, began my life as a gay
A collection of media coverage featuring the Graying of AIDS project; for a news media round-up of current articles on
“Probably the most moving thing I have ever read on HIV/AIDS was And the Band Played On, by Randy
The arts have always played a critical role in examining challenging issues, exploring diverging perspectives, and communicating personal truths. In
The history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic can be broken down into the periods before and after 1996, when modern HIV treatment, known as “highly active antiretroviral therapy,” …
