Media Releases

WASHINGTON, DC — In honor of National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day today, the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) released the following statement: 
“Today is a day to celebrate that HIV is no longer the death sentence it once was, thanks to the effective HIV medication made possible by the tireless organizing of queer folks in the 1980s and 1990s,” said David Johns, Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC). “However, it’s also a time to call out the fact that Black people today account for 43 percent of all HIV infections, despite only representing 12 percent of the U.S. population.

NEW YORK — In response to Andrew Gillum’s recent extensive interview on Tamron Hall’s season premiere, the National Black Justice Coalition released the following statement: 

“Black members of the LGBTQ+ community across the country watched Andrew Gillum’s interview with Tamron Hall today with empathy and love, as so many of us can relate to the complex issues and feelings he conveyed,” said David Johns, Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition. 

In response to the news that Niecy Nash recently married Jessica Betts, the National Black Justice Coalition released the following statement: 
“Love wins — always and in all ways,” said David Johns, Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC). “I’m so happy for Niecy Nash —now officially Mrs. Carol Denise Betts— and her partner Jessica Betts.

NEW YORK — in response to the murder of Brian “Egypt” Powers, a Black transgender man in Akron, Ohio, and Tiffany Harris, a Black transgender woman in the Bronx, NY, David J. Johns, the Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition, released the following statement:
“While the national focus on the effort to ensure #AllBlackLivesMatter shifts to the upcoming presidential election and the unrelenting pressures associated with COVID-19 Black trans people are still being murdered.