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The Legacy Project builds trust and collaboration between HIV research institutions and the communities most impacted by the US HIV epidemic.

29/05/2026

Sexy, smart, and staying tested? That’s the real power move 🔥

Stay on top of your game. Be confident when you test for STIs and HIV at any age. Sexy looks good on you.

Because pleasure has no expiration date, and neither does taking care of your health. Get tested, stay bold, and keep serving confidence at every age. ❤️✨

27/05/2026

Please join us in welcoming Joselyn Landazuri Vinueza, PhD, to HANC as our new Legacy Project Manager! 🎉✨

Joselyn earned her PhD in Microbiology from the University of Washington and is an infectious disease scientist, bilingual science communicator, and passionate advocate for equitable community engagement in research. Her work centers on building trust, improving representation, and strengthening public awareness of HIV clinical trials.

We’re excited to have her join the HANC team and can’t wait to see the impact she’ll make. Welcome, Joselyn! ❤️

26/05/2026

What stories are shaping the HIV movement right now — and what new stories do we need to build the future we deserve? 🌱✨

Join The Choice Agenda for Planting Seeds in These Times: Stories of Resistance and Possibility for the HIV Movement, an interactive conversation exploring storytelling as a tool for resistance, healing, and collective action.

Featuring Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS, Founder and Executive Director of Health Justice.

🗓 May 28
⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM ET
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/resistanceandpossibility

22/05/2026

From cervical tissue science to healthcare policy and community priorities beyond HIV prevention, groundbreaking transgender research took center stage at CROI 2026. 🏳️‍⚧️✨

Join us June 10 for a powerful conversation with leading researchers exploring the realities, challenges, and innovations shaping trans health research today.

Featuring:
🔹 Bokani Nleya, University of Alabama at Birmingham
🔹 Sari Reisner, University of Michigan
🔹 Yuanqi Mi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Moderated by Brian Minalga of HANC.

🗓 June 10, 2026
⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM ET
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/transresearch26

19/05/2026

Queens united for an HIV vaccine? Now THAT’S the kind of royal gathering we support 👑✨

Shoutout to Brian Minalga and longtime friend and collaborator Jorge Benitez serving looks at Vaccine-O-Licious in New York City!

Serving community. Serving education. Serving hope for an HIV vaccine ❤️💅

18/05/2026

More than 1 million people acquire HIV globally every year. The fight is not over.

Vaccines have changed the course of infectious diseases before and an HIV vaccine could change everything. Today we honor the researchers, advocates, and community members pushing science forward and refusing to leave anyone behind.

Because breakthroughs don’t happen without community. 🔬❤️

15/05/2026

Celebrating Brian Minalga — the detail Queen, strategic mastermind, and community-first force behind so much of HANC’s work. For 10 years, Brian has brought style, compassion, sharp vision, and an eagle eye that misses absolutely nothing. Truly the blueprint for leadership with heart. 👏✨

12/05/2026

Si Papi! You are never too old to celebrate all the ways to prevent HIV. 💋✨

Prevention has no age limit. Whether it’s condoms, PrEP, PEP, routine HIV/STI testing, DoxyPEP, honest conversations, or staying connected to care—protecting your health is always in style.

Older adults deserve pleasure, prevention, and information without stigma. Get tested, stay informed, and keep showing up for yourself at every age. ❤️

11/05/2026

THE MAN, THE MYTH, and THE LEGEND OF Stella D’oro

Blessed to meet John Sefakis - CAB member, former ACT UP revolutionary, participant in the first HIV vaccine trial AND alter ego Stella D’oro! Learn how this drag queen takes HIV education to the people. Lucky to meet this living legend at the 2026 HIV Vaccine Trials Network Full Group Meeting!
Stella D'oro HIV Vaccine Trials Network

08/05/2026

Community is always first. 🌈🩷

As the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) annual meeting winds down, amid all the amazing hard science, Murph Fuentes felt the energy, the fire, and the passion of the community doing the work. 🔥🙌

Just a few of the amazing collaborators:
1) HANC Teammate and Impromptu Camerawoman, Kathleen Pescasio
2) Seasoned Community Warriors Annet Davis & HVTN’s Rafael Gonzalez
3) The Ever Present and Real Dazon Dixon Diallo
4) The Lovely Mary Nguyen, Even Better In-Person
5) The Vivid Queen Mum of Vaccine, Stella D’oro

Nurture your community. These connections feed us. Thank you HVTN!

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