HIV, PrEP, and the Black Community

HIV, PrEP, and the Black Community

As it stands, PrEP use nationally is low, around 25% of those it is recommended for, but disparate in communities of color compared to white communities. The graph below (cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom) illustrates that 66% of white people whom PrEP is recommended for are...
Where We Are Now with HIV

Where We Are Now with HIV

I am sitting in the back of the New Spirit Revival Center, a Cleveland Megachurch. The 2nd or 3rd pew from the back, the wooden groaning betraying my eager desire to be invisible there. There is so much grief and disappointment in the room. In the cascade of rows in...
After we have sex she tells me

After we have sex she tells me

Poet: Chanel Gomaa After we have sex she tells me “There is no art in politics” And I want to take back both our orgasms Wrap them in the glitter she doesn’t think coats our fragile right to lay here in her bed together Naked – Alive – Satisfied And send...
The Importance of PrEP and U=U

The Importance of PrEP and U=U

Author: Cliff Barnet  Understanding the importance of PrEP, the medication that prevents HIV, and U=U (undetectable HIV viral load means untransmittable during sex) in the fight to end HIV is now more important than ever. There were 897 new HIV diagnoses in Ohio...