AIDS Archives - Harlem World Magazine

The Fab Princess Di Visits Harlem Hospital New York 1989 (Update)

In 1989 UPI reports that Princess Diana hugged and stroked children suffering from AIDS in a visit to a Harlem hospital today and questioned a doctor about the deadly disease.Continue reading

Senator Hoylman Calls For Universal PrEP And PEP Access On World Aids Day

On World AIDS Day, State Senator Brad Hoylman called for providing all New Yorkers with access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) medications to prevent HIV infection. Continue reading

C. Virginia Fields Talks Harlem, AIDS, The COVID Crisis And More On The Danny Tisdale Show

Join Harlem's C. Virginia Fields as she talks with host Danny Tisdale, Continue reading

Amplifying Voices Film “Wilhemina’s War,” Panel Discussion At Iris House In East Harlem

Join the Amplifying Voices film "Wilhemina's War," presentation and panel discussion at Iris House in East Harlem, New York. Continue reading

‘After Stonewall’ At The Museum Of The City Of New York In Harlem (Update)

Trans people were at the forefront of the 1969 uprising at Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn, but their stories have not always been central in film representations of LGBT life in the city. Continue reading

Harlem’s Alicia Keys, A$AP Rocky And Others Keep A Child Alive At The Black Ball 2016

Keep a Child Alive (KCA) announced that Clive Davis will receive its Humanitarian Award at the 13^th annual Black Ball held on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at the Manhattan Center/Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Continue reading

Jacquelyn Kilmer, Harlem United CEO Responds To Historic Housing, Transportation, And Nutritional Support Expansion

Today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that all individuals in New York City will become eligible to receive housing, transportation, and nutritional support immediately upon diagnosis of HIV infection.Continue reading

Alicia Keys, Running the Marathon ‘Was Nothing’ (video)

On Friday, November 6th, 2015, fresh from running the New York City Marathon, Harlem lady Alicia Keys walked the black carpet with hubby Swizz Beatz and others for her annual Keep a Child Alive Black Ball event in New York City.Continue reading

Jon Batiste Concert At The Alhamba Room In Harlem

Jon Batiste, National Jazz Museum in Harlem's Artistic Director at Large brings his legendary energy and great music to the intimate and historic Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem on October 28 at 8pm to benefit the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.Continue reading

AIDS, Identity And Legacy In Contemporary Gay History

By Tod Roulette

In 1986, I was a fledging openly gay black man on an overwhelmingly white college campus in the Midwest.