In This Issue

At the 2015 U.S. Conference on AIDS we had the opportunity to have an intimate conversation with DeRay Mckesson, a prominent leader associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, in which Mckesson compared the fight against AIDS to the fight against police brutality. Freddie Allen, Jr., reports.

In a plenary session, ONAP director Douglas Brooks provided participants with an overview of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020. NIAD director, Dr. Anthony Faucci, spoke about the important role that ART will play in increasing the proportion of people on HIV treatment and who have reached viral suppression as well as achieve both the goals of the new National AIDS Strategy and the UNAIDS 90/90/90 goals.

Candace Y. A. Montague reports on a session about trauma among women and its relationship to HIV retention.

#TransLivesMatter activists stormed the stage to draw attention to HIV-positive trans women and men as well as gender nonconforming people. "We're not gay men!" they shouted, to protest the inclusion of trans women in gay male research and statistics. Our friends at Plus report.

Finally, the nation's smoking rate continues to decline, with just over 15 percent of adults reporting they're current smokers.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill