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Juan Michael Porter II: Access, Activism, Accountability
Content note: this episode includes descriptions of childhood abuse, sexual assault, strong language, and discussion of current US HIV policy that some listeners may find distressing.
Juan Michael Porter II was turned down for PrEP by five different doctors in 2014. The following year, he was diagnosed with HIV. That same week he discovered his boyfriend had been unfaithful. Now a senior HIV journalist and host of the International AIDS Society's podcast HIV Unmuted, he talks about PrEP access, stigma, and 2026-era funding cuts that are starting to look like the 1980s again.
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In 2014…
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