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Activists target the Hershey Company’s flagship store in New York City, protesting the candy maker for not opposing the Milton Hershey School’s decision to not admit a 13-year-old boy because he has HIV. Go to poz.com/tv to watch.
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MAGIC JOHNSON REMEMBERS
ESPN’s documentary The Announcement looks back at the 1991 press conference at which the basketball legend disclosed he has HIV. Go to blogs.poz.com to read more.
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Nick Rhoades, Robert Suttle and Monique Moree are speaking out against HIV criminalization laws.
34 THE POZ ARMY: HOW WE END AIDS TOGETHER A collective chorus of people living with the virus and our supporters is needed to secure the political and financial capital necessary to cure AIDS. Learn how to add your voice to the fight by joining the POZ Army. BY REGAN HOFMANN 42 CRIMINAL INJUSTICE HIV criminalization laws do little to stem the epidemic or protect public health. Instead, they discourage people from being tested. Three courageous advocates share their stories and their crusade for health, welfare and justice. BY SEAN STRUB AND CRISTINA GONZÁLEZ 10 FEEDBACK
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11 FROM THE EDITOR Reignite the Fight
12 POZ Q+A
Julie Rhoad leverages the power of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to usher in a new era of AIDS advocacy.
17 POZ SURVEY SAYS
23 TREATMENT NEWS
News on the cure from the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections • positive black women face a higher risk of death • more people are dying from hep C than HIV in the United States • can HIVpositive people get the shingles vax? • why condoms shouldn’t be used as evidence against women on trial for prostitution
27 COMFORT ZONE
What would you do to end AIDS?
How technology can help keep track of your health.
18 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
28 WHAT MATTERS TO YOU
Tips for properly putting on a condom • The Normal Heart is coming to a stage near you • teaching women how to navigate safer sex • why knowing your HIV status is so important • did the colonization of Africa play a role in the global pandemic?
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act
48 POZ HEROES
Legendary designer Avram Finkelstein uses his imagery to inspire activists worldwide.
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