Anne-christine D’Adesky, David France & Tim Murphy

Teaches at Museum of the City of New York - Public

Anne-christine D’Adesky is an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker who reported on the global AIDS epidemic for New York Native, OUT, The Nation, and The Village Voice. Her most recent book, The Pox Lover, will be released in June 2017. 

David France is an author, filmmaker, and a contributing editor for New York magazine. His documentary film How to Survive a Plague was an Oscar finalist, won a Directors Guild Award and a Peabody Award, and was nominated for two Emmys. His book based on the film, How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS, was released in November 2016. 

Tim Murphy has reported on HIV/AIDS for twenty years, for such publications as Poz magazine, where he was an editor and staff writer, Out, Advocate, and New York magazine. He also covers LGBTQ issues, arts, pop culture, travel, and fashion for outlets including The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, Details, and Yahoo! Style. His novel, Christodora, was published in 2016.  

Matthew Rodriguez (moderator), is a queer, Latino, award-winning journalist, essayist, and activist. He is currently a staff writer for .Mic and is the former community editor for TheBody.com. He is currently working on a memoir about his father, HIV, and heroin on New York City’s Lower East Side.