Samuel Smith, 20 and living with HIV, testifies.
A change in state law won’t come soon enough to have protected Samuel Smith from contracting HIV during his senior year at Wilbur Cross High School. He told state lawmakers about that — in the hopes that they’ll make the fix for other kids soon.
Smith was one of a group of New Haveners who recently testified in Hartford about what should be done to stop the spread of HIV, particularly among young queer people of color, where transmission rates are on the rise. Read More
