In Partnership with Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
As the world’s first HIV/AIDS service organization, Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) is working to end the AIDS epidemic and uplift the lives of all affected. In 1981, eighty men gathered in writer Larry Kramer’s apartment to address the “gay cancer” and to raise money for research. This informal meeting provided the foundation of what would soon become Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC).
GMHC serves New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs: 39% live in Manhattan; 25% in Brooklyn; 22% in the Bronx; 14% in Queens, and 1% in Staten Island, providing HIV and STI testing, food and nutrition programs, housing support, workforce development, legal assistance, advocacy for benefits and health insurance, mental health and emotional support, substance use counseling, and more.