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14 Images of New York Taking on HIV

Light Up New York is a citywide effort to raise awareness, end stigma, and declare AIDS is not over.

Christopher Harrity May 17, 2016

Christopher Harrity

Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.

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