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Jimena's 2020 Lotería Recap

Jimena's 2020 Lotería Recap

Test Negative? Now What?

Test Negative? Now What?

Who Should Get Tested?

Who Should Get Tested?

Treatment Gives you Freedom!

Treatment Gives you Freedom!

HIV Stigma

HIV Stigma

Starting HIV Treatment

Starting HIV Treatment

Caught in the Moment? PEP

Caught in the Moment? PEP

Chat About PrEP!

Chat About PrEP!

Broken Condom?

Broken Condom?

Talk about HIV!

Talk about HIV!

ABOUT

We flood our Phoenix LGBTQ+ Community with the love, tools, and information needed to reduce the impact of HIV in each of our lives – regardless of status.

We’ll keep creating focused, long-lasting ripples of awareness throughout the Community until each person has access to a cure.

IN TRIBUTE

We’re thankful, inspired, and driven by the original heroes who rallied their communities to make a powerful and unforgettable impact on the AIDS crisis from the start so that our friends could live healthy, beautiful lives.

NOTICE

This site contains HIV prevention and safer sex messages that may not be appropriate for all audiences.

CONTACT

Phone: 623.264.8665

E-mail: hello@ripplephx.org

Snail Mail:
1423 W Indian School Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85013

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Last Chance! Get your seat for the Phoenix Pride

Last Chance! Get your seat for the Phoenix Pride AWARD WINNING Sip & Stroke Paint Night happening today at 6pm in the RipplePHX Community Corner! Geo Johnson and Celeste Montiel will guide you through creating your own painted Beach Scene Masterpiece with all supplies provided, along with Homemade Sex On The Beach Ice Cream and Pina Colada Cookies - all included with your registration! Only $5 if you register for a Free HIV Service, or $25 if you'd just like to come and paint! Plus, you'll receive a coupon for 15% off dinner at Phoenix Coqui next door if you'd like to eat before the event!

Reserve your seat at www.RipplePHX.org/Paint

TONIGHT! It's our Double-Trouble Friday at Off Chu

TONIGHT! It's our Double-Trouble Friday at Off Chute Too and Pat O's Bunkhouse Saloon!!! Join Josh and Sam at Off Chute Too where everyone who receives an HIV Service will also get a Free Bottle of Lube or Head Cleaner from 4pm - 9pm. Then, catch the PUMP Gogo Dancers at Pat O's Bunkhouse Saloon from 6pm to kick off the weekend shenanigans! The first 25 people to get an HIV Service will get a drink on us to kick the weekend off right! No Cover, Free to Attend - Tip your dancers!

Get your seat for the Phoenix Pride AWARD WINNING

Get your seat for the Phoenix Pride AWARD WINNING Sip & Stroke Paint Night happening this Saturday at 6pm in the RipplePHX Community Corner! Geo Johnson and Celeste Montiel will guide you through creating your own painted Beach Scene Masterpiece with all supplies provided, along with Homemade "Sex On The Beach" Ice Cream and Pina Colada Cookies - all included with your registration! Only $5 if you register for a Free HIV Service when you arrive, or $25 if you'd just like to come and paint! Plus, you'll receive a coupon for 15% off dinner at Phoenix Coqui next door if you'd like to eat before the event!

Reserve your seat at www.RipplePHX.org/Paint

Sit. Stay. Slay.

Pup Ronin’s not just wa

🐶Sit. Stay. Slay.🐶
Pup Ronin’s not just wagging tails - he’s marking territory with his custom RipplePrints Fierce-Cut Sticker, and it’s sticking hard to catch his next handler's attention.

Catch this good boy working his gear as a proud member of the Phoenix boys of Leather, playing hockey with the ALPHA Hockey League, or grinding it out on stage this Friday with the PUMP Gogo Team at Bunkhouse!!!

Whether you're a Handler, a Pup, or just horny for high-quality prints - our stickers are built to last and made to howl. Upload your art, get it cut, and let it slay.

👉 www.RipplePHX.org/RipplePrints
Every order powers HIV work right here in the Phoenix LGBTQ+ Community.

This week!!! We're so excited about the events we

This week!!! We're so excited about the events we have lined up this week! Make some plans and some out to Play, Shop, Shake, or Stroke with us!!!!!

First up, join us for our Beach Party Edition of Loteria at Thunderbird Lounge Thursday night from 8pm - 10pm! Play 4 exciting rounds of Loteria, win exciting prizes - including Season Passes to Hurricane Harbor, and enjoy food, drinks, local vendors and get Free HIV Services!! Totally FREE to play, No Cover, Drink Specials!

Then it's our Double-Trouble Friday at Off Chute Too and Pat O's Bunkhouse Saloon!!! Join Josh and Sam at Off Chute Too where everyone who receives an HIV Service will also get a Free Bottle of Lube or Head Cleaner from 4pm - 9pm. Then, catch the PUMP Gogo Dancers at Pat O's Bunkhouse Saloon from 6pm to kick off the weekend shenanigans! The first 25 people to get an HIV Service will get a drink on us to kick the weekend off right! No Cover, Free to Attend - Tip your dancers!

Finally, on Saturday, it's time to Sip & Stroke at our Monthly Paint Night with Geo Johnson and Celeste Montiel!!! Paint your own oceanside masterpiece and enjoy homemade Sex on the Beach Ice Cream at the (air-conditioned) RipplePHX Community Corner! Pre-registration is required! Reserve your canvas today at RipplePHX.org/Paint . It's $25 to attend or only $5 if you register for a Free HIV Service!!!

We'll see you out!!! Have an amazing week, y'all!!!

Looking to beat the heat?! Catch a totally awesome

Looking to beat the heat?! Catch a totally awesome show this afternoon at Charlie's Phoenix! Devina Ross and Eva Angelica Stratton bring you Grand Splash! Totally 80's Party!! starting at 3:00pm. They have an amazing lineup of music ready for you and we'll also have our Pocket Protest Stickers available for purchase too! We'll see you there!!!

This week, we're taking the 4th of July off, but w

This week, we're taking the 4th of July off, but we still have three great events that we hope to see you at!!!

First up, Thursday! Our Beach Party is back at Loteria at Thunderbird Lounge!!! Join AB and Aaron for an exciting night of Loteria, prize, food, drinks and Free HIV Services!!! You can also win 2 SEASON PASSES for Hurricane Harbor!!!!

Then on Saturday, Devina Ross and Eva Angelica Stratton host a Totally 80's Grand Splash showcase at Charlie's to raise money for RipplePHX!!! Join us for a totally amazing Saturday afternoon show and help us keep the fight for HIV services alive in Phoenix!

And on Saturday evening, Josh and Paul will be cruisin' the halls of FLEX offering Free HIV Services from 7pm till Midnight!!! Get Tested, access to PrEP and access to HIV Treatment!

Happy 4th of July week, and we hope to see you out!!!

UPDATE: The CDC’s HIV Prevention funding freeze

UPDATE: The CDC’s HIV Prevention funding freeze has finally thawed. No explanation. No accountability. Just a quiet “resume operations”—like we were waiting for permission.

But the damage is still here:
~ Valleywise didn’t restore the $55K they pulled—too much “uncertainty.” (it hurts, but we honestly can't blame them).
~ Ryan White just announced new cuts starting August 1.
~ We’ve lost incredible staff across AZ HIV organizations we partner with.

Meanwhile, our team never stopped.
No canceled events. No cut services.
We kept testing till 3am. Answering texts at midnight. Connecting people to PrEP and HIV treatment.

And while we worked?

Gov. Katie Hobbs @govhobbs stayed silent. No calls. No emails. No interviews. Just rainbow flags, photo ops, and empty allyship. You hung a flag for Pride Month - we have TEN flags EVERY DAY - your actions are no better than Target's.

Meaghan Kramer—her Health Policy Advisor—finally called after media pressure from a @lookout_news article. She said we should’ve reminded her (more) to call back 👀, that she “cries about this shit every night,” and asked what she was supposed to do without raising taxes.

Cool. We didn’t get to cry - we had shit to do.

📣 Huge shoutout to Congressperson Yassamin Ansari’s @repyassansari office, the ONLY one who reached out with real effort. That mattered.

We’ve got 3½ more years of this mess and funding is still fragile. But we’re not stopping.

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We’re still fighting. Still showing up. Still here. Thank you to everyone who showed up to stand with us.

If you’re an elected official and you’re not here with us - where the fuck are you? We deserve better.

#RipplePHX #WeKeepShowingUp #HIVPrevention #RyanWhiteCuts #QueerHealthcare #AZDeservesBetter #RipplePrints #NoMorePhotoOps

We’re feelin’ the love—and really needed to

We’re feelin’ the love—and really needed to feel it deep like this. 💖

It's been hard to walk with our head high this past month, but last night, RipplePHX took home two amazing honors at the Phoenix Pride Community Spirit Awards: The BJ Bud Community Spirit Award and the first-ever Community Choice Award for Sip & Stroke Paint Night celebrating The Art of Pride. ❤️

We're beyond grateful to Phoenix Pride for celebrating the power of community - and to be nominated along with the boldest, fiercest, and most dedicated humans we know. Being recognized alongside folks we admire? Pretty freaking incredible.

Huge love to the RipplePHX Team: Allen, Josh, Paul, Miguel, and the whole RipplePHX family who breathe life into this work every day - especially those late nights, early mornings, and “WTF are we even doing?” moments. 😂 This BJ Bud Community Spirit Award is yours. Thank you for everything you give for our community!

And a special sparkly shoutout to our Sip & Stroke Team: Geo, Celeste, Grey, and Pyraddiction—your energy, creativity, and fabulousness brought this event to life in ways we never imagined. Congratulations on the win! YOU did this!

We also received a partnership grant check for our volunteer work at Rainbows Festival, and we’re putting that support right back into the community where it belongs. 🏳️‍🌈

To everyone who voted, volunteered, painted, showed up, clapped, laughed or cried with us - Thank You.

This work is never easy - especially recently, but nights like these remind us that our community sees us, feels us, and has our backs. We can't tell you what this means to us. Congratulations to all the winners and to the incredible nominees!!

We’re not stopping. Not even close. 💪🏽

#RipplePHX #BJBudAward #ArtOfPride #SipAndStroke #PhoenixPride #CommunityLove #QueerJoy #WeKeepShowingUp

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