WATCH: How poetry brought Phoenix's queer community together
The group thems. started out as a weekend market and has since exploded by using poetry and other art to build up the community.
In 2023, 17% of all people diagnosed with HIV were over the age of 50. It's both a concern and a realization for some that more should be done.
When Marlon Guzman turned 32 years old, his family threw him a blowout birthday party. They thought it was his last.
Guzman, who tested positive for HIV in 1989, stopped taking his medication, and his white blood cell count had plummeted to the point where his viral load—the amount of virus in someone’s body—was, in his words, “off the charts.”
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