What stories get told? Whose experiences are uplifted? These questions help us identify who is truly valued by society. Whose lives really matter?
One was named Nigel Shelby. Another Robert Rayford. Both were 15-year-old, young, queer, black men—and both died too soon.
As we prepare to celebrate 50 years since the Stonewall riots, it’s important that we take some time this month to reflect on why we celebrate and for whom we still fight. The answers to these questions are especially pertinent in the wake of the Trump Administration’s national plan to end new HIV transmissions by 2030. To succeed, we will need to invest significantly in strategies to reach individuals like Nigel and Robert, living with HIV and not, across the country, and offer expanded sexual health, mental health, and other supportive services.
The reason for the low rates of PrEP uptake in communities of color are myriad, but the end result is the same. Queer black and brown people are being left behind yet again, and a tool that has the potential to dramatically reduce HIV transmissions for everyone is instead the latest driver of increased disparities in our domestic HIV epidemic. We must identify ways to better inform queer people of color about PrEP and provide mechanisms to pay for it.
Now, for the first time in the half-century since HIV claimed its first known American in Robert, we finally have tools to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.
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