The regional session on Latin America was informative, happy, and caliente! Panelists included representatives from government agencies, international organizations, such as UNAIDS, activists, and NGOs. In Latin America there are 1.4 million people living with HIV, 1 million of those are men. We were informed that data on the

The big red dot on the map of the International Aids Conference tells me “You are here.” This has the dual effect of helping me navigate to my next session and precipitating an existential crisis, a bit like when people ask me “how are you doing?” Veterans of

Overwhelming is the only word that I can find and that can describe the MSM Pre-Conference: From Stigma to Strength. I was not sure what to expect and kind of thought that it was going to be similar to the many conferences I have attended since I started working in

The opening plenary of the International AIDS Conference tends to set the stage for the conference. The importance of combination approaches to prevention, the value of HIV-positive participation in the next phase of the epidemic, and the hope of ending the epidemic through interruption of vertical transmission (mother to

Mi día comienza a las 7:30am preparándome para la reunión de voluntarios del “Latino Caribbean Diaspora Collaborative” (LCDC), ya que al día siguiente, tendríamos el Simposio de Investigación Latino. Llego al salón de la reunión, me dan mi bulto, mi camiseta y me siento muy emocionado pues hay