Ep #10 – HIV Awareness

Hey!!!! Welcome, Welcome, Welcome To BLACK TO THE FUTURE PODCAST! We are so pleased you could join us here today! On this podcast we will discussing various topics through a Black, Queer, Feminist Lens. Our goal is elevate, educate, and empower those of us in the Black Queer community, and also to help our supporters and allies to become more knowledgeable about what we need as far as support!  
On this episode Xay Dé & Mikey conduct an interview with their best friend Dexter Henry, who is a Black, Queer, Cisgender man who is HIV+. They discuss the history of HIV/AIDS, who it impacts most harshly, various techniques to practice harm reduction, medication and a multitude of other ideas which circle around HIV.  These types of conversations help to reduce stigma around HIV, as well as help people get access and linkage to care. It also helps people gain the confidence to ask these questions opening the door to make this conversation normalized. 
INTERVIEW: Introduction (2:00); HIV History/Basic Information (10:30); HIV Medical Information/Harm Reduction/Testing (21:58); Who Is Affected By HIV? (46:40); HIV & COVID19 (1:05:16)
Dexter Henry: IG: @dexter_lorde 
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RESOURCES: https://www.aidsunited.org/ — https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/livingwithhiv/resources.html — https://www.aidschicago.org/ — https://blackaids.org/ — https://www.hrc.org/resources/transgender-people-and-hiv-what-we-know