Events
Stuck in the 80s Night, 2024
On February 28, 2024, in honor of national HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day, ETAF proudly presented “Stuck in the 80s” night — an evening of music, conversation, and community! This impactful night brought together performers, advocates, HIV criminalization experts, press, and a fantastic audience.
Partnering with The Counter Narrative Project and The Sero Project, this eventful evening was filled with insight on the outdated HIV laws that still remain today and how we can work to modernize them.
Thank you to the attendees, guest performers, panelists, hosts, and partners!
ETAF also expresses our sincere appreciation to Gilead Sciences for making this work possible through a grant in support of our HIV Is Not A Crime campaign.
Night Over America, New York 2022
On October 24, 2022, ETAF proudly presented the production of Night Over America in New York City! Our play about real life narratives of those who’ve been legally persecuted for their HIV status because of outdated and discriminatory laws. A special thanks to Brian Cox, Stephen Belber, Isaiah Johnson, and L. Morgan Lee for starring in the play, written by Jon Robin Baitz and directed by Robert Egan.
ETAF also expresses our sincere appreciation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for their collaboration on this incredible evening.
We remain grateful to Gilead Sciences for making this production possible through a grant in support of our HIV Is Not A Crime campaign.
HIV Is Not A Crime at IAS 2021 Conference on HIV Science
ETAF hosted two sessions to highlight our #HIVIsNotACrime campaign. Our Symposium was moderated by Emmy Award-winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author, co-host of ABC’s The View, and HIV Is Not A Crime Champion, Sunny Hostin.
Our Satellite Session, titled, “Storytelling to Change Laws & Fight Stigma” shared how storytelling has affected the modernization of HIV criminal laws across the United States and is now being used to change laws in other countries around the world.
HIV Is Not A Crime Champion Eric Rutherford’s IG Live with Robert Suttle
In honor of National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, our Champion Eric Rutherford hosted an IG Live with our Council of Justice Leader Robert Suttle.
HIV Is Not A Crime Town Hall
On June 25th, 2020, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) hosted a virtual town hall called “HIV Is Not A Crime,” moderated by Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-host of ABC’s “The View”, Sunny Hostin.
ETAF brought together leading experts and activists in the modernization of laws and penalties affecting people living with HIV to discuss why it’s time for the law to catch up with science.
Sunny Hostin
This campaign is made possible through a grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
