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Angela Lansbury speaks with The New York Times in 2010 about her career and life.

Angela Lansbury Was Also a Pioneering AIDS Advocate

A Commemoration of the Life of Dr. Joseph Sonnabend (1933-2021)

Dawn Smith, MD, MPH, advocated for HIV prevention and PrEP

R.I.P. Dawn Smith, an HIV Prevention Advocate and CDC Researcher

Angela Lansbury Was Also a Pioneering AIDS Advocate

A Commemoration of the Life of Dr. Joseph Sonnabend (1933-2021)

R.I.P. Dawn Smith, an HIV Prevention Advocate and CDC Researcher

A still from “Dean Goishi: Making the Community a Better Place”

R.I.P. Dean Goishi, HIV and LGBTQ Advocate for Asian and Pacific Islanders

Watch videos about Dean Goishi, cofounder and retired director of APAIT, launched in 1987 as the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team.

R.I.P. David Mixner, Trailblazing Strategist and Activist

He was arrested in one of the first White House AIDS protests.

R.I.P. “Feisty Fighter” Frankie Franklin-Foxx

In 1988, she was a founding member of the Chicago Women’s AIDS Project.

R.I.P. David Mixner, Trailblazing LGBTQ Political Strategist and HIV Activist

Known for advancing LGBTQ issues in the Clinton administration, Mixner was arrested in one of the first AIDS protests at the White House.

R.I.P. Hydeia Broadbent, 39, an Outspoken HIV Advocate Since Childhood

Born with HIV, Hydeia Broadbent spoke at the 1996 Republican National Convention at age 12. She graced the cover of POZ twice.

Frankie Franklin-Foxx was a pioneering advocate for women living with HIV

R.I.P. Frankie Franklin-Foxx, a “Feisty Fighter” for Women With HIV

In the 1980s, Frankie Franklin-Foxx became active in the support group Chicago Women’s AIDS Project.

Kaye Hayes (left) and Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, at a PACHA meeting.

Remembering Dr. Ada Adimora, Distinguished HIV Researcher and Physician

A leading scholar on women and HIV, Dr. Adimora was also a valued member of PACHA, writes federal HIV leader B. Kaye Hayes.

Ronnie Grace, an HIV advocate for Milwaukee's Black, brown and LGBTQ communities

R.I.P. Ronnie Grace, LGBTQ & HIV Advocate

“Uncle Ronnie” was a peer navigator at Diverse & Resilient.

2023 Top HIV News Stories

In 2023, POZ readers were drawn to memorials, Latino advocacy, HIV crime laws, love stories and obituaries of AIDS advocates.

R.I.P. Stephaun Elite Wallace

The late HIV epidemiologist founded the House of Marc Jacobs.

Stephaun Elite Wallace, PhD, a research epidemiologist, public health advocate and self-proclaimed “house ballroom legend”

R.I.P. Stephaun Elite Wallace, PhD, HIV Scientist and House Ballroom Legend

An epidemiologist who addressed HIV and COVID-19 disparities, Stephaun Elite Wallace loved music and founded the House of Marc Jacobs.

R.I.P. Stephen Pieters, a Gay Minister With AIDS Interviewed by Tammy Faye Bakker

His groundbreaking 1985 appearance on the evangelical TV show put a face to AIDS. The event was re-created in a 2021 Oscar-winning film.

R.I.P. David Sanford, Reporter With AIDS Who Wrote His Own Obit in 1995

Writing for The Wall Street Journal in 1996, Sanford detailed how a new class of HIV meds turned his health around.

R.I.P. Carole Cook, Longtime Actress and AIDS Advocate

A TV, film and stage star—she played the handsy grandma in “Sixteen Candles”—Carole Cook also championed HIV and LGBTQ causes.

R.I.P. AIDS Advocate Angela Lansbury

The beloved star of TV, film and stage died at age 96.

2022 Top HIV News Stories

Celebrities shine bright among 2022 POZ HIV News headlines about PrEP, discrimination, crime laws, COVID, fake meds and more.

#Obituary

Angela Lansbury Was Also a Pioneering AIDS Advocate

A Commemoration of the Life of Dr. Joseph Sonnabend (1933-2021)

R.I.P. Dawn Smith, an HIV Prevention Advocate and CDC Researcher

Angela Lansbury Was Also a Pioneering AIDS Advocate

A Commemoration of the Life of Dr. Joseph Sonnabend (1933-2021)

R.I.P. Dawn Smith, an HIV Prevention Advocate and CDC Researcher

R.I.P. Dean Goishi, HIV and LGBTQ Advocate for Asian and Pacific Islanders

R.I.P. David Mixner, Trailblazing Strategist and Activist

R.I.P. “Feisty Fighter” Frankie Franklin-Foxx

R.I.P. David Mixner, Trailblazing LGBTQ Political Strategist and HIV Activist

R.I.P. Hydeia Broadbent, 39, an Outspoken HIV Advocate Since Childhood

R.I.P. Frankie Franklin-Foxx, a “Feisty Fighter” for Women With HIV

Remembering Dr. Ada Adimora, Distinguished HIV Researcher and Physician

R.I.P. Ronnie Grace, LGBTQ & HIV Advocate

2023 Top HIV News Stories

R.I.P. Stephaun Elite Wallace

R.I.P. Stephaun Elite Wallace, PhD, HIV Scientist and House Ballroom Legend

R.I.P. Stephen Pieters, a Gay Minister With AIDS Interviewed by Tammy Faye Bakker

R.I.P. David Sanford, Reporter With AIDS Who Wrote His Own Obit in 1995

R.I.P. Carole Cook, Longtime Actress and AIDS Advocate

R.I.P. AIDS Advocate Angela Lansbury

2022 Top HIV News Stories

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