Are you a person who wants or needs to get on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)? If you thought to yourself, “Yes!” then call Access Health Louisiana (AHL) at 504-226-2976 and ask for a Linkage to Care Coordinator to help link you to PrEP. September 25-29 is PrEP awareness week. PrEP is taken to help prevent yourself from contracting HIV. PrEP can be taken orally or by … [Read more...] about PrEP Awareness week September 25-29
Access Health Louisiana HIV Testing Programs
Are you in need of an HIV test but not sure where to get one? No worries. At Access Health Louisiana (AHL) we have a “Take Home HIV Test” that can be mailed out to individuals, or clients can come into one of our 10 clinics and get a free rapid HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis C test in person. Both our “Take Home HIV Test” and in-person rapid testing are free of charge … [Read more...] about Access Health Louisiana HIV Testing Programs
Jefferson Performing Arts Society Opens its 46th Season
Jefferson Performing Arts Society Opens its 46th Season September 8th with the New Orleans Premiere of the Off Broadway hit The View UpStairs by Max Vernon Jefferson Performing Arts Society is bringing the musical The View UpStairs based in New Orleans at the 1973 French Quarter Upstairs Lounge, to Jefferson Performing Arts Center for five shows, September 8 … [Read more...] about Jefferson Performing Arts Society Opens its 46th Season
New Linkage to Care Coordinator for LGBTQ+ Health Services Announced at Access Health Louisiana
My name is Milo Malone (they/them) and I am so excited to be working at Access Health Louisiana as its new Linkage to Care Coordinator for LGBTQ+ services. A little about me: I was born in New York, but spent middle and high school in suburban Atlanta. After earning a bachelor’s degree in French Studies and another in Sociology from LSU in Baton Rouge, I moved to New Orleans … [Read more...] about New Linkage to Care Coordinator for LGBTQ+ Health Services Announced at Access Health Louisiana
Access Health Louisiana Pride Month Recap
Pride Month highlights the LGBTQIA+ community in a variety of ways, whether celebrating our queerness, affirming our identities, presenting drag performances, or reflecting on the inequities the community has faced past & present and taking meaningful action to create the change we want. Access Health Louisiana (AHL) attended several Pride events to support and partake of … [Read more...] about Access Health Louisiana Pride Month Recap
New LGBT+ History of New Orleans Course Begins August 30
Loyola University is offering a new non-credit course as part of their Professional and Continuing Studies program. The course is being developed and will be taught by author Frank Perez, who also serves as the Executive Director of the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana. The course will explore New Orleans' rich LGBT+ history. Topics include: pre-colonial and colonial … [Read more...] about New LGBT+ History of New Orleans Course Begins August 30
Join Access Health of Louisiana for National HIV Testing Day- June 27th
June 27th is a day set aside to highlight the importance of HIV testing. Not only do we want to address HIV testing on this day but also to continue the conversations about breaking down the stigma of HIV and educate the public. This year on June 27th, Access Health of Louisiana is partnering with KFF and Walgreens to provide Rapid HIV testing at 1801 Saint Charles Ave New … [Read more...] about Join Access Health of Louisiana for National HIV Testing Day- June 27th
RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq the World Tour – Saturday, July 1 – Mahalia Jackson Theater
Perception is not reality… Asia O’Hara, Bosco, DeJa Skye, Jujubee, Lady Camden, Laganja, Vanessa Vanjie and select finalists from Season 15 are unknowingly trapped in the Netwerq… Free your mind this summer at the world’s largest drag production. Uploaded by Voss Events in collaboration with World of Wonder and MTV. Line-up subject to change. The event is Saturday, July 1at 8 … [Read more...] about RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq the World Tour – Saturday, July 1 – Mahalia Jackson Theater
Southern Decadence Press Party to be held on Saturday, May 13th
Something Decadent This Way Comes! As we approach summer in New Orleans and temperatures start rising not only with the weather, but Southern Decadence fever hits the city. What began in 1972 with a group of friends both straight and gay who playfully called themselves the “Decadents” has evolved into one of the largest and oldest LGBTQ celebrations in the country as … [Read more...] about Southern Decadence Press Party to be held on Saturday, May 13th
New Orleans Ballet Association presents dance phenomenon Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo for one night only
New Orleans, LA (December 6, 2022) — New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) presents Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. Tickets on sale now at www.nobadance.com. For “the funniest night you will ever have at the ballet” (The Sunday Times, UK), catch the long-awaited … [Read more...] about New Orleans Ballet Association presents dance phenomenon Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo for one night only
