Warning: Video contains explicit content. Real-life exchanges from mobile dating app Grindr are at the center of a powerful new awareness campaign spotlighting HIV stigma and its effects on the LGBTI+ community. An initiative of the HIV Foundation Queensland (HIVFQ) in partnership with Queensland Positive People (QPP), the Real Conversations of Grindr campaign started as…
Charlie Sheen is facing a lawsuit from his ex-fiancée after revealing his HIV status on national television. His ex-fiancée Scottine Ross has this week filed a lawsuit against the star, in which claims she was “forced” to sign an “illegal and unenforceable” non-disclosure agreement, reports Pink News. While speaking about his status, Sheen had said…
Charlie Sheen revealed he is HIV positive Tuesday in an exclusive TODAY interview with Matt Lauer. Sheen, who said he had paid upwards of $10 million to keep his diagnosis secret told Lauer that he made the announcement to end a smear campaign and extortion efforts. “I have to put a stop to this onslaught,…
NEW YORK — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) announced nearly $1.5 million in new grants today, including a new program aimed at addressing the rampant stigma against HIV-positive people and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community. With this round of grant-making, EJAF is awarding seven new and six renewal grants that…
LOS ANGELES — From Greg Louganis to Keith Haring, there have been thousands of impressive gay men who have lived with HIV. With National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day just around the corner (held annually on September 27), HIV Plus magazine’s September/October 2014 cover story, the publication’s largest cover story ever, takes a look at…
CHICAGO — A generation is growing up thinking an AIDS diagnosis is no big deal, but the Center for Disease Control estimates that more than 1 in 2 young gay men will be HIV-positive by the time they’re 50 years old. The second book in Victoria Noe’s award-winning series on grieving the death of a…
NEW YORK, — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) announced an educational grant to The American Fertility Association (AFA), for the purpose of increasing awareness of family-building options for HIV-positive men and women. This work was initiated in 2012 with the assistance of Growing Generations and International Fertility Law Group. In an effort to increase awareness…
