I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS?
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
May 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS?
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
NEW: Per a source with knowledge, the entire HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, or OIDP, was just fired.
March 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
NEW: Per a source with knowledge, the entire HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, or OIDP, was just fired.
PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.
Preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 BILLION a day. So far.
March 5, 2026 at 2:45 AM
PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.
This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life:
"AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
"AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
April 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life:
"AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
"AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money.
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
wrd.cm
February 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money.
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
Remains absolutely wild to me we have a functional cure for HIV/AIDS.
Over 91% of Clients in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reach Undetectable Status www.poz.com/article/91-c...
Over 91% of Clients in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reach Undetectable Status
New data confirm Ryan White’s success—undetectable equals untransmittable (and healthier)—but GOP leaders want to slash these HIV funds.
www.poz.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Remains absolutely wild to me we have a functional cure for HIV/AIDS.
Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”
Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.
newrepublic.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Thousands to lose access to HIV drugs with new cuts
An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
www.fox13news.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
The Trump administration is preparing to fire every single worker at the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.
RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say
Much of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.
www.cbsnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Trump administration is preparing to fire every single worker at the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.
From my earliest days in Congress, I’ve made it a mission to fight the scourges of HIV/AIDS and anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
On World Aids Day, we recommit to the work to save our health care, expand treatment and achieve our shared dream of an AIDS-free generation. - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
On World Aids Day, we recommit to the work to save our health care, expand treatment and achieve our shared dream of an AIDS-free generation. - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
December 1, 2024 at 11:43 PM
From my earliest days in Congress, I’ve made it a mission to fight the scourges of HIV/AIDS and anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
On World Aids Day, we recommit to the work to save our health care, expand treatment and achieve our shared dream of an AIDS-free generation. - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
On World Aids Day, we recommit to the work to save our health care, expand treatment and achieve our shared dream of an AIDS-free generation. - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
The AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed on the National Mall, October 1996, by James Di Loreto. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
March 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed on the National Mall, October 1996, by James Di Loreto. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Dire consequences in Florida of Trump/Republicans' federal decision to eliminate ACA subsidies:
Cutting off HIV+ Americans from the medications **they're currently taking** that are keeping them alive.
www.wtxl.com/downtown-tal...
Cutting off HIV+ Americans from the medications **they're currently taking** that are keeping them alive.
www.wtxl.com/downtown-tal...
HIV advocates rally against changes to AIDS drug assistance program at Florida State Capitol
Advocates and patients warn thousands of Floridians living with HIV could lose access to life-saving medications under proposed changes to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
www.wtxl.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Dire consequences in Florida of Trump/Republicans' federal decision to eliminate ACA subsidies:
Cutting off HIV+ Americans from the medications **they're currently taking** that are keeping them alive.
www.wtxl.com/downtown-tal...
Cutting off HIV+ Americans from the medications **they're currently taking** that are keeping them alive.
www.wtxl.com/downtown-tal...
Decades before Dolly Parton helped fund research supporting Moderna's Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, she raised money for people with HIV and AIDS and joined the 90s "Break the Silence" campaign promoting AIDS awareness, sex education & condom use - at a time when doing so in country music took courage.
August 26, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Decades before Dolly Parton helped fund research supporting Moderna's Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, she raised money for people with HIV and AIDS and joined the 90s "Break the Silence" campaign promoting AIDS awareness, sex education & condom use - at a time when doing so in country music took courage.
Sorry I didn’t mean AIDS treatments, I meant HIV prophylactics
February 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Sorry I didn’t mean AIDS treatments, I meant HIV prophylactics
Make America Healthy Again www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/n...
NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults
NIH terminated grants for a program studying how to diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV and AIDS in adolescents and young adults.
www.statnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Make America Healthy Again www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/n...
Lets not forget his absolute malice towards the LGBT community at the height of HIV /AIDS.
This is another example of why I will never understand the nostalgia for Reagan.
He was awful for the economy & racist as hell.
He was awful for the economy & racist as hell.
I had a 13.1% under Reagan
September 23, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Lets not forget his absolute malice towards the LGBT community at the height of HIV /AIDS.
Today is World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and supporting the individuals, families, and communities impacted by HIV.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today is World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and supporting the individuals, families, and communities impacted by HIV.
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Today, I stand with Rep. Robin Kelly and @repbonnie.bsky.social in recognizing National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
As Chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, I remain committed to ending disparities around HIV & AIDS prevention and improving care for Black communities.
As Chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, I remain committed to ending disparities around HIV & AIDS prevention and improving care for Black communities.
Reps. Pocan (WI-02), Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and Kelly (IL-02) Recognize National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)
Today marks the 26th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). The Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus and Congressional leaders recognize this day to help increase HIV awareness and enhance pr...
pocan.house.gov
February 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today, I stand with Rep. Robin Kelly and @repbonnie.bsky.social in recognizing National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
As Chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, I remain committed to ending disparities around HIV & AIDS prevention and improving care for Black communities.
As Chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, I remain committed to ending disparities around HIV & AIDS prevention and improving care for Black communities.
Trump and Rubio announce they will entirely cut HIV/AIDS assistance to the country with the highest number of people living with HIV in the world:
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa
The State Department said the country had failed to address the president’s concerns about treatment of its white citizens.
www.politico.com
June 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Trump and Rubio announce they will entirely cut HIV/AIDS assistance to the country with the highest number of people living with HIV in the world:
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
A win! The Senate has agreed to restore roughly $400 million in funding for PEPFAR, the landmark HIV/AIDS program launched under President Bush that’s credited with saving millions of lives around the world. Keep speaking up, it makes a difference.
July 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A win! The Senate has agreed to restore roughly $400 million in funding for PEPFAR, the landmark HIV/AIDS program launched under President Bush that’s credited with saving millions of lives around the world. Keep speaking up, it makes a difference.
NEW: Trump says he's letting "lifesaving" foreign aid continue, but sources tell WIRED that DOGE is still blocking HIV/AIDS relief.
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
NEW: Trump says he's letting "lifesaving" foreign aid continue, but sources tell WIRED that DOGE is still blocking HIV/AIDS relief.
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social