02/04/2026
This Black History Month, we honor Black leaders who stood on the frontlines of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s—when silence meant death and resistance meant survival.
🖤 Marsha P. Johnson — ACT UP organizer and co-founder of STAR, fighting for people living with HIV, trans folks, s*x workers, and unhoused communities when the world looked away.
🖤 Audre Lorde — A truth-teller who named illness, racism, and survival, reminding us that silence will not protect us.
🖤 Ess*x Hemphill — A Black gay poet whose words captured grief, rage, love, and resistance during the height of the AIDS epidemic.
🖤 Dázon Dixon Diallo — Founder of SisterLove, centering Black women’s leadership, s*xuality, and autonomy in HIV prevention and care.
Their courage built the foundation for today’s HIV advocacy, care, and liberation work. Who are you honoring this Black History Month?