Cover Stories

Former basketball star DeMarco Majors talks about surviving assault and living with HIV.

He mesmerized us as Omar on The Wire, charmed us as Chalky on Boardwalk Empire, and still has us coming back for more as half of the titular Hap and Leonard. So expertly crafting another gay character on TV (real-life, HIV-positive veteran Ken Jones on When We Rise) was smooth sailing for the actor and activist. But the reasons why he took this role was way more personal than many realize.

In this exclusive interview, Smollett and comedian Sampson McCormick get real about the responsibility of being Black gay artists, the quest for an HIV cure, and what’s really at the root of homophobia and oppression.

Documenting his own life as a poz person with disabilities helped activist-turned-actor Joseph Kibler inspire thousands of others

From child star to advocate, Danny Pintauro shares his struggles with meth, sex, and HIV.

Counter Narrative's Charles Stephens thinks so.

He’s one of cable TV’s biggest stars, but when Matt Bomer traded in his White Collar to star in The Normal Heart, his stunning performance of an HIV-positive man was unparalleled in cinema history.