Don’t Turn Your Back on the Fact

Treatment as Prevention (TasP) is a new strategy to end the epidemic and could successfully stop HIV in its tracks.  Nearly 28% of transgender women test positive for HIV.  18% of the HIV+ population in America is unaware of their status.   Getting tested and knowing your status is the first step toward ending the epidemic.  Approximately 73% of HIV+ transgender women do not know their status.  Treatment as Prevention (TasP) has significantly improved life expectancy in HIV+ individuals from months to decades.  Treatment as Prevention (TasP) can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV by 96%.  More than 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV.  Only 50% of HIV+ individuals in the United States remain in care.  The Obama administration has helped create our nation's first-ever HIV/AIDS strategy.  HIV/AIDS issues are bottom-of-the-list priorities for many LGBTQ organizations in the United States.  If every HIV+ person in the world adhered to TasP, the HIV epidemic would end within 50 years.  From 2008 to 2010, new HIV infections remained steady in the general public but rose 22% in young gay men.  Gay men represent two-thirds of new HIV infections in America.  6,000 gay men die of AIDS every year.  If HIV continues to spread at its current rates, more than half of college-aged gay men will have HIV by the age of 50.  An astounding 44% of infected gay men do not know they have contracted HIV.

Our Partners

 

The CenterThe Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, a community-based organization, supports and promotes activities directed at furthering the well-being, positive image, and human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community, its allies, and low to moderate income residents in Southern Nevada.

 

 

Aid for AIDS of NevadaAid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) provides support and advocacy for adults and children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in southern Nevada. AFAN works to reduce HIV infection through prevention education to eliminate fear, prejudice and the stigma associated with the disease.

AFAN is committed to a system that nurtures personal growth and dignity of persons served, which is emphasized during orientation, ongoing staff trainings and the culture of our organization.

 

 

Golden Rainbow

Golden Rainbow is a non-profit organization founded in 1987. It provides housing and financial assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS in the Southern Nevada area.

Golden Rainbow is a grass roots organization, founded by members of the entertainment industry who saw the need to provide housing for people with HIV/AIDS when one of their own was forced to live and die in a garage. Entertainers, doing what they do best, put together their first show to raise money for this worthwhile cause. That first show was called “Golden Rainbow” and premiered July 11, 1987, in the Ziegfeld Theatre at Bally’s. Since then the show’s name has been changed to ‘Ribbon of Life” and is one of the largest HIV/AIDS fundraisers in Nevada.

 

 

Timothy Ray Brown FoundationThe World AIDS Institute announced the establishment of The Timothy Ray Brown Foundation on July 24, 2012 during the 19th International AIDS Society Conference in Washington, DC. It is the first and only organization in the 32-year history of AIDS whose sole mission is to find a Cure for AIDS. Our mission is to create awareness, educate and secure full funding for AIDS Cure research – globally.

 

 

World AIDS InstituteThe mission of the World AIDS Institute, thru the Timothy Ray Brown Foundation, is to find an HIV Cure.  Our mission is also to document and preserve the global History of AIDS, to inspire action to develop and support new Treatment for AIDS today to improve the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS (and their family, friends, and communities), and to support education, awareness and full funding to find an HIV Cure.

 

 

SNHDSouthern Nevada Health District’s Sexual Health Clinic combines the services of the former STD and HIV/AIDS Clinics. Services are available to clients 12 years of age and older including: STD testing; treatment; exams; referrals; counseling; HIV testing; HIV clinical services, including case management and referrals. SNHD operates in multiple locations, but they offer free testing at The Center Monday–Friday from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. And 1:30–5 p.m.

 

 

Action REDActionRED (Resources, Education and Diversity) is a volunteer ran By-Positives Peer Health Navigator Organization. The group’s ultimate goal is to improve the lives of disenfranchised individuals living with HIV/AIDS, assist them in overcoming the barriers in obtaining health care, help them navigate and stay engaged in the health care system, decrease stigma surrounding those with HIV/AIDS, and create awareness about HIV prevention and the positive contributions made by people living with HIV through new and innovative ways. Through services, programs and resources rooted in and employed with integrity, compassion and excellence, ActionRED is dedicated to improving the quality of life in minority communities.

 

 

SNHDSin Sity Sisters exist as an order of 21st century nuns dedicated to the promulgation of universal joy and the expiation of stigmatic guilt. The ministry is one of public manifestation and habitual perpetration. Sin Sity Sisters raises money for Sisters AIDS Drug Assistance Program (SADAP) and other community charities. The organization advocates for queer rights and visibility, conducts safer sex outreach, and works to affirm the value and beauty of all persons, particularly within the queer community.