Overview
- The event opened GLAAD’s “Generation Z and HIV: Human Issue. Southern Solution. An HBCU Tour,” with Jackson State named as the first stop.
- Snoop Dogg joined a fireside conversation with GLAAD’s Darian Aaron that addressed his prior LGBTQ remarks alongside the region’s HIV crisis.
- Hosted by Spectrum at JSU and sponsored by Gilead Sciences, the program centered on harm reduction and accurate information for HBCU students.
- GLAAD highlighted research showing only 37% of Gen Z report feeling knowledgeable about HIV despite high rates of LGBTQ identification.
- Organizers underscored prevention options including once-daily PrEP and a newly approved twice-yearly injection that can reduce sexual transmission risk by about 99% when used as prescribed.