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

​On Saturday, July 21, 2012, the MSM Global Forum (MSMGF) held its fifth biennial pre-conference with this year’s theme titled, Stigma to Strength: Strategies for MSM, Transgender People, and Allies in a Shifting AIDS Landscape. The pre-conference attracted more than 600 advocates, policy makers, researchers, and program implementers

There’s gonna be a revolution at the International AIDS Conference @miriamyvega To quote the Beatles, “they say there’s gonna be a revolution”, when it comes to social media and HIV. Or maybe it’s already happened. Wikileaks, the Arab Spring (turning out to not be so Spring-like), and the various Occupy

Started the first official day at the International Aids Conference at the inhuman hour of 6:30 A.M., one of many hours that should simply be removed from the clock entirely, and from here on out put your running shoes on, drink that Gatorade, and start moving because it’s going to