12/01/2025
Visual AIDS fosters culture that understands HIV as part of human experience, because we all live in a world shaped by HIV and AIDS. More than 40 million people are living with HIV today, and 44 million more have been lost to the pandemic.
On World AIDS Day, we are centering the voices of people who use drugs. Shame and stigma have created a culture of silence that removes possibilities from people’s lives and reinforces a single narrative about drug use and HIV.
Today we are releasing Meet Us Where We’re At, six new videos that break the silence around HIV and drug use. When we forefront the voices of people who use drugs in culture, we uncover new visions of how drugs can exist inside of a person’s life. These honest conversations about drugs deepen our understanding of risk and illuminate what possibilities exist for pleasure, relationships, care, and creativity.
Meet Us Where We’re At is available to stream online at video.visualaids.org, and is screening at more than 100 museums, universities, and non-profit spaces around the world starting today. Head to the link in our bio to start watching. ❤️
[images: Gustavo Vinagre and Vinicius Couto, chempassion., 2025. Commissioned by Visual AIDS for Meet Us Where We’re At.]
