Fund for Resilience, Equity, and Engagement (FREE)
Although Black gay and bisexual men account for one in 500 people living in the US, they make up nearly one in four new HIV infections and one in six Americans living with HIV. An estimated overall 21% of transgender individuals are infected with HIV in the US, which is approximately three times higher among Black transgender people. Through this new initiative, the Foundation's goal is intensive focus on community support and mobilization to develop programs to reduce new infection rates and AIDS-related illness and death and confront racism, homophobia, and transphobia as key drivers of HIV infection and disease.