Tag: AIDS/HIV

A scene on Hart Island from “Pose” season two (image via FX)Hart Island is a small islet located a mile east of the Bronx. It’s one mile long and a third of a mile wide (roughly 213 acres), and during the mid ’80s and ’90s, New York City buried thousands of people who’d died of HIV on the island out of fear the bodies might infect others. The island and its dark history were recently explored in season two of...

Kelsey Louie with Gay Men’s Health Crisis founder Larry KramerKelsey Louie, 44 CEO of Gay Men’s Health Crisis As a kid, Kelsey Louie dreamed of one day becoming a doctor. In college at NYU, he realized he could impact people’s well-being in another way: as a social worker. And that’s just what he did, spending the first seven years of his career at Harlem United Community AIDS Center, eventually becoming the non-profit’s chief operating officer. Then, in 2014, at...