Category Archives: News

Ultra-rapid review: 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025)

Ultra-rapid review: 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025)

gayrr March 28, 2025

Wow, what an interesting meeting – good and bad. The good part was the content, after all, as our leading HIV research meeting, CROI never disappoints, and this time ...

The AIDS pandemic is likely to make a “global resurgence”: How many new HIV infections will there be in 2030?

The AIDS pandemic is likely to make a “global resurgence”: How many new HIV infections will there be in 2030?

gayrr March 28, 2025

The study estimates that if funding cuts proposed by five major donors, including the United States and the United Kingdom, are not eased, there could be 4.4 million to 10.8 ...

This drug reduces inflammation and improves immune function in HIV patients

This drug reduces inflammation and improves immune function in HIV patients

gayrr March 24, 2025

The antiviral drug letermovir (Prevymis), which targets cytomegalovirus (CMV), was associated with reduced inflammation, improved CD4 /CD8 T cell ratios, and better physical ...

Once a year, it can be called a “mini” HIV vaccine, right?

Once a year, it can be called a “mini” HIV vaccine, right?

gayrr March 17, 2025

New findings from a phase 1 study investigating two formulations of once-yearly intramuscular (IM) lenacapvir for HIV preoperative prophylaxis (PrEP) were discussed at the ...

Is U=U true? 15 questions and answers that you care about most

Is U=U true? 15 questions and answers that you care about most

gayrr March 8, 2025

1. What is U=U?  U=U is an abbreviation for the following phrase: Undetectable viral load = Unable to transmit the virus This means that if a person living with HIV achieves ...

plan | Is twice-a-year long-acting HIV injection therapy about to be realized?

plan | Is twice-a-year long-acting HIV injection therapy about to be realized?

gayrr March 2, 2025

A study presented at the 2024 HIV Drug Therapeutics Conference in Glasgow suggests that two broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), teropavimab and zinlirvimab, could be ...

New discovery: Scientists unravel the function of mysterious HIV component

New discovery: Scientists unravel the function of mysterious HIV component

gayrr March 2, 2025

Briggs and researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry have discovered the mechanism behind a crucial step in the HIV life cycle. In collaboration with teams from ...

Luca Guadagnino’s QUEER: dizzying gay passion

Luca Guadagnino’s QUEER: dizzying gay passion

gayrr February 28, 2025

Luca Guadagnino, a renowned director behind Call Me by Your Name and Challengers, now brings us into a new romantic world in Queer, adapted from the deeply personal work of ...

LOST HEARTS by Frédéric Lavigne: encounter and loss

LOST HEARTS by Frédéric Lavigne: encounter and loss

gayrr February 22, 2025

For his first short film as director, Frédéric Lavigne hits hard and right in the heart with the hyper sensitive Coeurs perdus .  Paris, 1992. Julien ...

Paraplegic man infected with AIDS in prison

Paraplegic man infected with AIDS in prison

gayrr February 20, 2025

Zhao, a paraplegic man from Jilin, was sentenced to serve his sentence in Siping Prison on January 15, 2009 for robbery and attempted murder. He tested positive for HIV ...

A L’HORIZON (The Mattachine Family) de Andy Vallentine : désir de paternité

A L’HORIZON (The Mattachine Family) de Andy Vallentine : désir de paternité

gayrr February 17, 2025

Premier long-métrage du réalisateur Andy Vallentine, A l’horizon (titre original The Mattachine Family) raconte le parcours d’un trentenaire gay confronté à sa quête de ...

EAT THE NIGHT : la vie est un jeu dangereux

EAT THE NIGHT : la vie est un jeu dangereux

gayrr February 17, 2025

Depuis plus de dix ans, Noel Alejandro a su se faire un nom dans l’univers du cinéma, en s’imposant comme un réalisateur unique en son genre. Ses débuts, marqués ...

Trailblazing Change: Creator of DC Comics’ First Black Superhero Comes Out as Transgender

Trailblazing Change: Creator of DC Comics’ First Black Superhero Comes Out as Transgender

gayrr February 15, 2025

Jenny Blake Isabella, the creator of DC Comics’ Black Lightning, has publicly come out as transgender. She shared this news in a blog post on her personal website, where ...

Breaking Stereotypes: An Incarcerated Man’s Journey of Being Openly Gay in Prison

Breaking Stereotypes: An Incarcerated Man’s Journey of Being Openly Gay in Prison

gayrr February 13, 2025

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, LGBTQ+ individuals face arrest rates more than double those of their straight counterparts, with lesbian and bisexual women being ...

A Legacy of Resistance: Mwanga II, Uganda’s Queer King, Before ‘Kill the Gays

A Legacy of Resistance: Mwanga II, Uganda’s Queer King, Before ‘Kill the Gays

gayrr February 7, 2025

The last independent ruler, or kabaka, of the Buganda kingdom—now part of Uganda—was King Mwanga II, who has been a central figure in a propaganda battle since his reign began ...

Vitamin K and Its Precursors: A Revolutionary Approach to Combat Cancer and HIV

Vitamin K and Its Precursors: A Revolutionary Approach to Combat Cancer and HIV

gayrr February 7, 2025

Science is making significant strides in cancer research, particularly through studies related to HIV/AIDS, which have historically received funding from U.S. grants. However, ...

How Queer Activism on New Year’s Turned San Francisco into America’s Gay Capital

How Queer Activism on New Year’s Turned San Francisco into America’s Gay Capital

gayrr February 5, 2025

New Year’s is a time for celebration, but it also serves as a moment for significant transformation. On January 1, 1965, the queer community hosted a party that would ...