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Harper Watters, a soloist in the Houston Ballet, speaks on art and public health, leveraging social media, representation of LGBTQ communities of color, and advice for the next generation trying to make their voices heard about HIV. Listen to this Podcast episode

A&U Magazine recently interviewed Marlene McNeese, Assistant Director of Houston Health Department’s Disease Control and Prevention Division to talk about this campaign about the Houston I Am Life project.

Over 1,000 Houstonians were diagnosed with HIV in 2017, and three out of five of them were LGBTQ African-Americans and Latino. To combat one of the city’s top health epidemics, the Houston Health Department (HHD) has launched its first-ever campaign that reaches out directly to LGBTQ African-Americans and Latinos.

The campaign features 20 ambassadors, all members of Houston’s LGBTQ+ community, who are telling their stories to help combat HIV stigma. The campaign is in English and Spanish and includes five public service announcements about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as well as treatment for prevention.

Houston Health Department launches I am Life™ to educate audiences about preventing HIV through PrEP, Treatment as Prevention (TasP) to end HIV transmission A high number of HIV cases among the LGBTQ community’s African-American and Hispanic populations has become one of the top health crises in the Houston area and the southern United States. Specifically, […]

UT Health research associate Dr. Jonatan Gioia transforms Houston both on and off the clock.

Ready, Set, PrEP Program Launches, Expanding Access to HIV Prevention PrEP Medications Nationwide Thousands of Americans can receive pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications through the Ready, Set, PrEP program led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). PrEP medications are safe and effective medications that keep people from getting HIV, but factors such […]

Adonis May & Riley Jefferson visit Houston’s Morning Show to talk about the availability of PrEP and gender-inclusive healthcare.

Brand ambassador Ricardo Salas visits Houston’s Morning Show to talk about the importance of the I Am Life campaign and treatment options.

Houston’s I Am Life campaign is featured along with Chicago’s PrEP4Love and Detroit’s Stay PrEP’d Up campaigns in POZ’s Prevention Power update.