LGBTQ+ Recording Artist Damez performs at The Symposium People Living with HIV

LGBTQ+ Recording Artist Damez performs at The Symposium People Living with HIV

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – Damez, being both black and LGBTQ+, is an all-around self-made artist. A rapper, singer, dancer, songwriter, editor, creative director, and a rising voice in music, there are not many hats he doesn’t wear. He is set to perform at the closing reception of The Symposium People Living with HIV on Friday, February 24, 2023, at the Loudermilk Convention Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The hosting nonprofit, Carl Bean Men’s Health and Wellness Center, www.menshealthcenter.org, in conjunction with Metropolitan Atlanta HIV Health Services Planning Council and AAOI with sponsors HVTN and Anderson Ludd, are gearing up to celebrate the theme, “My Wellness…Bold, Unapologetic, and Authentic!”

Damez was born Damien Denzel Ross Henderson in Jackson, Mississippi. He is primarily a rap/hip-hop and R&B performer who showcases his talents and versatility through an eclectic catalog of self-penned songs and choreography-heavy visuals and performances. He’s a Georgia Southern University college graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Communications/Journalism.

He has graced the covers of Out Magazine’s June 2020 coveted Pride Issue and the October 2020 issue of Atlanta Magazine, among others. Damez was featured on Billboard.com twice as part of their “Billboard Pride” playlist for his 2019 singles “Pull Up” and “Big Mood.” He has performed at Atlanta Black Pride, 2021 MOBI Fest, and 2019 Human Rights Campaign HBCU Summit and opened for Jennifer Holiday’s performance at the 2020 NAESM African American Leadership Conference on Health Disparities and Social Justice.

An advocate for equal rights and healthcare, Damez has participated in numerous campaigns for brands such as CDC and PrEP. Most recently, he was featured in a 2022 campaign alongside Tina Knowles-Lawson and more for ViiV Healthcare to end HIV stigma and raise awareness on preventive medication.

Damez shared, “Being both Black and LGBTQ+ in today’s challenging society and hip-hop’s musical landscape has not been an easy road for him, but he’s channeled the unique intersectionality of his life experiences in his music and hopes to be a voice for unique people everywhere.”

The one-day in-person symposium promotes positive health outcomes, healthy lifestyles, Ending the Epidemic, HIV treatment, care, and adherence. Workshops will be centered around achieving beneficial outcomes while living with HIV. Registration is free for people living with HIV.

Purposedly, the Conclave is meant to be participatory collaborative along with other nonprofits and community-based organizations throughout the Atlanta Metropolitan and surrounding counties. Local organizations can invite and register five (5) clients for state-wide inclusive representation.

The symposium will attract a broad and diversified audience of two hundred people living with HIV, AIDS service and community-based organizations, healthcare providers, nurses, physicians, LGBTQ allies, pharmaceuticals, and professionals who seek to service this demographic. All attendees are required to be vaccinated.

To register, https://menshealthcenter.org/about-the-symposium/registration/ is free to the first one-hundred attending the event.

Opportunities for exhibits, sponsorship, and advertising in the program booklet are available by contacting Doug Anthony at [email protected] or the Carl Bean Men’s Health and Wellness Center at 404.609.3197.

healthcare providers, nurses, physicians, LGBTQ allies, pharmaceuticals, and professionals who seek to service this demographic.

To register, click on www.menshealthcenter.org/about-the-symposium/registration/ is accessible to the first one hundred attending the event.

Opportunities for exhibits, sponsorship, and advertising in the program booklet are available by contacting Doug Anthony at [email protected] or the Carl Bean Men’s Health and Wellness Center at 404.609.3197.