In This Issue

As we near the month of June, which is both Men's Health and Gay Pride month, it's important that we stop to consider Black men's mental, physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing. Writer Tamara Holmes explores the importance of creating safe spaces for Black men, and particularly for men who have sex with men. Beginning this Thursday Doug Brooks, the newly appointed Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, will head a series of listening sessions in the South—in Jackson, MS, this week followed by Columbia, SC and Atlanta next week. Read on for the logistics and to learn how to register for these free events.

AIDS.gov guest blogger Patrick Ingram writes about the anxiety he experiences regarding whether he has taken his meds each day and shares several tools that PLWHA can use to remember to take their meds and chart their adherence so that they can reach viral suppression. The Institute's own Gerald Garth examines the sex tape saga of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta's Nikko and Mimi—not through from the perspective of morality or popular culture, but through the lens of HIV/AIDS prevention. Finally, we introduce you to Question Bridge: Black Males, an interactive exhibit, website and mobile app that share the internal lives of Black men.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill