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Graham Maio, Allen Murray, and Michael
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Legacy Advocates for HIV Decriminalization at National
Conference
Members of Legacy's Public Affairs and Public Health departments
joined local people living with HIV (PLHIV) at the second annual HIV is Not a
Crime National Training Academy last month in Alabama. The
conference brought together activists and allies working to reform or repeal
laws and statues that criminalize PLHIV.
Legacy presenters showcased the Positive Organizing Project (POP+), funded in
part by your donations, as a successful program empowering PLHIV to become
advocates and influencers.
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OH Project participant/Legacy employee Carmon
Brian Keever
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Oral History Project Tells the Stories of Houston's AIDS
Epidemic
The first case of AIDS in Houston was diagnosed in 1981, shortly
after the Montrose Clinic was incorporated as a non-profit focused on assisting
the gay community. In the 35 years since that grim milestone, the clinic has
transformed into Legacy Community Health, and the old fear of AIDS being an
automatic death sentence is, for many, a distant memory.
Preserving memories is now the goal of a new initiative
documenting the history of those tumultuous years in Southeast Texas. The Oral
History (OH) project is bringing together first-person accounts from people
directly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the survivors, their friends and
families, the medical professionals and volunteers on the front lines, and the
activists who fought the government for funding, research, and acceptance.
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