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HIV activist Barb Cardell also tweeted, “Hey thank you for honoring the anniversary of 40 years of HIV but you need to do better! Women, Transgender & gender diverse folks have been here since the beginning and must be included. Positive Women’s Network-USA tweeted, “Why didn’t include #women living with #HIV in their coverage of #HIVat40? Cis & trans women would like to know! We are here & available to answer your questions & connect you with amazing women living with HIV who can tell you how they’ve been impacted by the epidemic.” Women living with HIV and their allies expressed anger over the lack of representation of cisgender and transgender women in the segment and posted about their feelings on social media. While the news report was informative, many people (myself included) wondered how the Today show could release an entire report on HIV and not include cisgender and transgender women.
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Later in the segment, four men from different generations were interviewed about their lived experience with HIV, the anguish of the early years of the epidemic, scientific advances-including undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U)-and HIV-related stigma. Well-known men with HIV were mentioned, including Rock Hudson, Magic Johnson, and Pedro Zamora. On June 2, the Today show released a six-minute video news report titled, “40 years since first AIDS cases, men living with HIV share their perspectives.” In it were old news clips from the early years of the epidemic showing imagery of hospitals, clinics, and ill-appearing men in beds.