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The Latex Ball: Ballroom Magic in Photos

June 30, 2022

GMHC’s Latex Ball returned with incandescent energy on June 18. After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a night of epic

Major ‘Undetectables’ Grant Will Help GMHC Clients Get to U=U

June 29, 2022

In a major first, a new grant from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will allow GMHC to zero in on helping

NYC HIV Chief Assesses COVID-19’s Impact on HIV

June 29, 2022

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected HIV testing and treatment in New York City? To find out, GMHC talked to Dr. Sarah L. Braunstein, the

Latex Ball Is Back With A ‘Summer of Love’

June 1, 2022

The Latex Ball is back! This storied ball–a fiercely beloved tradition for the NYC House and Ball community–returns June 18, themed ‘Summer of Love’ for

GMHC Responds to Growing Stigma Around Monkeypox Outbreak

May 30, 2022

GMHC Calls on the Media to Provide Accurate, Scientific Information about Monkeypox that Doesn’t Stigmatize Gay and Bisexual Men Just like HIV, Exposure to Monkeypox

An Outpouring of Love: AIDS Walk New York in Photos

May 20, 2022

AIDS Walk New York was a day in Central Park like no other. Almost 10,000 people converged on the Naumburg Bandshell on Sunday, May 15,

New York City Pride: Celebrate and Speak Out

May 20, 2022

Get ready for New York City Pride Month! The excitement is palpable, as Pride Month returns in June with a plethora of live parades and festivals

ViiV Healthcare’s Community Grants Address HIV at the Roots

April 14, 2022

ViiV Healthcare, the Presenting Sponsor for AIDS Walk New York, has supported the walk since 2017 as part of its push to accelerate HIV prevention

Francine Goldstein’s 34-Year Promise to Her Best Friend

April 14, 2022

Francine Goldstein, one of GMHC’s most stalwart AIDS Walk New York supporters, is busy. She’s emailing and calling everyone she knows to reach her ambitious

Teams Rev Up for AIDS Walk’s Return

April 14, 2022

With just a month to go, teams are energetically recruiting members and sponsors ahead of AIDS Walk New York’s return to Central Park on Sunday,

GMHC Wins Key Testing Center Grant

March 21, 2022

In great news, GMHC has won a renewal of $530,000 in annual funding from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to support our

AIDS Walk Makes a New York Comeback!

March 21, 2022

We are back! AIDS Walk New York returns to Central Park on May 15, after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The thirst

From Our Instagram

Zephyr Merkur Herrera, the @GMHCTestingCenter’s

Zephyr Merkur Herrera, the @GMHCTestingCenter’s outreach coordinator, talked to @ny1 reporter @JustineRe about helping over 500 clients & community members with appointment navigation for the 1st dose of the #monkeypox vaccine.

When Zephyr calls about appointment navigation, the folx who answer are often feeling afraid and anxious – and will tell Zephyr it’s their best phone call of the day.

Check GMHC's #monkeypox info page for updates @ link in bio or gmhc.org/monkeypox-update/

GMHC’s @JasonCianciotto joined hosts @vanessacor

GMHC’s @JasonCianciotto joined hosts @vanessacorwin8013 and @kathleen.kaan for “Now Let’s Talk! The Podcast” to discuss “everything you need to know about #monkeypox.” We thank them for doing such an informative interview. Listen at link in bio!

Our #monkeypox webpage has the latest updates at: gmhc.org/monkeypox-update/

Here’s a must-read conversation between @drdemet

Here’s a must-read conversation between @drdemetre Daskalakis, the deputy coordinator for the White House’s new #monkeypox response team, and My Fabulous Disease’s @mark.s.king.

They cover the vaccine shortage, how to talk about #monkeypox and men who have sex with men – and the CDC’s candid new language about transmission & prevention. Daskalakis has been the CDC’s #HIVAIDS prevention director since 2020 and is a former GMHC board member.

Link in bio or marksking.com/my-fabulous-disease/cdcs-daskalakis-on-monkeypox/

Please join us for our Fall Gala on Sept. 22 to ma

Please join us for our Fall Gala on Sept. 22 to mark GMHC’s 40th anniversary! We will be honoring two extraordinary people – our co-founder Dr. Larry Mass & former GMHC CEO @kelseylouieceo, as well as our outstanding supporter @ViiVHealthCare.

Notable supporters from philanthropy, finance, real estate, law, fashion, design, media & politics will gather to honor GMHC’s history, reflect on our successes, and raise funds to sustain our vital programs.

For tickets: Link in bio or gmhc.org/gmhc_events/gala2022/

#GMHC #GMHC40thAnniversary #WeAreStillHere #AIDSisNOTover

Thank you everyone who attended our community gath

Thank you everyone who attended our community gathering Aug. 11 @nycaidsmemorial to honor GMHC’s Founders Day & mark our 40th anniversary – at a time when activism is still needed in the face of NYC's #monkeypox vaccine shortage. Photos: John Eng

GMHC will recognize the enduring activism of our co-founder Dr. Larry Mass with a special award at our Fall Gala on Sept. 22. For tickets, check link in bio or gmhc.org/gmhc_events/gala2022/

#GMHC #GMHCFoundersDay #GMHC40thAnniversary #WeAreStillHere #AIDSisNOTover

Today marks the anniversary of the first meeting o

Today marks the anniversary of the first meeting of the six founders of Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the world’s 1st HIV/AIDS service organization, on Aug. 11, 1981. They convened with about 80 supporters in the late Larry Kramer’s living room to raise research funds to fight the mysterious new epidemic, later known as AIDS.

As we commemorate GMHC’s 40th anniversary this year, we honor our beginnings--and the work still ahead. #gmhcfoundersday #gmhc40thAnniversary

Hey NYC–condoms can help protect against #monkey

Hey NYC–condoms can help protect against #monkeypox. They reduce the risk of skin-to-skin contact with lesions in people’s genital & perianal areas. And you can get FREE condoms & lube right in your neighborhood!

Check @nycHealthy’s map for 100’s of locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens & the Bronx. Link in bio or https://a816-healthpsi.nyc.gov/NYCHealthMap.

For more info, contact Douglas Hill: DougH@gmhc.org / (212) 367-1567. #safersex #monkeypox #monkeypoxnyc

Please join us tomorrow, Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. at the

Please join us tomorrow, Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. at the @nycaidsmemorial to commemorate the 1st meeting of GMHC’s six founders and supporters on this date in 1981 – as well as our 40th anniversary this year!

We’re hosting fabulous speakers: GMHC co-founder Dr. Larry Mass, our board chair @JonMallow, staff community health educator Lillibeth Gonzalez @lillieg182_hiv_gal_ – and NYC Council Members @ebottcher and Lynn Schulman @lynn4nyc.

All are welcome and it’s free! The AIDS Memorial is located at Greenwich Ave. & West 12th St. #GMHC40thAnniversary #FoundersDay #WeAreStillHere

GMHC thanks the @WhiteHouse for declaring the nati

GMHC thanks the @WhiteHouse for declaring the national #monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency on Aug. 4, after our NYC coalition of HIV & AIDS service organizations urged @hhsgov & @cdcgov to do so.

We further call for emergency use authorization for #TPOXX treatment medication from @FDA.

We also urge renaming this virus MPV to reduce the stigma and harm the name's history can cause to people of color and LGBTQ+ communities – and to ensure equitable vaccine distribution as the proportion of #MPV cases rises for Black and Latinx people.

As we say in our letter to @hhsgov & @cdcgov: “We are very concerned that the time to contain this outbreak in NYC, the nation’s epicenter, may have already passed. Unless we receive the number of vaccines needed to meet the need among the gay, bisexual, men who have sex with men, and transgender and gender non-conforming communities at highest risk as soon as possible, which NYC estimates to be up to 300,000 doses for the two-dose course, the outbreak could spread to additional communities, including the students scheduled to return to public school on September 8.”

For updates, check GMHC’s monkeypox/MPV info page @ gmhc.org/monkeypox.

GMHC’s @JasonCianciotto told @guardian_us whom t

GMHC’s @JasonCianciotto told @guardian_us whom the #monkeypox vaccine shortage most affects:

“It [impacts] the low-income communities of color, immigrants, transgender and gender non-conforming people who, for many reasons, have historically lacked access to healthcare, technology, [and may have] jobs that might prevent them from being able to hop online to try to get an appointment,” Cianciotto said.

The proportion of confirmed NYC monkeypox cases was: 25% for Black people, 28% for Latinx people, and 28.6% for white people as of Aug. 4, according to @NYCHealthy data.

Read the full @guardian_us story at link in bio. Check GMHC's #monkeypox info page at gmhc.org/monkeypox for updates.

#GMHC has helped 500 clients navigate securing vac

#GMHC has helped 500 clients navigate securing vaccination appointments for #monkeypox so far, but NYC urgently needs more vaccine doses. NYC has received only 11.7% of the doses allotted by the federal government as of July 29–even though it has 23% of U.S. cases. @NYCHealthy reported that NYC has 1,738 confirmed monkeypox cases as of Aug. 5–out of 7,510 U.S. cases, per @cdcgov data.

We call on @hhsgov and @cdcgov to allocate an equitable share of vaccine doses to NYC. Check GMHC’s monkeypox info page for updates: https://www.gmhc.org/monkeypox-update/

Here’s a Friday staff shoutout to the luminescen

Here’s a Friday staff shoutout to the luminescent Avery Giral @avery3verlasting, GMHC's social media outreach specialist for the Prevention Department! 🌟 Avery won the Luna Khan Youth & Action Award at the Latex Ball 🏆 – so well deserved! -- and he used his ballroom artistry to customize his GMHC T-shirt for a superfabulous look. 😍 Thank you for all you do, Avery!! ❤️ Photo: Daphne Salgado
@gmhctestingcenter #Ballroom #LatexBall #superstar #gratitude #summer #3verlasting

Hey NYC–appointments for the next round of #monk

Hey NYC–appointments for the next round of #monkeypox vaccines go online at 6 PM TODAY via @NYCHealthy's portal at: vax4nyc.nyc.gov/patient/s/monkeypox (link in bio).

Or call 877-VAX-4NYC / 877-829-4692 to schedule an appointment.

There will be 23,000 first-dose appointments available. Vaccine clinics will be open at these locations:

THE BRONX
--Bronx High School of Science, 75 W. 205th St. (weekends only)
--NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, 234 East 149th St.

BROOKLYN
--Science Skills Center High School, 49 Flatbush Ave. Ext. (weekends only)
--The Livonia Clinic, 506 Livonia Ave.
--The Jefferson Clinic, 1300 Flushing Ave.
--NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, 686 New York Ave., T Building entrance at Clarkson Ave.

MANHATTAN
--Chelsea Clinic, 303 Ninth Ave.
--Central Harlem Clinic, 2238 Fifth Ave.
--NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Gouverneur, 227 Madison St.

QUEENS
--IS 125, 46-02 47 Ave. (weekends only)
--Corona Clinic, 34-33 Junction Blvd.
--Long Island City Clinic, 5-17 46th Rd.

STATEN ISLAND
--NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Vanderbilt, 165 Vanderbilt Ave.

GMHC’s @JasonCianciotto spoke to @CBSNewYork’s

GMHC’s @JasonCianciotto spoke to @CBSNewYork’s @DanaTylerTV on NYC’s urgent need for a sharp increase in #monkeypox vaccine doses. “The time to contain this virus is waning,” he warns.

Science, not stigma must lead public health messaging, he says. “We want to make sure people aren’t acting in fear and shame, because – as we’ve learned from 40 years of the HIV epidemic – that doesn’t equip people with the information they need to keep themselves and others healthy.”

Watch the full interview w/ Jason @ link in bio! For info & updates, check GMHC’s monkeypox info page @ gmhc.org/monkeypox.

Please join us Thursday, August 11 at 6 p.m. for a

Please join us Thursday, August 11 at 6 p.m. for a community gathering at the @nycaidsmemorial to commemorate the first meeting of GMHC’s six founders and their supporters on this date in 1981 – as well as GMHC’s 40th anniversary this year.

We’re hosting several wonderful speakers, including people living with HIV & AIDS, activists, and local elected officials. The AIDS Memorial is located at Greenwich Ave. @ West 12th St.

All are welcome and it’s free! #GMHC40thAnniversary #WeAreStillHere

"We are not going to end HIV, and we're certainly

"We are not going to end HIV, and we're certainly not going to curtail the monkeypox epidemic, by trying to shame people into not having sex or only having certain types of sex with certain people," GMHC’s Jason Cianciotto tells NPR on communicating #monkeypox transmission risks w/o stigma.

"When you equip people with the information they need to make healthy choices for themselves and for their community, and when you help them approach those decisions with self-love and acceptance, it's amazing what the community is able to achieve," he says.

Read the full NPR story on warning vs. stigmatizing people at link in bio or npr.org/2022/07/26/1113713684/monkeypox-stigma-gay-community #monkeypox #monkeypoxnyc

The international #AIDS2022 conference currently h

The international #AIDS2022 conference currently happening in Montreal aims to refocus attention & global resources on the HIV pandemic. UNAIDS warns in a new report that global progress to end the #HIV pandemic has lost ground, due to disruptions in testing and treatment from COVID-19.

Last year there were about 1.5 million new infections, exceeding global targets by about 1 million in the push to end the pandemic by 2030. Check the UNAIDS report website to learn more @ link in bio or https://indanger.unaids.org/.

#AIDS2022 #HIV #HIVAIDS #EndHIV

We’re excited that GMHC’s Testing Center is pr

We’re excited that GMHC’s Testing Center is presenting findings on how #HIV self-test kits have increased our testing reach at #AIDS2022, the world’s largest international AIDS conference -- which kicks off in Montreal today! The Testing Center began distributing the kits in 2020 in response to COVID-19.

Testing Center Director Omi Singh & data analysis intern Abhishek Mogili found that we're reaching a larger proportion of first-time HIV testers & women with the HIV self-testing option. Congrats to Omi and Abhi for their great work! 🌟⭐🌟

There are ways to have sex that can lower your ris

There are ways to have sex that can lower your risk for getting #monkeypox – and everyone else’s! Let’s take care of ourselves and our community. ❤️ Check out *6 Ways We Can Have Safer Sex in the Time of Monkeypox* from POZ @ link in bio or poz.com/article/six-ways-can-safer-sex-time-monkeypox. #safersex #monkeypoxnyc

Our volunteers rock! We are especially pleased whe

Our volunteers rock! We are especially pleased when a new Meals Program volunteer joins us again — and even brings a friend. ❤️ Our thanks to @CarriePreston and her friend, Susan @suznbaldwin – whom Carrie has known since the 7th grade! -- for helping distribute bags of nutritious groceries to our clients living with HIV & AIDS, as well as community members. ❤️

Info for enrolling & volunteering w/ our Meals Program @ link in bio or gmhc.org/services/meals-nutrition/

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