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During the 12th annual observance of National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NYHAAD Ambassadors and youth activists reaffirmed that young people receive poor quality of care due to stigma, lack of healthcare providers’ awareness, and insensitivity to the unique needs of this community.

Our young people highlighted the challenges faced by young people living with and vulnerable to HIV, offered insight on how they thrive, and enhanced the awareness among physicians, policymakers, and youth-serving organization staff, etc. about the existing disparities in order to provide a more comprehensive, competent evidence-based care to this community.

National Youth HIV & AIDS Day - Advocates for Youth

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) is a day to educate the public about the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people as well as

Advocates for Youth

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16 June, 2019

as we close out #AIDSAwareness week and on this 30th annual observance of world aids day, we are reminded of the powerful and visionary words of queer & aids activist, val russo:

“Someday, the AIDS crisis will be over. Remember that. And when that day comes - when that day has come and gone, there’ll be people alive on this earth - gay people and straight people, men and women, black and white, who will hear the story that once there was a terrible disease in this country and all over the world, and that a brave group of people stood up and fought and, in some cases, gave their lives, so that other people might live and be free.”

VAL RUSSO

1946 - 1990

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1 December, 2018

There are a plethora of things that made me the woman I am today. Growing up, I didn’t have the comfort & the environment that gave me the tools to express my identity as Black queer woman living with HIV in the south.

Not only do feel I defied social norms, but I put in play that I am more than just Black, queer, HIV positive, but I am an equal if not equivalent of a queen.

Lisa, She/Her/Hers

Memphis, TN

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30 November, 2018

Talking about HIV is an effective way to help dispel myths. Images available for download here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fSwPeTlPBOjer2MdioS7X_ZkIc7xDj83

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27 November, 2018

#WorldMentalHealthDay gives us the opportunity to stand in solidarity and fight stigma that surrounds mental health.

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10 October, 2018