- Due to plumbing issues, we are unable to serve hot meals today (9/19/24).
2024 GMHC Gala
On September 30th, the GMHC Gala will honor outstanding individuals and institutions who have made significant contributions to end the HIV epidemic, improve health equity, and to destigmatize other social determinants of health.
In a world where we don’t talk about sex seriously very often, especially older adults having sex, this bears repeating. Age is Not a Condom.
Our Mission
GMHC fights to end the AIDS epidemic and uplift the lives of all affected.
- 09/30/2024
- 6:00 pm
National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day
Each year on September 18, researchers, health care providers, and communities around the country observe National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. Established in 2008 by the AIDS Institute, NHAAD raises awareness to the challenges faced by aging populations who live with HIV, which include: HIV prevention, treatment and care; and HIV-related comorbidities, coinfections, and other complications.
PrEP is for Everyone: Why We Must Include Women in the PrEP Narrative
PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a drug that prevents HIV transmission upon exposure, is a crucial aspect of HIV prevention. However, not everyone who may benefit from PrEP can access it—some may not even know what PrEP is. Women remain a group that is significantly underrepresented among PrEP users. Although women account for 20% of new HIV diagnoses, less than 10% of women in the US who could benefit from PrEP end up getting a prescription for PrEP.
GMHC Statement on the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Declaring Mpox Outbreak a Global Public Health Emergency
World’s First HIV and AIDS Service Organization Will Continue to be a Key Source of Information for Gay and Bisexual Men and Other Communities Affected by the 2022 Mpox Outbreak
‘Facts Are Sexy’: A Stigma-Free Zine by GMHC
We think facts are sexy. So this August, GMHC is debuting a new initiative to deliver straightforward and stigma-free HIV & AIDS information in the form of a DIY-style eight-page zine we’re calling Facts are Sexy. All eight pages are designed to fit on a single 8.5” by 11” piece
GMHC Founders Day: Dr. Larry Mass Reflects on Early Days of AIDS Crisis
August 11, 1981. That was the day when Dr. Larry Mass and his friend Larry Kramer, the late writer and activist, summoned everyone they knew for an emergency meeting about the mysterious and frightening new diseases killing gay men.
SAMHSA Harm Reduction Grant Expands Care for Substance Use to All
In a milestone development, GMHC has won a transformative federal grant to provide comprehensive harm-reduction care at no cost to anyone wanting help with substance use.
