Month: April 2021

Bibliography

Published by Halle Howard on April 30, 2021

Foley, E. E. (2007). HIV/AIDS and African immigrant women in Philadelphia: Structural and cultural barriers to care. AIDS Care, 17(8), 1030–1043. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120500100890 Foley’s qualitative study on African immigrant women is a good reference to see who HIV/AIDS is affecting in recent years. Foley describes the…

The Time I Got to Wear Red Bottoms

Published by Halle Howard on April 13, 2021

It’s been an entire year, I can still remember trying to navigate the unnerving unknown that was my last 3 months of high school. It was the beginning of the end. It was supposed to be. It turned out to be the beginning of something…

Philadelphia’s Queer Community Today

Published by Halle Howard on April 6, 2021

Studying the AIDS crisis in Philadelphia back in the 80s will help me better understand where the black LGBTQ+ in Philadelphia is today, and how the two time periods connect. What did the AIDS crisis do for black queer Philadelphians? What did it not do?…