What’s more, Lopez explains, meth can offer a needed escape for Latino MSM.
What’s the link between meth, HIV and Latino MSM? In short, as the presenters in both discussions made clear, meth use often increases activities more likely to transmit HIV, such as sex with multiple partners and condomless anal sex. That webinar was spearheaded by the HIV collaborative Achieving Together along with advocate Oscar Lopez, who is located in the Rio Grande Valley along the Mexico border and is the CEO and founder of Poderosos, a newly launched HIV and Latino advocacy and capacity-building organization. Similar topics arose in the Texas-based webinar “Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire: The Impact of Meth on HIV & Latinx Gay & Bi Men & MSM.” (You can view the in-depth two-hour presentation on YouTube and below.) Act Now Against Meth Round Table Posted by The Wall Las Memorias on Tuesday, July 21, 2020
