Race
PrEP's promise to change the course of HIV has succeeded—but only for white gay men
NBC News, March 18, 2023
A decade into the era of the HIV prevention pill, called PrEP, efforts to leverage its heralded power to curb new infections have stagnated in the United States. This shortfall is a key reason the nation lags far behind many others in combating HIV, with a national epidemic long plagued by racial inequities and only a modestly declining new infection rate.
NBC News, March 18, 2023
A decade into the era of the HIV prevention pill, called PrEP, efforts to leverage its heralded power to curb new infections have stagnated in the United States. This shortfall is a key reason the nation lags far behind many others in combating HIV, with a national epidemic long plagued by racial inequities and only a modestly declining new infection rate.
AIDS and ACT UP: Sarah Schulman Puts Women and People of Color Back at the Heart of the Story
The Guardian, May 2021
Just weeks shy of the 40th anniversary of the CDC’s ominous first report of what became known as AIDS, the veteran AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) activist has come armed with a 700-page magnum opus she hopes will set the record straight about one of the most consequential social movements of the 20th century.
The Guardian, May 2021
Just weeks shy of the 40th anniversary of the CDC’s ominous first report of what became known as AIDS, the veteran AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) activist has come armed with a 700-page magnum opus she hopes will set the record straight about one of the most consequential social movements of the 20th century.
Generation PrEP?
POZ, April 2018
By and large, men who have sex with men who use Truavda as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV are white and over the age of 25. In light of recent HIV diagnosis trends, the lopsidedness of these PrEP uptake numbers reveals the troubling truth lurking behind all the recent fanfare about the HIV prevention method: It is failing to reach many of those who stand to benefit from it the most.
POZ, April 2018
By and large, men who have sex with men who use Truavda as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV are white and over the age of 25. In light of recent HIV diagnosis trends, the lopsidedness of these PrEP uptake numbers reveals the troubling truth lurking behind all the recent fanfare about the HIV prevention method: It is failing to reach many of those who stand to benefit from it the most.
"PrEP: A Dream Deferred."
(POZ, January 2017)
Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is failing the demographic that needs it most, black men who have sex with men (MSM). Meanwhile, Truvada’s increasing popularity as HIV prevention among white MSM means PrEP is apparently on a path to widen already tragic racial disparities in infection rates among MSM.
Are those who launched PrEP to blame for failing to anticipate its anemic uptake among black MSM?
(POZ, January 2017)
Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is failing the demographic that needs it most, black men who have sex with men (MSM). Meanwhile, Truvada’s increasing popularity as HIV prevention among white MSM means PrEP is apparently on a path to widen already tragic racial disparities in infection rates among MSM.
Are those who launched PrEP to blame for failing to anticipate its anemic uptake among black MSM?
"Why Is HIV So Devastating Among Southern Black Women?"
(POZ, February 2016)
Southern black women living with HIV are the forgotten demographic. Faced with numerous intersecting challenges, most notably poverty, they are at high risk of falling through the cracks of the health care system. To make matters worse, Southern states often lack a sufficient safety net to help ensure that these women engage in consistent HIV care.
(POZ, February 2016)
Southern black women living with HIV are the forgotten demographic. Faced with numerous intersecting challenges, most notably poverty, they are at high risk of falling through the cracks of the health care system. To make matters worse, Southern states often lack a sufficient safety net to help ensure that these women engage in consistent HIV care.
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“All Grown Up.” (HIV Plus, December 2009) Hydeia Broadbent is an out-spoken and precocious HIV activist who was born with the virus.
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- HIV Plus, September 2008: “Epidemic Without an Identity.” The HIV epidemic among Latinos.
- HIV Plus, August 2007: “Viva Las Voces!” Profiles of Latinos living with HIV.
- HIV Plus, July 2007: “Bond of Brothers.” One man’s project to tell the stories of fellow black men living with HIV.
- Gay.com, June 2006: "Black men and the AIDS epidemic."
- HIV Plus, May 2006: “What’s Gone Wrong?” Why are HIV rates so high among black men who have sex with men?
- HIV Plus, July 2005: “Survivor.” A profile of Nelson Vergel, long-term survivor of HIV, shines a spotlight on the plight of those with few HIV treatment options.