The Howard Ashman Award: André De Shields on Surviving HIV, Other Pandemics, and Healing the Planet
We’re thrilled to honor the Broadway legend André De Shields on Feb. 6 at the 10th Annual GMHC Cabaret and Howard Ashman Award for his energetic activism and wisdom as an Afro-Queer man and long-term HIV survivor. In advance of the Cabaret, De Shields talked with us about what it means to him to receive […]
GMHC’s Client Advocates Help With Health Care, Housing and Peace of Mind
Imagine you are newly diagnosed with HIV, and you don’t have health insurance to pay for doctors’ visits and medication–and you’re also behind on your rent. Or maybe you’re a long-term HIV survivor living on disability income from an employer and Social Security–and you’ve just turned 65, so your corporate disability insurance expires, and your […]
NYC’s HIV Cases Rose After COVID-19 Shutdowns Eased
After 20 years of a steady downward trend, new HIV cases in New York City jumped 14% in 2021, due in large part to a resurgence in HIV testing after the COVID-19 pandemic caused citywide shutdowns in 2020, according to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. That atypical increase in HIV diagnoses came […]
