Timothy DuWhite is an emerging poet, writer and activist working through what it means to find health, happiness and freedom as an HIV+ queer Black man. His story is not a rare one: At current rates of exposure, the CDC projects one in two Black gay men in the U.S. will contract HIV in their lifetime. (Video shot, edited and produced by Raishad Hardnett)
Hard to Love
For Timothy DuWhite, finding joy and freedom first means overcoming his own traumas. This short doc about what it means to find health, happiness and freedom as a queer Black boy with HIV was awarded the prestigious Judy F. Crichton Award from Columbia Journalism School in 2018.