POZ Magazine is honoring the best representations of HIV/AIDS in media and culture. The 2nd Annual POZ Awards kicked off a few weeks ago but you still have until World AIDS Day on Dec 1, 2017 to cast your votes!
Here are the nominees:
Best Celebrity Advocate
- Jussie Smollett
- Eric Leonardos
- Annie Lennox
- Prince Harry
- Charlize Theron
- Elizabeth Taylor’s Grandchildren
Best in Film or Television
- 120 Beats Per Minute
- After Louie
- Diana, Our Mother
- When We Rise
- Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo
- Finding Prince Charming
Best Actor or Actress in Film and Television
- Guy Pearce, When We Rise
- Alan Cumming, After Louie
- Ivory Aquino, When We Rise
- François Nambot, Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo
- Michael Kenneth Williams, When We Rise
Best Video Series
- The PrEP Project
- Daddyhunt: The Serial (Season Two)
- PrEP17
Best in Performing and Visual Arts
- AIDS at Home: Art and Everyday Activism (The Museum of the City of New York)
- Broadway Bares (Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS)
- Compulsive Practice (Visual AIDS)
- A Day with HIV (Test Positive Aware Network)
- Falsettos (Walter Kerr Theater, NYC)
- Angels in America (National Theatre, Great Britain)
Best in Literature, Fiction and Nonfiction
- The Angel of History (Rabih Alameddine)
- How to Survive a Plague (David France)
- The Pox Lover (Anne-christine d’Adesky)
- When We Rise (Cleve Jones)
- Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury (Matt Richards and Mark Langthorne)
Best Media Campaign for People Living With HIV
- “Revelation” (AIDES, France)
- “What’s Your Positive Message?” (Rise Up to HIV)
- “U=U” (Prevention Access Campaign)
- “#StaySure” (City of New York)
- “DCTakesOnHIV” (Washington, DC, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration [HAHSTA])
Best HIV Prevention Media Campaign
- “F*ck w/out Fear” (Los Angeles LGBT Center)
- “PrEP4Love” (Chicago PrEP Working Group)
- “Start Talking. Stop HIV.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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