Members aboard a float shouted '1 in 2, could be you!' to onlookers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating that more than half of young gay men and transgender women may be HIV positive by age 50 if trends persist. ACT UP cited projections based on statistics from the U.S. As we enter the fourth decade in a world that includes HIV, and as our tools to fight HIV in those who are infected become more fine-tuned, many organizations and advocacy groups are turning their attention to what some are calling the 'fourth wave' of HIV activism: widespread prevention advocacy.Īttendees at this year's Gay Pride March in New York City saw the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) declare an 'HIV emergency' in the city.
