June 5 is HIV Long-Term Survivors Day. It marks the 45th anniversary of the first official reporting of what would become known as the AIDS epidemic. Today, we remember those we lost & recommit to protecting the HIV programs and community-led advocacy that keep people alive. tinyurl.com/HIVcauLTS

Maybe you can't deliver an amazing speech, but you can drive a car, or bake a chicken, or buy the chicken so that we can all eat. You don't have to be the hero. Jointhe fight to save our lives instead. This reasoning came courtesy of Tori Cooper during the Building Trans Power Conference.

Every group needs a safe space to meet & discuss the issues that matter to them. Pathways to Success was created by Edward Lowry to honor that need for heterosexual men living with HIV. They meet on the 4th Thursday of each month, 3-5 PM (ET). To learn more, contact Eddie [email protected]

This #MemorialDay, remember that every death from #HIV and #AIDS is connected to stigma. We have treatments for HIV, but no one has found a foolproof treatment for stigma. And yet we persist. Because it is the right thing to do & if we stop stigma, we will stop HIV.

We are excited to announce our new video podcast: PWN Amplified. In this clip, co-host Marnina Miller explains that people didn't talk about #HIV to her when she was coming of age. PWN Amplified premieres May 26th on our YouTube Channel. Subscribe and stay tuned for more!

Here's Why National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Is So Important:

Last year, the President began sabotaging efforts to end HIV. And new HIV rates have begun to climb again. We can change this by advocating for HIV funding, treatment, and prevention. If it isn't already on your radar, Sevens Days in June is a perfect place to start. Join us: sevendaysinjune.org

You Are More Than Your HIV Status. You are a Mother, Sister, Auntie, Wife, Homegirl, Grandmother, Girlfriend, Bestie, Friend... And so much more! Again: You are more than your diagnosis. And we adore every part of who you are. Inspired by Grissel Granados; PWN Board Chair #HIVResist #HIV

If we got rid of Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism, and Transphobia there would be no HIV crisis. And we'd all be free. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism, & Transphobia grounds us in liberation and ending HIV. #IDAHOBIT #HIVResist #Advocacy #Liberation

HIV Caucus Member Survey Time! Due Date: June 16! If you're a member of the HIV Caucus, we want to hear from you! Did you love AIDSWatch this year? (Or hate it?) However you feel, we want to hear from you! Your voice helps set our future agenda! Make sure your voice is counted! tinyurl.com/HCm26

Trump wants to ban transgender people with HIV from accessing housing for people living with HIV. This hurts everyone, including cisgender people living with HIV. And that is the point. They're focusing on transgender people, but they're coming for all of us. Don't let them.

The HIV Caucus is excited to welcome Wanda Brendle-Moss & David Maurice Griffin as our new Membership Engagement Co-Chairs. Both are incredible community leaders. Please join us in welcoming David & Wanda into their new roles!

"Insurance on paper is not the same thing as timely care." -Malcolm Reid In a searing essay, Malcolm explains that "When Delay Becomes the Diagnosis, Diagnosis Can Turn to Death." Read more at: tinyurl.com/mt5sy2nh

We're holding a New Members Orientation tomorrow to ensure you know how to use our resources. Because we know that we're mightiest when our members are leading the way. And we need to empower you and support you as you lead. Join us tomorrow: April 21, 6 PM (ET) Register here: tinyurl.com/3s8z4n67

Join the HIV Caucus New Member Orientation! Tuesday, April 21st 6 PM (ET) Orientación para nuevos miembros del Caucus de VIH Martes, 21 de Abril 18:00 (ET) Register here/Registrate here: tinyurl.com/3s8z4n67

The HIV Caucus is pleased to announce that Robert Suttle Is Our New Coordinator. Robert is well known throughout the HIV movement as an award-winning leader, co-founder of SERO Project, & Chair of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation's Council of Justice Leaders. Please join us in welcoming him!

Be sure to join Kim Moon and Malcolm Reid at the Biomedical Summit. Kim is presenting on using social determinants of health data in HIV care. Malcolm Reid is presenting on using advocacy & technology to improve HIV care, while preserving our community's privacy. Watch the video to learn more!

If Republicans keep cutting HIV funding, we'll die. And they don't care. Even though it will kill them too. We remember the AIDS Crisis. And we refuse to be dragged back there. You Can Help by Joining The HIV Caucus: www.hivcaucus.org/membership Together, We Will Save the World From HIV.

Please join the U.S. PLHIV Caucus in congratulating DeKeitra Griffin, LCSW, LCDC for receiving the 2026 CRISP Award for Outstanding Social Work Student!

The HIV Caucus Is Not Following Around About Empowering Our Transgender Family. Rather than wait the next awareness day, we're elevating the community & sharing power at the start of decision making, not after the fact. We're also combating biases & challenging transphobia — even in our own spaces.

Our Co-Chair Michael Elizabeth speaks on the meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS at AIDSWatch 2026. It saves lives, time, and money because we create solutions that work for us. Just as crucially, including us is the right thing to do. #HIVResist #AIDSWatch

We are proud to share that Janet Kitchen and Gabriel San Emeterio are the recipients of this year's Marco Castro-Bojorquez Leadership Awards! Please join us in celebrating them: When: Monday, March 16; 6 PM. Where: The Grand Ballroom; Renaissance Arlington Capital View @aidsunited.bsky.social

#HIV Prevention Is.... Inspired by Malcolm Reid.

Reminder: You can help save Florida's #HIV funding even if you don't live in the state.

“Folks living with HIV need to spend more time talking about joy & celebrating each other. Life is hard but it’s worth living. We can’t forget that or allow anyone to take away our right to happiness & pleasure!” -Marnina Miller @plhivcaucus.bsky.social Co-Executive Director; @pwnusa.bsky.social

We don't ask for money. We don't ask for fame, praise, or material goods. All we want for Christmas is affordable HIV meds for our people. [email protected]

It's been a rough season and an even rougher year. But never forget: We LOVE our community and we love ourselves. Happy Holidays to all people living with HIV! [email protected]

We're so proud of DeKeitra Griffin who sits on our Steering Committee. Thank you @iasociety.bsky.social for continuing to lift up our community and for elevating true leadership in our field!

The @plhivcaucus.bsky.social is pleased to announce newly elected and appointed officers: Shayla Knighton-Black, MPH, Christian Felix Castro, MA, Venita Ray, JD, and Ronald Johnson. Learn more in our latest video:

It's Human Rights Day. People living with HIV have a right to treatment, housing, & healthcare. People with HIV have a right to live free of stigma. Join the @plhivcaucus.bsky.social in creating a world where the rights of people living with HIV are guaranteed.

Q: Why doesn't the U.S. PLHIV Caucus speak on behalf of silent community members? A: Because we respect consent and ardently follow the principle of "Nothing about us without us."

This Friday, the Center for HIV, Law, & Policy launches its Aging Initiative World AIDS Day webinar. This event addresses the effects that a criminal record has on people living with HIV and how they age. When: Friday, December 5 at 1:30 PM (EST) Register: www.hivlawandpolicy.org/events/turni...

Every Trans Life. Every HIV Story. The HIV Caucus Fights for You. This message guided us at AIDSWatch this year — and it guides us now: Trans People Deserve More Than Remembrance! #TransDayOfRemembrance

Today PWN honors our 2025 Trans Day of Power (TDOP)! 💖 This national awareness day was created last year by PWN's trans & gender diverse staff caucus, and is celebrated during Trans Awareness Week. TDOP was created to recognize and elevate the love, labor, and commitment

"When you eliminate health coverage, erase data, criminalize survival, and ban health care, you don't need a law to say trans people should not exist ― the systems themselves make our survival impossible." -Michael Elizabeth Co-Chair; US PLHIV Caucus We will never leave our trans siblings behind.

The current administration has announced that it can use diabetes, obesity, and cancer to reject visa applicants. The HIV Caucus remembers when the U.S. had the same policy towards people living with HIV and we won't stand for it. Read the full newsletter here: mailchi.mp/0886a224006d...

#HappyVetetansDay to our advocates who are fighting the war against #HIV & #AIDS as well as to our service people who are living with HIV.

This week, our newsletter highlights: Treatment Action Group (TAG), Unity Arc Advocacy, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, CHLP, PWN-USA, Equality Federation, IDPH, & AIDS United. As our headline says: We Work With Each Other. Not for Kings. Click here for the newsletter: mailchi.mp/bae30f4bd047...

We celebrate National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day by honoring our Latinx siblings in this fight to contain HIV/AIDS and refusing to leave anyone behind. Please join us in elevating the needs of our Latinx family. For more information, please visit Latino Commission on AIDS and LatinX Plus.

ICYMI: A call for all People Living with HIV and allies: it's time to reignite our movement to fight for our lives and improve our quality of life. HIV COMPLEXITIES THURS OCT 16, 6:30–8:00 PM ET Zoom • Free! Learn more & register: longcovidjustice.org/events/#hcpweb

HIV funding is lifesaving. It’s how we stopped the AIDS Crisis. Half of Congress is trying to eliminate HIV-prevention programs. If we don’t stop them now, they’ll be targeting HIV treatment next. Tell Congress to fully fund HIV-prevention & treatment services. SaveHIVFunding.org #SaveHIVFunding

Would this categorize LC under the HIV umbrella? My cohorts refer to this as CAIDS vs LC. 😣

TOMORROW is the start of Long COVID Justice's new support group for people living with HIV and other complex conditions. It all starts at 3 PM (EST) on Zoom with Gabriel San Emeterio, LMSW, as the facilitator! Register at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #HIVLongTermSurvivors #LongCOVID #PLHIV

Evany Turk reminds us to ensure that rehabilitation & assisted living facilities are doing right by older people living with HIV. Sometimes facilities hold onto our community members even when they're ready to go because they are making money off of their benefits.

Tomorrow is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. For people living w #HIV, these awareness days are an opportunity to tell folks to do their part to protect themselves from the virus -- just as we saved millions of people from HIV with our advocacy when no one else was coming to save us.

People Living With HIV Need: Folks who love people living with HIV enough NOT to believe every bad thing they hear about us. We’re people first; just like you. Adapted by @juanmichaelii.bsky.social from the words of Ivory Toldson, PhD. #HIV #Liberation #NoStigma

We're excited to announce our new support group for people living with HIV and other complex conditions, hosted by Gabriel San Emeterio, LMSW @gabrielhse.bsky.social, Senior Fellow at Long COVID Justice and member of the HIV Caucus @plhivcaucus.bsky.social Interest form & details: bit.ly/hiv-group

Trump & Republican legislators are still trying to cut #HIV funding from the 2026 budget. If we stop them now, they won't get away with it! The Reunion Project has come up with this list of actions you can take to fight back & help #SaveHIVFunding. Silence Equals Death. Let's make some noise!

The HIV Caucus is for EVERYONE who believes in empowering people living with HIV & containing the epidemic. Even if you're not living with HIV. People who aren't living with HIV can join as supporters by filling out this membership form: www.hivcaucus.org/form-languag...

When working with younger trans-women, don't center everything around a panel. Try being in community, hanging out w them. Showing up in your uniform makes it clear that you're in 1 place & you're in another. "It can't be just be, 'How are you doing? Here's some PrEP.' And leave."