The Normal Heart Premiere In Photos

There’s a moment I carry from this work. It never makes it into policy memos or budget spreadsheets. It’s the pause on the other end of the phone when a local provider tells us they’re trying to stretch impossible dollars while their community keeps showing up with urgent needs: someone who can’t afford transportation to appointments, someone rationing medication after a coverage change, someone newly diagnosed who needs care and compassion, not judgment. That pause isn’t indecision. It’s exhaustion. It’s grief. It’s the weight of knowing that in the United States, where we have the tools to prevent and treat HIV, we still too often choose politics over people. Keep Reading →