America’s Hidden HIV Epidemic

In a June 6 New York Times Magazine article, journalist Linda Villarosa asks, “Why do America’s black gay and bisexual men have a higher H.I.V. rate than any country in the world?”

“…of $168 million in H.I.V./AIDS philanthropic dollars spent in the United States in 2015, $31 million was disbursed to the South, just 19 percent of total H.I.V. philanthropy in the United States;” she writes. “only $26 million directly targeted African-Americans, and just $16 million went directly to gay and bisexual men, according to the organization Funders Concerned About AIDS.”

The article in its entirety is available here.