'Rustin' co-writer was told film could 'never get made' so he made it anyway
Breece delivered an inspiring speech on the power of visibility at the Los Angeles Equality Awards.
October 8, 2024
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Alan Menken Says LeFou Isn't Gay
The Beauty and the Beast composer blamed a reporter from a gay magazine for pushing an "agenda."
March 14, 2017
Night Court's Marsha Warfield on living out and proud later in life
A stand-up comedian first, she has clawed her way back, and now just past 70, she takes her life in stride.
May 6, 2025
How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used were steeped in science, stigma, and religious language
How people talked about and named the AIDS crisis shaped how it was viewed and either fostered or countered a culture of stigma, writes historian Anthony Petro.
September 30, 2024
Funding cuts could cause 3.3 million additional HIV infections by 2030: report
Global HIV assistance is projected to drop by 30 to 40 percent in 2025 compared with 2023, a new UNAID report found.
November 26, 2025
Decades Later the Coping Continues
The Advocate explored how an overwhelmed gay community was coping with the AIDS crisis in the '80s. For activists today, the story is much different.
April 17, 2012
Lessons Learned: Silence Still Equals Death
The AIDS crisis offers a blueprint for LGBT people fearing a hostile administration.
January 17, 2017
To Beat HIV, Trump Should Take a Cue From Historically Black Colleges
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is an opportunity to remember all the work we need to do, and give credit where it's deserved.
February 7, 2019
COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate — and Neither Should We
The pandemic has fueled anti-Asian bias, and it's incumbent on us all to speak out against such bigotry.
May 13, 2020
On World AIDS Day, We Must Recommit Ourselves to Eradicating Stigma
There is much work that remains to fight stigma, especially in communities of color.
December 1, 2022
Mental Health Care Is Key to Ending AIDS
The Gay Men's Health Crisis is confronting what is often an afterthought in HIV care -- mental health.
May 23, 2017
In the City of Angels, Love Was Greater Than AIDS
The director of a new documentary about the AIDS crisis in Los Angeles in the 1980s — called Commitment to Life — talks about some of the courageous individuals who stepped forward in a fight for survival.
November 29, 2023
A Note on World AIDS Day From Our CEO
Equalpride's Mark Berryhill shares his thoughts on a disease that's impacted our community for over four decades.
December 1, 2023
Fauci Praises 'Courage, Dignity' of Gay People While Next to Pence
The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases spoke about the impact of epidemics on marginalized communities.
April 8, 2020
The Current State of HIV Among LGBTs
The Advocate culls the latest facts and figures on HIV and the entire LGBT population.
November 30, 2012
George H.W. Bush's AIDS Neglect Reflected America's Gay Hate
The 41st president was far from a hero when it came to HIV, but he was in lockstep, if not ahead, of the average American at the time.
December 4, 2018
Imagine How Trump Would Have Handled the Onset of AIDS
Former FBI agent Susan SurfTone considers how the president would react to an untreatable deadly disease striking an unpopular minority.
March 4, 2019
Clinton Expands Apology for Reagan-AIDS 'Mistake'
After issuing a brief statement within two hours of the time she 'misspoke,' Clinton penned a lengthy blog post on Medium tonight.
March 12, 2016
Stigma around those living with HIV is declining, but maybe not for the reasons you'd think: report
More needs to be done to stop stigma toward those living with HIV, including producing more stories featuring those living with HIV, a new report from GLAAD said.
September 12, 2024
SAGE, Serving LGBTQ Elders, Is in the Second Fight of Its Life
CEO Michael Adams says our community's seniors are vulnerable, but also incredibly resilient.
March 25, 2020