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Positive Thoughts: Trans Power

By |2019-11-27T16:08:41-05:00November 27th, 2019|Guides, World AIDS Day|

Marissa Miller was the lead organizer of the first National Trans Visibility March on Washington, D.C., which took place Saturday, Sept. 28, in the nation’s capital. Thousands attended the march down Pennsylvania Avenue, which was preceded by a rally at Freedom Plaza.

BTL World AIDS Day 2018 Analysis

By |2018-11-28T16:19:34-05:00November 28th, 2018|Guides, World AIDS Day|

The last several years have seen a dramatic shift in the HIV landscape in the country and specifically in Michigan. In September, San Francisco, long a bastion for those affected by the epidemic, reported just 221 new cases in 2017. The San Francisco Chronicle reported this was an historic low in new cases, but it also found that there were significant disparities in age, race and gender of those newly diagnosed. Of those new diagnoses in San Francisco, 60 percent were among people under age 40 — that’s despite the vast majority of those living with HIV in the city being over age 50.

World AIDS Day Event Calendar

By |2018-11-28T16:16:57-05:00November 28th, 2018|Guides, World AIDS Day|

  Friday, Nov. 30 8:30 a.m. U=U Community Committee 30th Anniversary Commemoration Appreciation Breakfast and Luncheon at Corktown Health Center, 1726 Howard St., Detroit. corktownhealth.org/ 11 a.m. Unite in the global fight with The Wellness [...]

Legislature Must Stop Health Officials’ Invasive Plans

By |2018-11-28T16:43:49-05:00November 28th, 2018|Guides, Opinions, Viewpoints, World AIDS Day|

PQ: As long as Michigan continues to criminalize people living with HIV for engaging in sexual behavior that may not even transmit the virus, the genetic clustering work could be abused by zealous prosecutors. Perhaps those prosecutors believe they are working to stop HIV transmissions. Perhaps they are driven by animus against certain at risk populations.

Glossary

By |2017-11-30T09:00:00-05:00November 30th, 2017|Guides, World AIDS Day|

Early Intervention Services (EIS) -- an intervention designed to assist those newly diagnosed as HIV-positive access medical care and programs to address a variety of social issues including substance abuse, homelessness and underinsurance. The program [...]

World AIDS Day Event Calendar

By |2017-11-30T09:00:00-05:00November 30th, 2017|Guides, World AIDS Day|

Friday, Dec. 1 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free condoms, education and referral to PrEP and assistance for those living with HIV who need help getting back into care. Kent County Health Department Personal Health [...]

Looming Outbreak

By |2017-11-30T09:00:00-05:00November 30th, 2017|Guides, World AIDS Day|

Federal and state health officials have quietly been preparing for an opioid related outbreak of HIV in northern lower Michigan, but lawmakers and the governor have not been briefed. "In response to the HIV outbreak [...]

The Promise of the Pill

By |2017-11-30T09:00:00-05:00November 30th, 2017|Guides, World AIDS Day|

It's blue, and a pill. It's tied to sex, but it's not Viagra. It's Truvada. And although it's been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as an HIV-preventative -- and [...]

Survival Guide

By |2016-12-01T09:00:00-05:00December 1st, 2016|Guides, World AIDS Day|

By Lawrence Ferber The resistance began with unaccountedfor appearances of posters on the walls and windows of New York City: the Nazis' pink triangle inverted on a black background over the words "SILENCE = DEATH." [...]

Rising Above

By |2016-12-01T09:00:00-05:00December 1st, 2016|Guides, World AIDS Day|

BY LAWRENCE FERBER Activist Cleve Jones has lived an extraordinary life, filled with world-changing friends and figureheads from Harvey Milk to Dustin Lance Black. Portrayed by Emile Hirsch in the Gus Van Sant-directed MILK, Jones [...]

World AIDS Day Event Calendar

By |2015-11-26T09:00:00-05:00November 26th, 2015|Guides, World AIDS Day|

COMPILED BY SHELBY CLARK PETKUS Dec. 1 6 a.m. Volunteer for World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day Detroit is pleased to offer volunteer opportunities for our upcoming World AIDS Day events happening at the Garden [...]

World AIDS Day Event Calendar

By |2018-01-15T21:45:46-05:00November 27th, 2014|Guides, World AIDS Day|

Compiled By Shelby Clark Petkus {UNDERLINE Dec. 1} All day. NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and "Orphan Tower." Quilt and beaded dolls representing AIDS victims and orphans. Michigan State University Museum. 409 W. Circle Dr., [...]

Kimberley Locke: Aiding In The Fight

By |2014-11-27T09:00:00-05:00November 27th, 2014|Guides, World AIDS Day|

By Jerome Stuart Nichols World AIDS Day Detroit Concert with 'American Idols' 7 p.m. Dec. 1 (Doors at 6 p.m.) Detroit Opera House 1526 Broadway St., Detroit http://worldaidsdayus.org After finishing in third place on "American [...]

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