Every Issue
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Behind the cover: Birthday photos
This wasn’t how Daniel J. Downer expected to celebrate his birthday
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Note from the Acting Editor in Chief
Community is where you make it
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Being Bridgette: Telling your tale
Showing people who we are
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Briefly | January + February 2023
New option for treatment-experienced PLWH—FDA approves twice-yearly injectable Sunlenca
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Positive Aging: Use your power
Harnessing individual engagement and community commitment to shape care plans
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Community connection
The untold story of how a Chicago bathhouse became key to the city’s mpox response
This Issue
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Giving back
In doing for others, we often do for ourselves
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We’re all in this boat together
Reflections from the 17th annual Poz Cruise
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In convo with the community
Daniel J. Downer builds capacity through his Bros in Convo Initiative
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Making the connection
Through partnerships with other local organizations, Downer sees 2023 as a time of continued growth for Bros in Convo.
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Soul work
Asha Molok and Rae Lewis-Thornton and the legacy of storytelling
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Southern gospel
Exploring personal truth through poetry
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Sweet tea
Excerpt from an interview with author and scholar E. Patrick Johnson on the Black South
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‘And now he’s gone’
Excerpt from E. Patrick Johnson’s Sweet Tea—A Play
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CDC updates its opioid prescribing guideline
Earlier version created harm after being twisted by outside forces
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Determining the needs of people aging with HIV
Results of a national survey—conducted by people aging with HIV
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Is HIV-associated wasting still a concern today?
A long-forgotten disease continues under the radar
Partners In Research
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Actively searching
People living with HIV are playing a vital role in cure research