Tag: PreP
Kane Race , February 26th, 2021
The introduction of effective combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV disease in 1996 was commonly narrated as a major event that transformed HIV from an inevitable death sentence into…
Timothy Quinn , June 30th, 2020
In 2012, the first PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) drugs came onto the market, poised to revolutionize the field of HIV prevention. ‘The Pill’ promised to usher in a kind…
Benjamin Weil , November 4th, 2019
Introduction HIV/AIDS prevention efforts have taken many forms, ranging from pop-up stalls at LGBTQ+ Pride parades to circuit parties at popular queer venues. In this essay, we examine…
Matthew Thomann , October 21st, 2019
Encountering PrEP I became interested in PrEP as an object of anthropological research on the L train between 1st and 3rd Avenues in Manhattan. It was the summer…
Tony Joakim Sandset , September 9th, 2019
In the spirit of this series on a ‘critically applied’ approach to PrEP, this piece shows how thinking with the concept of marginality can contribute to an analysis…
Shana Hughes , July 22nd, 2019
Introduction “I‘d been trying to get PrEP through my physician at the time, and …I had to print up all these studies and all the prescription information because…
Ryan Whitacre , June 17th, 2019
The UNAIDS mission of “Getting to Zero” is supported by three key goals: “Zero infections. Zero deaths. Zero stigma.” By taking up this mission, the San Francisco Department…