HIV Plus Issue 109 November/December 2015

Controversial rapper Mykki Blanco make global headlines when he came out as HIV-positive this year, and in our cover interview — his most intimate to date — the artist talks about the emotional burden of keeping secrets, taking care of his mind and body, and being told that as a "gay black cross-dresser from a single-parent home, that I was not going to be able to be shit." In our World AIDS Day Special, our "HIV Year in Review" looks at the year’s hottest news in HIV, bringing you the most up-to-date info on possible vaccines, treatments, and a potential cure. Plus: New research shows zero transmissions from those who are undetectable, understanding your lab tests, and how the Hep C cure just got even easier.