Palm Springs Desert Sun

More than half of people living with HIV in the United States are now over the age of 50. That striking demographic shift is at the center of a growing advocacy movement — and right here in Palm Springs, one of the voices leading that charge is David "Jax" Kelly, JD, MPH, MBA and founder and CEO of the Aging and HIV Institute.

"Aging with HIV means constantly negotiating the line between invisibility and stigma," Kelly says. "We're either being erased from the narrative or forced into the shadows to avoid being judged."

Kelly, who also leads the local grassroots group Let's Kick ASS (AIDS Survivor Syndrome) Palm Springs, has made it his mission to challenge that invisibility — not just in public health data, but in services and policies that impact older adults l

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