This interactive session explores the intersection of aging, race, gender identity, and sexuality through the lens of Black LGBTQ+/SGL individuals living with HIV. Drawing from lived experiences and frameworks like Aging While Black by Raymond Jetson, the session redefines aging not as decline, but as a site for power, healing, and systemic transformation.

Participants will engage with narrative testimonies, policy critiques, and culturally affirming models that center the resilience and wisdom of long-term HIV survivors. Despite the medical advances that have extended life expectancy, many Black LGBTQ+/SGL elders still face structural inequities such as housing insecurity, behavioral health neglect, inadequate caregiving supports, and economic instability—all rooted in systems of racism, ageism, and homophobia.

Through collaborative dialogue, attendees will examine the political determinants of health, uplift elder leadership, and co-create actionable strategies for promoting aging equity. Participants will leave with practical tools, a renewed commitment to affirming care, and an expanded understanding of how to better support aging Black LGBTQ+/SGL communities affected by HIV.