The HIV epidemic is spreading among young people – and they don’t even know it

Educator and advocate Deondre Moore poses in his undetectable=untransmissible shirt, a slogan which means that a person living with HIV who is on treatment and has an undetectable viral load cannot sexually transmit it. 

By Samantha McCabe

Deondre Moore was looking forward to a carefree night. Arm in arm with two of his best friends, he was an energetic freshman at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas at the time, and they had just arrived at XL, a club in downtown Houston. Moore was 19 years old and ready to dance.

Tracing the evolution of hip-hop through the AIDS crisis

The signpost in front of 1520 Sedgwick Ave., also known as Hip Hop Blvd, the Bronx, New York, location widely recognized as the birthplace of contemporary hip-hop. [Photo by Jaden Edison]

By Jaden Edison

Folasade Fashina’s aunt once asked her if she would ever date a bisexual man. Unfazed by the question, Fashina’s immediate response was yes. 

“Well, you could catch ‘this and that’ from him,” her aunt responded while the two sat at home in Austin, Texas.