POZ June 2021
POZ June 2021
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Features
Heart to Heart
In his Pulitzer Prize–winning poetry, Jericho Brown reveals how HIV, race and rape can coexist with joy, lust and love. Plus: three poems.
A Complete History of HIV/AIDS Will Depend on You
Preserving the stories from 40 years of the epidemic
Editor’s Letter
A Little Respect
In this LGBTQ-themed special issue, we spotlight LGBTQ advocates, including our cover subject, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Jericho Brown.
POZ Q+A
For the Record
Activist and author Sarah Schulman discusses the early history of ACT UP New York in a new book.
POZ Planet
Dogs and Their Humans Fight Stigma
Portraits and stories from an HIV fundraising book
Rainbow Rights
Protecting LGBTQ equality helps fight HIV.
Having a Senior Moment
A New Jersey law prohibits discrimination in long-term care facilities based on HIV status, sexual identity and other qualities.
PrEP Uptake
Promoting HIV prevention among Latinos and African Americans
Everyday – June 2021
These dates represent milestones in the HIV epidemic.
Voices
What If?
Jeremiah Johnson, an activist living with HIV and the HIV project director for the Treatment Action Group, urges for a renewal.
After COVID-19
Activist and singer Sherri Lewis, who is living with HIV, recounts how she and her mother confronted and overcame COVID-19.
Spotlight
Trans Visibility 2021
On March 31, advocacy groups and people around the world took to social media to recognize the International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Basics
Monitoring Your Health
Monitoring viral load and CD4 count can show how well treatment is working.
Ask POZ
Ask POZ – June 2021
How do I know if I have HIV?
Care And Treatment
Prompt Treatment Start Works for Teens
The number of days to an undetectable viral load dropped by nearly two weeks, but there’s more work to do.
Trans Surgery Linked to HIV Suppression
Trans people who have gender-affirming surgery are more likely to have undetectable HIV.
Redefining Support for Mothers Who Have HIV
North American experts weigh in on the role of breast feeding in the lives of mothers with well-controlled HIV.
Community Collaboration Cuts HIV
13,000 gay and bi Black and Latino men received PrEP care through collaboratives.
Research Notes
Prevention: Yearly PrEP?
An islatravir PrEP implant could prevent HIV for a year.
Treatment: Every Two Months
Study finds that Cabenuva administered every other month maintains viral suppression for two years.
Cure: HIV Comes Back
A Brazilian man with HIV is no longer in remission after more than 15 months off treatment.
Concerns: Liver Fibrosis
HIV was linked to an increased prevalence of liver fibrosis in a recent study.
Heroes
The Activist Doctor
Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, is tackling HIV prevention nationally.
Survey
Healthy Mind
Mental Health Survey
Digital Edition
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