GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, is hosting “Generation Z and HIV: Human Issue. Southern Solution” at Morehouse College on March 18.
With support from Gilead, the event will include a storytelling exchange panel with some of Georgia’s brightest HIV leaders and advocates. Hampton University athlete and PrEP advocate Byron Perkins will join GLAAD Senior Director of Local News: U.S. South Darian Aaron for a fireside chat covering the impact of HIV on Black communities in the South.
The event will also include a re-enactment of “If I Should Die Before I Wake,” utilizing updated HIV language from the groundbreaking ‘90s series “A Different World,” along with a special appearance by a surprise celebrity guest.
The “Generation Z and HIV” event is part of a tour to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to educate young Black Southerners about HIV prevention. The tour kicked off at Jackson State in Mississippi in October 2025. While Gen Z is the most openly LGBTQ+ generation in history – 22% are LGBTQ+ – they know the least about HIV. According to GLAAD research published in the 2024 State of HIV Stigma Study, only 37 percent of Gen Z ages 18 to 26 said they feel knowledgeable about HIV.
The tour kicked off at Jackson State University in Mississippi last year.
“Generation Z and HIV” will be at 7:30 p.m. at the African American Hall of Fame inside the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. Students and faculty at Morehouse and other schools in the Atlanta University Center are invited to attend.
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