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LatestNews · October 12, 2026
Patient Zero Was Real Person Not Taylor Swift Toxic BF Song

Taylor Swift co-opts stigmatized AIDS era term to lament her latest toxic relationship in her most recent song, “Patient Zero.”

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NewsSeptember 30, 2026
MPACT ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO ADVANCE GLOBAL IMPACT

Mpact's new board combines expertise in tech, culture, & community to strengthen cross-sector collaboration, & drive meaningful progress for queer communities.

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Stephan Rabimov Joins Mpact Board
NewsAugust 17, 2026
Stephan Rabimov Joins Mpact Board

Marketing Executive Stephan Rabimov Joins Mpact Global Board to Advance Technology, Public Understanding, and HIV Equity San Francisco, CA — August 2026 — Stephan Rabimov, a senior marketing leader who has shaped public understanding of proof-of-human technology at Tools for Humanity (World.org), ha

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HealthJuly 18, 2026
Benefits of vaccinations for the queer community

Vaccines are one of the few health tools that protect a whole community at once. QueerVax exists because access to them still depends on who you are and where you live.

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AdvocacyJuly 5, 2026
PrEP access in Southeast Asia: what CHASE Phase 2 found

Country by country, the gap between a PrEP policy existing and a person being able to start it is where most of the work still sits.

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AdvocacyJune 18, 2026
ESA Networks: defending GBMSM rights in East & Southern Africa

Criminalisation does not only prosecute people. It reorganises health systems around the assumption that some communities will not come forward.

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CommunityJune 2, 2026
Mérida Positive: growing support networks in Yucatán

What a peer support network looks like when it is built by the people who need it, in a city where the nearest specialist clinic is a bus ride away.

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NewsMay 20, 2026
Global Fund engagement: what changed in the 2026 cycle

Meaningful involvement is written into the guidance. Whether it happens still depends on who is in the room when the country dialogue is scheduled.

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Get Your Copy of Anal About My Health Comics: Issue 1!
HealthMay 25, 2021
Get Your Copy of Anal About My Health Comics: Issue 1!

We believe real stories are the key to sex education, and our communities do best when they learn from their peers. That’s why MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights has expanded our award nominated Anal About My Health campaign into this series of comics on sexual health and harm reduc

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