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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · 1d

The @HIVCaucus Language Justice Committee is presenting “Voices Without Barriers” this Friday, November 7, 2025. I

t takes place in-person in Houston at 2 PM (CST), in New York (3 PM (EST) ― AND on Zoom.

Admission is free. Refreshments will be served.

Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · 5d

Voces sin barreras: Únase a nosotros para aprender a defender el acceso al idioma y conocer su Caucus de Personas con VIH de EE. UU.

Viernes 7 de noviembre de 2025, 2 PM (CST) || 3 PM (EST)
Dos ubicaciones: en persona y por Zoom

Entrada es Gratis.
Regrista: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · 15d

This week, our newsletter highlights:
Treatment Action Group (TAG), Unity Arc Advocacy, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, CHLP, PWN-USA, Equality Federation, IDPH, & AIDS United.

As our headline says: We Work With Each Other. Not for Kings.
Click here for the newsletter: mailchi.mp/bae30f4bd047...

plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · 20d

We celebrate National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day by honoring our Latinx siblings in this fight to contain HIV/AIDS and refusing to leave anyone behind.

Please join us in elevating the needs of our Latinx family. For more information, please visit Latino Commission on AIDS and LatinX Plus.

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Long COVID Justice @longcovidjustice.org · 20d

ICYMI: A call for all People Living with HIV and allies: it's time to reignite our movement to fight for our lives and improve our quality of life.

HIV COMPLEXITIES
THURS OCT 16, 6:30–8:00 PM ET
Zoom • Free!

Learn more & register: longcovidjustice.org/events/#hcpweb

Event flyer with black wavy banner with orange and aqua text that says: “HIV Complexities, October 16, a webinar and community convo for PLHIV & complex chronic conditions.” Below this is a pastel gradient background with a black circle featuring four round photos of the speakers. The photos are labeled with their names: “Tori Cooper,” "Sylvester Askins, Jr.,“John Chaffin,” “Broderick Disroe,” and “Gabriel San Emeterio.” Additional text below says: “Presented by Long COVID Justice and S4HI, www.tiny.cc/hcp1024.

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · 21d

HIV funding is lifesaving. It’s how we stopped the AIDS Crisis.

Half of Congress is trying to eliminate HIV-prevention programs. If we don’t stop them now, they’ll be targeting HIV treatment next.

Tell Congress to fully fund HIV-prevention & treatment services.
SaveHIVFunding.org #SaveHIVFunding

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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · Oct 2

Would this categorize LC under the HIV umbrella? My cohorts refer to this as CAIDS vs LC. 😣

plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Oct 1

TOMORROW is the start of Long COVID Justice's new support group for people living with HIV and other complex conditions. It all starts at 3 PM (EST) on Zoom with Gabriel San Emeterio, LMSW, as the facilitator!

Register at:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#HIVLongTermSurvivors #LongCOVID #PLHIV

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Oct 1

TOMORROW is the start of Long COVID Justice's new support group for people living with HIV and other complex conditions. It all starts at 3 PM (EST) on Zoom with Gabriel San Emeterio, LMSW, as the facilitator!

Register at:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#HIVLongTermSurvivors #LongCOVID #PLHIV

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 29

Evany Turk reminds us to ensure that rehabilitation & assisted living facilities are doing right by older people living with HIV.

Sometimes facilities hold onto our community members even when they're ready to go because they are making money off of their benefits.

plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 26

Tomorrow is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. For people living w #HIV, these awareness days are an opportunity to tell folks to do their part to protect themselves from the virus -- just as we saved millions of people from HIV with our advocacy when no one else was coming to save us.

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 24

People Living With HIV Need:

Folks who love people living with HIV enough NOT to believe every bad thing they hear about us.

We’re people first; just like you.

Adapted by @juanmichaelii.bsky.social from the words of Ivory Toldson, PhD.
#HIV #Liberation #NoStigma

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Long COVID Justice @longcovidjustice.org · Sep 11

We're excited to announce our new support group for people living with HIV and other complex conditions, hosted by Gabriel San Emeterio, LMSW @gabrielhse.bsky.social, Senior Fellow at Long COVID Justice and member of the HIV Caucus @plhivcaucus.bsky.social

Interest form & details: bit.ly/hiv-group

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 9

Trump & Republican legislators are still trying to cut #HIV funding from the 2026 budget. If we stop them now, they won't get away with it!

The Reunion Project has come up with this list of actions you can take to fight back & help #SaveHIVFunding.

Silence Equals Death. Let's make some noise!

plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 8

The HIV Caucus is for EVERYONE who believes in empowering people living with HIV & containing the epidemic. Even if you're not living with HIV.

People who aren't living with HIV can join as supporters by filling out this membership form:
www.hivcaucus.org/form-languag...

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

"I am the problem, but I am also the solution."

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

1. Using your experience to help people re-frame their language sometimes helps get them through the door.

2. You may not be the proper messenger; try pairing them w someone from the community who they can understand.

3. If no one around you is available, extend your search.

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

When talking about safer sex campaigns, please include condoms ― because pills are not for everyone.

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

And once again, we see that there is a dearth of research on the effects of HRT (testosterone) and ART on the health of trans men living with HIV.

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

We talk about race a lot here. But when we talk about "whiteness," we're not necessarily talking about people ― we're talking about a system. And if that bothers you, ask yourself why. I'm not apologizing about it, I'm just telling you what it is and why.

Incredible Tori Cooper speaking on race.

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

When working with younger trans-women, don't center everything around a panel. Try being in community, hanging out w them. Showing up in your uniform makes it clear that you're in 1 place & you're in another.

"It can't be just be, 'How are you doing? Here's some PrEP.' And leave."

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

Older people with HIV and older LGBTQ+ people are more likely to need to live in assisted living facilities because of stigma, lack of children, or no family support. It's why a Long-term Care Bill of Rights is essential.

www.sageusa.org/resource/lgb...

plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

Everyone needs accommodations, whether they are disabled or not.

But when people with disabilities ask for them, they are made to seem like they are lazy, unreasonable, or too expensive to engage.

#USCHA2025

plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

People w HIV are 2-4 times more likely to develop long-COVID, which is repeatedly dismissed as a symptom of aging.

Compared to their counterparts, people w HIV & other disabilities report:

33% higher rates of HIV stigma
22.8% higher rates of depression
19.6% higher rates of anxiety

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

Prevalence of chronic pain among people w HIV is 40-80%. Chronic pain is exhausting.

Chronic fatigue is 1 of the most common features of HIV.

"When they tell you that it's unexplainable fatigue, that forecloses any possibility that they will find a solution or invest in one."
-Gabriel San Emeterio

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 6

Gabriel San Emeterio brilliantly breaks down the able-bodied to nondisabled binary around disability.

#USCHA2025