There are currently 31 states with specific criminal penalties related to HIV. We have regranted over $167,000 to our partners to support their public health efforts with almost all funding going to HIV advocacy in the South. Thanks to funding partners like Gilead Compass at Emory University, Gilead Sciences, Merck, and ViiV healthcare, we have been able to deepen this work on a level we haven’t seen before.
Still, today the disproportionate impact of HIV on Black, Latina, and Indigenous trans women, fueled by systemic inequities and barriers to prevention, testing, and treatment, underscores the critical importance of our work.
With your support today, we’ll be able to do even more for our state-partners in 2025.
Central to this work is the importance of following the leadership of people living with HIV (PLHIV), whose voices and experiences must guide our efforts. I’d be remiss to not mention the incredible work our partners have done at Freedom Oklahoma, FreeState Justice in Maryland, Silver State Equality in Nevada, Garden State Equality, Equality Ohio, PROMO in Missouri, Fair Wisconsin, Georgia Equality, and Arkansas Black Gay Men’s Forum. The mountains they’ve been able to move has been a testament to the power of our network.
Thank you for your support, and your shared commitment to end this epidemic, together.
With Gratitude,
