Queer Quilting as Art, Protest and Connection: From the AIDS Memorial Quilt to the Generation-Linking Pieces We Treasure
Grace Rother's quilt is very much in process: rich shades of green in the center, with small fabric houses framing the green, raw outside edges. She calls [...]
5 AIDS-Related Must-Read Biographies
Peter Staley's "Never Silent" isn't the only outstanding memoir or biography by those who endured the worst years of the AIDS crisis (Sarah Schulman's mammoth [...]
World AIDS Day 2019: HIV in Michigan — The Good, the Ugly, the In-Between
Let's be clear: the response to the HIV epidemic today has shifted dramatically since it was first identified as a crisis in 1981 and a viral epidemic in 1984. [...]
BTL 2019 World AIDS Day Calendar
Dec. 2 The World AIDS Day Committee Presents Thriving Beyond The Red Ribbon 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gather on World AIDS Day to remember those who have died [...]
Positive Thoughts: Trans Power
By Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. Marissa Miller was the lead organizer of the first National Trans Visibility March on Washington, D.C., which took place Saturday, [...]
Michigan Author's 'Blood Criminals' Book Talks Modern Toll of HIV
When HIV hit America in the '80s it decimated LGBTQ communities and forever changed the course of national sex education. But what happened to the people who [...]
Thriving Beyond the Red Ribbon World AIDS Day Event
Sunday, Dec. 1, marks the annual World AIDS Day, an internationally recognized day that is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS crisis that was caused by [...]
BTL World AIDS Day 2018 Analysis
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 [...]
National Organization Highlights Experiences of Women With HIV
Women living with HIV account for roughly 20 percent all individuals who have contracted the disease in the United States. As a minority group within an [...]
World AIDS Day Event Calendar
Friday, Nov. 30 8:30 a.m. U=U Community Committee 30th Anniversary Commemoration Appreciation Breakfast and Luncheon at Corktown Health Center, 1726 [...]
Participate in Corktown Health Center Survey
Corktown Health Center and its community partners invite southeast Michigan residents who identify as part of the LGBTQ community to participate in a new [...]
World AIDS Day Event Calendar
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. [...]
What We Know and What We Can Do to End the Epidemic
State health officials, politicians, activists and care providers on the frontline of the HIV epidemic are most optimistic than they have been in 36 years. [...]
UMMA Hosts Visual AIDS' Day With(out) Art Project
BY BTL STAFF The University of Michigan Museum of Art Student Engagement Council and the U-M Spectrum Center presents a screening of Visual AIDS' "Alternate [...]
The Promise of the Pill
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) [...]
The Political Perils of HIV Policy
Scientists and public health officials are in agreement. Treatment options and prevention drugs combined with testing could bring an end to the HIV epidemic in [...]
State of Michigan PrEP Directory
Calhoun County Dr. Andrew Luciano Family Physician Marshall Medical Associates 1174 W. Michigan Ave Marshall, MI [...]
Peace by Piece' Unveils its Community Art Project at GFAC
BY BTL STAFF A community art share project sponsored by Wellness Services will premier its "Peace by Piece" exhibit at the Greater Flint Arts Council on Dec. 2 [...]
Looming Outbreak
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 [...]
From the Frontlines: Early Intervention Services
Behind her, hanging on the wall of her small office in south Lansing, are a serious of information posters. One is Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs, another is a [...]
A Light at the End of the Tunnel'
Light at the End of the Tunnel {ITAL With effective biomedical interventions, but no cure, Michigan leaders believe the end of HIV could come as soon as in a [...]
World AIDS Day Event Calendar
Dec. 1 7:30 a.m. UNIFIED – HIV Health and Beyond Mobile Unit Site offers HIV, Hep C testing and more at St. Andrew's Church Breakfast Program at 306 N. [...]
