The lab coat just got queer
For one night only, New York Fashion Week becomes a runway for HIV awareness, medical resilience, and unapologetic expression.
August 21 2025 10:00 AM
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For one night only, New York Fashion Week becomes a runway for HIV awareness, medical resilience, and unapologetic expression.
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The documentary Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing examines Turing and other gay men convicted under the U.K.’s 1885 anti-homosexuality law. It opens for a one-week run in NYC on Dec. 6.
Artist, activist and coach Tyriek Taylor discusses his journey with HIV, from initial terror to full acceptance, through treatment, self-commitment and support from communities.
“It's hard not to think about all those people and put my own challenges into perspective,” said the HIV and LGBTQ+ advocate.
“My diagnosis was a gift,” says Derrazi. “It was the catalyst for a profound change in my life.”
More needs to be done to stop stigma toward those living with HIV, including producing more stories featuring those living with HIV, a new report from GLAAD said.
In the new episode of The Switch, watch Karl Schmid, creator and host of Plus Life Media, combat HIV stigma with empowerment through knowledge.
This is definitely another way to interpret a “bloody Halloween.”