The Texas Strikeforce spoke at Houston City Hall calling for investment in public services for people living with and affected by HIV instead of non-safety traffic stops and working with ICE. Council member Mario Castillo pledged to meet with us after we spoke to discuss what we want from the city.

Join Positive Women's Network - USA on Thursday April 16 for our next policy training: Ending HIV Criminalization: Using Abolitionist Frameworks in Advocacy Our experts include Kamaria Laffrey, Jada Hicks, and Jenna Torres! Register here: www.mobilize.us/pwn-usa/even...

We are HIV BASIC, a growing movement grounded in shared values of MIPA, bodily autonomy, informed consent & freedom from criminalization. Read our statement, if you agree, you might just be BASIC like us. Endorse the Consensus Statement at tinyurl.com/hiv-basic @pwnusa.bsky.social @hivjustice.net

PWN-USA Members Are Still Writing Pre-Obituaries, Bc Our Advocacy Never Stops! Grace Rutha's pre-obituary is a prayer that honors her 41-year journey of surviving HIV across continents, countries, and systems that tried to ignore her. Read Grace's pre-obituary at tinyurl.com/4nkhu7at

#FanFriday 🤩 PWN-USA has long been a force of collective power amongst cis and transgender women, gender diverse, and transgender people living with #HIV. Learn more about our #FeaturedPartner and their mission below and be sure to follow @pwnusa.bsky.social if you don't already! #followfriday

PWN-USA members are on Capitol Hill meetings with our elected officials for AIDS Watch. These are not cute hang outs. We're asking for commitments to preserve HIV funding and our quality of life! Watch our latest video to see how our day is going thus far! #HIVResist #AIDSWatch2026 #HIV #Advocacy

The Positive Women's Network - USA Agenda for AIDSWatch 2026! Our PWN leaders are all over the schedule this year. Join us for all of our sessions, celebrations, and rallies! And get ready to speak with your elected officials. #AIDSWatch #HIVPersist #Advocacy

Our Program Director, Barb Cardell, wrote their pre-obituary to remind the world that we won't go back to the HIV crisis. Read their powerful words on @pozmagazine.bsky.social: www.poz.com/blog/preobit... #HIVResist

Did you know that more than half of people living with HIV on Earth are female? As @theadvocatebr.bsky.social reports, @pwnusa.bsky.social and @thewellprojecthiv.bsky.social Have Joined Forces to Change This Outcome. Our Message: Sisterhood, Hope, & Equity. www.advocate.com/women/women-...

"Providing stability. That's who I am" -Evany Turk Our Co-Executive Director speaks to award-winning journalist Mark S. King about empowering @pwnusa.bsky.social's community. Read Evany's full interview at: marksking.com/my-fabulous-...

Globally, there are more women living with #HIV than men. As you celebrate International Women's Day, remember this fact the next time someone tries to tell you that women don't need to worry about HIV. If we upheld gender justice, we could contain HIV today.

Evany Turk, our Co-Executive Director says it all: We Have to Save Ourselves. She's not just speaking about #HIV funding cuts in #Florida. She's speaking about coming threats to funding across the US.

Are you attending AIDSWatch in DC? Want to elevate the impact of your voice? 👀 Join PWN-USA for our Storytelling for Advocacy webinar next Thursday at 6pm EST! 🔥 Learn how to tell your story authentically and strategically when talking to decision makers. Register now: Bit.ly/policytrainings25 💖

We have teamed up with SERO Project and @plhivcaucus.bsky.social on empowering people who've been cut from Florida's ADAP. This video explains how to sign up for insurance through the Special Enrollment Period (which closes on April 30). Don't rush, but apply soon.

The Florida ADAP crisis is here, and we need YOU to take action to reverse the life-threatening changes TODAY. Watch Tori’s full video and find video walkthroughs on our YouTube @ pwn_usa #Florida #HIV #ADAP #HIVResists

PWN TX-Greater Houston Area chapter is on the ground in Houston for Election Day. Reminder: TX close today at 7pm! As long as you're in line before 7pm you'll be able to vote. In Harris County, you can vote at any polling location. Find a voting center at: www.harrisvotes.com/Vote-Centers

@pwnusa.bsky.social is proud to join @hivjustice.net on this statement for HIV Is Not a Crime Awareness Day: Health, not handcuffs. Stigma is not protection. Criminalisation is not prevention. HIV is not a crime. Read the full statement at: www.hivjusticeworldwide.org/en/hjww-stat...

"I started sharing because I was tired of silence." -Marnina Miller Our Co-Executive Director speaks to Maria Elena Perez (TheBody.com) about the power of telling your HIV story out loud. Read Marnina's full inteview at: www.thebody.com/hiv/marnina-...

Join our team! @pwnusa.bsky.social is looking for a new Director of Communications. The position is full-time, pays $75-80K a year with benefits, and is remote. Please note that the role requires travel for in-person events. Learn more about the role and how to apply at: tinyurl.com/JOBS-PWN

On March 1st, Florida's Department of Health says it is reducing ADAP eligibility from 400% to 130% of the federal poverty level for uninsured people & ending premium assistance for health insurance. 16,000 Floridians could lose access to medication assistance. But we can reverse their acts!

We're so excited to be join @thewellprojecthiv.bsky.social on this! We found Sisterhood, Hope, and Equity in a hopeless place.

Our rally to save Florida's AIDS Drug Assistance Program continues with a primer on: How to leave a public comment or message, even if you live out of state. Please share far & leave a comment on why we must protect Florida's ADAP program! To protect healthcare access for people w HIV in Florida!

Public comments on Florida's proposed rule change for ADAP qualification are open until March 4th. DeSantis' Department of Health is trying to kick over 11,000 people living with HIV off of ADAP even though they have the money to fund the program. You can comment even if you live out of state!

New to Advocacy? That’s okay. We’ve got you Join Florida Advocates, SERO Project, and PWN-USA this Monday, February 23, for a community conversation on protecting Florida's AIDS Drug Assistance Program. REGISTER NOW: bit.ly/FL-ADAP-ADVOCATE (all caps) Monday February 23rd, 2026 at 6:00 PM (ET)

Join our team! @pwnusa.bsky.social is looking for a Leadership Development & Training Manager to oversee the quality and impact of our trainings and leadership development initiatives and maximize alignment with overall organizational goals. Learn more & apply at: tinyurl.com/JOBS-PWN

Join us this Thursday for Conducting Effective Meetings with Decision Makers. What: Learn how to talk to elected officials! When: This Thursday, February 19th at 6 PM (EST) Who: Drew Gibson (AIDS United) and Angela Hawkins (Texas Strike Force). Where: Zoom (Register at this link bit.ly/4aDDiXK )

Why Do Black Women Have Higher Rates of HIV? PS: The answer is racism.

Never forget this stat: As of 2022, 56% of all women living with HIV in the US are Black. These rates are horrific and are higher than any other demographic. Remember: It does not have to be this way. PWN-USA is fighting to make it otherwise. Source: CDC 2022 HIV Surveillance Report; pg 52.

PWN-USA is proud to join our peers in signing onto this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day statement of commitment. Thank you Leisha McKinley-Beach for spearheading it. You can read the full statement through this Dropbox link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tq92y... #NBHAAD #HIV #BlackLeadership

Our policy and communications teams have developed a fantastic one-page explaining what's going on with HIV funding in Florida and why we're continuing to advocate against Governor DeSantis' chicanery. Stay tuned: The fight isn't over.

PWN-USA is thrilled to announce two new additions to our staff and board! Evany Turk is our new Co-Executive Director and Grissel Granados is our Board Chair! Learn more about them by watching the attached video!

Today the House begins its consideration of the FY26 spending package w funding for domestic & global HIV programs. Join #SaveHIVFunding & urge your reps to 1. Fully fund access to health care and supports for PLHIV and 2. Reject DHS funding. savehivfunding.org/action-alert...

Hearing about the deadly ADAP changes in Florida? Want to learn more about this attack on our community? Check out our recording of a community conversation with advocates on the ground in FL: linktr.ee/pwn_usa

ICE OUT! 💥 National Shutdown - No Work. No School. No Shopping. 🔥 Join PWN-USA in withholding your labor and capital today in solidarity with Minnesota and all communities being terrorized by ICE ✊🏾

You can't say "HIV is no longer a death sentence" and vote against HIV funding. Silence = Death. Hypocrisy = Death. Untreated HIV = AIDS & Death. Fund #HIV Care.

PWN-USA is outraged by the ongoing militarized occupation of Minnesota and other cities across the United States, and the escalation of state violence and murder by immigration enforcement.

You can help protect ADAP in Florida even if you don't live there. How? Ask your legislators to investigate where the state's HIV funding went and why DeSantis keeps saying they have a $120 million shortfall. Your representatives can join @frankel.house.gov is demanding answers.

Please join us this Wed at 6pm ET to learn who we are & how we support our members 😁 Register here: linktr.ee/PWN_USA Positive Women’s Network–USA (PWN-USA) is a national membership organization led by & for trans & cisgender women, gender diverse, & transgender people living with HIV.

PWN-USA Condemns the White House's New "Global Gag" Rule What the White House calls "waste," is life saving care for us. PWN-USA rejects this dehumanizing rhetoric and remains committed to our community.

🧵This Feb., we're diving into drug-related #Stigma & how to dismantle deadly misconceptions & discrimination through our free webinar as part of Foundational Fridays. Through this webinar, we'll examine the intersection of social inequalities, substance use, bit.ly/DismantlingDrugRelatedStigma2026

We are excited to be joined by Melanie A. Reese with Older Women Embracing Life (OWEL) & Maryland Coalition to Decriminalize & Modernize HIV, & Steven Vargas with Texas Strike Force. 🤩 Join us tonight to learn about MIPA & coalitions with these two experts! Register: bit.ly/policytrainings25 ✅

Heads up! 🚨 Share this one pager far & wide - we need people to see the life threatening changes to FL ADAP and the unique impact this has on cis & trans women, gender diverse, and trans people living with HIV, especially women of color.

Advocates in Florida, the community of people living with HIV and our allies- PWN-USA invites people living with HIV in Florida—especially those who rely on ADAP—and our allies to a 60-minute community conversation about urgent changes to Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program.

Please join us for PWN's next policy & advocacy training! 🤩 On Thurs, Jan 22nd at 6pm ET we will discuss Meaningful Involvement of PLHIV & Coalition 101. Everyone is welcome, regardless of your prior knowledge. Register now: bit.ly/policytrainings25 🥰 #PWNPolicy #HIVPolicy #PLHIV

Federal Prosecutors Resign as DOJ Launches Investigation into Renee Good's Widow

🚨 HIV CARE EMERGENCY IN FLORIDA 🚨 Florida is dismantling ADAP — the program that keeps thousands of people living with HIV alive. These cuts will strip people of medications, insurance support, and care. Positively U is joining the statewide mobilizations in Tallahassee

Repost from Evolve Tampa Bay 🚨 Important for people living with HIV in Florida 🚨 Major changes to Ryan White ADAP are coming in 2026 that could affect medications and insurance coverage. If this impacts you—or someone you love—now is the time to act.

Heads up PWN members! 🤩 Our next membership call is Fri at 4PM ET/ 1PM PT/ 10AM HT. Join us for our first call of the year to catch up and discuss important topics. Note: you must register as a PWN member before getting the Zoom link. Register in our bio ❤️‍🔥 Hope to see you there!

Republicans in the House and Senate have one last chance to show working families they’re fighting for them instead of their billionaire donors. Today's vote on a 3-year clean extension of ACA tax credits is the best opportunity for Republicans to give constituents some much-needed relief

Thanks to 29 donors, we’ve raised $2,425 toward our $10,000 goal—supporting mutual aid, community leadership, and chapter-based connection for women and gender-diverse people living with HIV. Help us reach the next milestone before the year’s end. 👉 linktr.ee/PWN_USA