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Likely Thanks to DOGE, Government Claims HIV-Positive SF Man Owes Them $200K In Disability Payments

The federal government just cut off 62-year-old HIV activist Paul Aguilar’s disability payments, but also claims he owes them back $200,000 in benefits they’ve already paid him over the last 11 years.

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AIDS Memorial Quilt On Exhibit At SFO Through January 2026

Six sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display at SFO for the next year, along with objects and photographs from the National AIDS Memorial.

SF’s Largest-Ever AIDS Quilt Display Coming to Golden Gate Park in June

We’re gonna need a bigger box of Kleenex, because the largest AIDS Quilt display since the 2012 Washington, D.C. National Mall display — and the largest ever here in San Francisco — is set for June 11 and 12 in Golden Gate Park.

Moderna is Set to Begin Clinical Trials for an HIV Vaccine

The elusive HIV vaccine could be on the way, as Moderna is set to begin jabbing 56 adults in the first ever mRNA HIV vaccine clinical trial in humans.

AIDS Quilt Leftovers Being Hand-Sewn Into COVID-19 Masks By ‘The Mother of the Quilt’

“Chief Quilt Coordinator” Gert McMullin is sewing 80 masks per day out of unused AIDS Quilt fabric that dates back to the 1980s.

PrEP-Maker Gilead Sued by Feds for Patent Infringement

Foster City-based Gilead Sciences is accused is ripping off government patents to develop its blockbuster, billion-dollar HIV treatment PrEP.

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Local Queer Filmmaker Leo Herrera Imagines A World In Which AIDS Never Killed Our 'Fathers'

San Francisco-based filmmaker Leo Herrera has been at work over the last year on a film that explores a vision of a contemporary world in which AIDS never happened, a 59-year-old Keith Haring

Gay, HIV-Positive Asylum Seeker From Russia Living In Bay Area Detained By ICE In Florida

The stakes are very high for 30-year-old Russian national Denis Davydov, who traveled to the US legally in 2014 and overstayed his visa, requesting asylum as an HIV-positive gay man who faces persecution

Scott Wiener Introduces State Bill To Reduce Felony For HIV-Positive People Not Telling Partners Their Status

A law that makes it a felony to knowingly expose another person to HIV by having unprotected sex with them without disclosing one's positive HIV status is being targeted by State Senator and

Study Shows Strains Of HIV In US Predated 'Patient Zero', Debunking Folklore Theory

The New York Post once described Gaétan Dugas, a French Canadian flight attendant, under the incendiary headline "The Man Who Gave Us AIDS." Known colloquially as "Patient Zero," Dugas figured prominently in Chronicle

In Long Road To HIV Vaccine, Local Clincal Trials Begin With New Approach

A new approach in the enduring search for a vaccine to eradicate HIV is the focus of clinical trials beginning in San Francisco among other cities and serves as the subject for an

Condoms In Porn Proposal Goes Down On State Board Vote

You don’t often see 100 porn stars at a state safety board meeting, but that’s just what happened yesterday at the Harris State Building Auditorium in Oakland. A huge turnout of

Measure Mandating Condoms In Porn Approved For November Ballot

A measure that would mandate all pornographic film performers in California wear condoms during shoots will be on the 2016 ballot next November. The Secretary of State yesterday announced that the measure had

Three-Year Study In SF Shows No New HIV Infections Among PrEP Users

A 32-month study at the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center found that among sexually active gay men who were taking PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) the HIV-prevention treatment program using the drug Truvada no

Dirty Medical Device Endangers Hundreds Of UCSF Patients

417 patients at UCSF Medical Center received an alarming letter warning them they they might have been exposed to diseases like Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV after a medical device used for

HIV-Positive Fireman Sues City Over Harassment

A San Francisco firefighter who thinks he may have contracted HIV while in the line of duty says that the subsequent harassment by fellow firefighters and mistreatment by the SFFD amounted to discrimination.

Supervisor Pushing For Free/Cheap HIV-Prevention Drug Truvada

The HIV-prevention drug Truvada, a.k.a. PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) has been a topic of approximately 9 trillion conversations in gay bars over the last year, in large part due to the growing

Great Nephew of Labor Leader Cesar Chavez Possibly Intentionally Infecting Other Men With HIV

A not-so-sweet story is coming to light this week about 29-year-old Thomas Guerra, who has also gone by the name Ashton Chavez, and whom San Diego prosecutors are now building a case against

S.F. Gays Use Sharp Jewelry To Spread AIDS, Claims Pat Robertson

Sick television evangelist Pat Robertson took to the air on Tuesday on the 700 Club to make wild, untrue claims about gay man in San Francisco and their use of jewelry. Specifically, he

Sean Sasser, AIDS Activist Who Appeared On 'Real World SF,' Dies

Some sad news today. Sean Sasser, the man who appeared on MTV's The Real World: San Francisco as Pedro Zamora's boyfriend, died this month. He was only 44. San Francisco-based comicbook artist Judd

HIV Vaccine Trial Halted After Too Many Subjects Contract HIV [Updated]

Yet another clinical trial for a vaccine to prevent HIV has failed, and for 48 men and transgendered individuals it meant that they contracted the virus while participating in the study. The study,

Homeless Man With AIDS Dies Of Pneumonia On Castro Doorsteps

Pedro Villamore Jr., a 44-year-old homeless man, died of pneumonia complicating AIDS, according to report made available by the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office. Villamore's was found dead on Castro Street in December

Brilliance In Advertising: 'Welcome To SF! Please F*ck Safely' [NSFW]

Stop AIDS, San Francisco's live-saving nonprofit that helps prevent HIV transmission among all gay, bisexual, and transgender men in San Francisco, unfurled this blunt sign in the Castro over the weekend. You like?

Gay Fathers Ruining Hot Gay Sex, Says New Study

Gay dads. They're the worst. First, they rub in our face that they're got their collective shit together via strolling freshly born wee ones around the Castro, giving gay brethern the stink-eye all

New Study Blames Spread of HIV/AIDS On Women, Sort Of

Although the early stages of the AIDS epidemic saw more men infected with HIV than women, a new study from UC San Francisco suggests that certain factors unique to women could be contributing