ABOUT GUY ANTHONY
Guy Anthony is a well-respected HIV/AIDS activist, community leader, and author. Infected with HIV as a teen, Guy has dedicated his adult life to neutralizing local and global HIV/AIDS-related stigmatization. He released Pos(+)tively Beautiful: Affirmations, Advocacy & Advice on World AIDS Day in 2012. This collection of inspiring narratives, raw imagery, and affirming anecdotes has earned Guy much acclaim, including being named one of the top 100 HIV prevention leaders under 30 by POZ Magazine, one of the top 100 Black LGBTQ/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch by National Black Justice Coalition, and one of DBQ Magazine’s LOUD 100 which happens to be the only LGBTQ list of 100 influential people of color.
Guy served as a Program Manager/Coordinator for the Treatment Adherence program at Us Helping Us, a local AIDS service organization serving Black communities in the Washington, DC area for two years. In his role at US Helping Us, Guy worked with newly diagnosed Black gay men to help them come to terms with their status, navigate the complex healthcare system so they can access care, and develop plans for them to adhere to their treatment regimen and achieve viral suppression. Guy also served on Washington, DC’s Ryan White Planning Council, overseeing millions of dollars in HIV funding for the city as Community Co-chair. Currently, Guy serves as a brand ambassador for Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ ‘Positively Fearless’ campaign. He is the Founder of the Black, Gifted & Whole Foundation, a two-fold intermediary organization that provides scholarships to Black gay men attending Historically Black Colleges & Universities.
In 2018, Guy was named one of the Top 35 Millennial Influencers by Next Bing Thing Inc., as one of six “Black Companies You Should Know” by Ebony Magazine.
Guy currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, and is focused on expanding Black, Gifted & Whole into international markets. Guy Anthony also launched GROVER New York - a line of affordable fine leather unisex messenger bags in 2022.
“My mentor told me that if we do not tell our own stories, then our stories die along with us, or others are left to determine the story about us. I knew I had to tell my story. I knew that what I went through (molestation, sexual assault, drug abuse) would be therapeutic for other Black boys around the world who were just like me. I knew I could not be silent about my disease.”