POZ January-February 2016
POZ January-February 2016
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
Black Lives Matter
Finding common cause fighting violence and HIV
You Can’t Hurry Love: Navigating Sex and Disclosure While Living With HIV
Navigating sex and disclosure while living with HIV
From the Editor
Don’t Get Me Wrong
Black Lives Matter activists are now finding common cause in fighting violence and related issues like HIV.
Feedback
Letters—January/February 2011
Your Feedback
POZ Q+A
Positive Policy
Greg Millett and Kali Lindsey on the 2016 public policy priorities for amfAR and the fight against HIV/AIDS
POZ Planet
The Art of Speaking Out
Charles Stephens, founder and executive director of Counter Narrative Project, on amplifying the voices of black gay men and how HIV fits.
Stars & Stripes
Tanner White launched an organization called A Positive Tomorrow to educate about the virus and fight stigma.
HIV Headliners
Actor Charlie Sheen acknowledged in a November Today interview that he is living with the virus.
Chloe Dzubilo’s Body of Work
Transgender artist, HIV activist and POZ cover model Chloe Dzubilo died in 2011, five days after an art show she co-curated called closed.
Greed Is Not Good
Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, raised the price of an AIDS-related medicine from $13.50 to $750 for a single pill.
If You’ve Got It, Florent It!
Actor Alan Cumming is slated to play real-life restaurateur Florent Morellet in a Showtime comedy series set in 1980s New York.
Toast of the Town
Celebrating the POZ 100 long-term survivors
Voices
True Love
Joe Burke lives with HIV, hepatitis C and hemophilia. In a POZ blog post, he offers five rules for finding that special someone.
POZ Survey Says
Stressed Out
Most people experience stress from time to time. Not all stress is bad, but it’s important to recognize when it is affecting your health.
Research Notes
Prevention: Power of TasP
A researcher found that the concept of treatment as prevention appeared to have an affirming effect on the couples’ relationships.
Treatment: Potent Antibody
Researchers have found a so-called broadly neutralizing antibody that can recognize a key, shape-shifting portion of HIV
Cure: Revamp Research?
Two prominent HIV researchers, including HIV co-discoverer Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, call for revising the way cure research is conducted.
Concerns: Quality of Life
People who have their virus under control with treatment still report a reduced quality of life compared with those who don’t have HIV.
Care and Treatment
Experience Counts for HIV
A new study suggests that experience counts for a lot where HIV care is concerned.
WHO Calls For Broader ARVs
The World Health Organization has recommended that all people living with HIV worldwide should receive antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.
HIV Prevalence Is Steady; Treatment Rate Is Low
A new snapshot of the U.S. HIV epidemic has found that the treatment rates are troublingly low among those living with the virus.
Sexually Transmitted Hep C Rises in HIV-Positive Gay Men
There is an emerging epidemic of sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
Cancer Concerns
A large study has found higher rates of numerous cancers among people living with HIV, compared with the HIV-negative population.
POZ Heroes
POZ Heroes
Learning to Love Herself
Twenty-two years ago, Rae Lewis-Thornton debuted as a face of AIDS in black America on the cover of Essence magazine.
