# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOPWoJnjQwZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34303890-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-06T00:01:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

Broadway performers Javier Muñoz and Peppermint joined advocates at Capitol Hill this week to urge lawmakers to oppose devastating cuts to HIV prevention and treatment funding. The House Appropriations Committee’s FY26 funding bill threatens to slash $1.7 billion from domestic programmes and withdraw over $1 billion from the CDC’s efforts, while also reducing funding for the Ryan White CARE Act by 20 percent ($525 million).

Muñoz, an out gay man living with HIV for over 20 years, stressed the gravity of the moment: “This is my life, this is my health, this is my future,” he told The Advocate. He warned that the cuts would send the U.S. "back to HIV wards—AIDS wards—in hospitals," potentially reversing decades of progress that turned HIV into a manageable condition. Peppermint urged people to “take advantage of these services while you have them” and commit to regular testing.

#JavierMuñoz #Peppermint #USCongress #HIV #LGBTQIA #Trump

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## Tags

uscongress, trump, lgbtqia, peppermint, hiv, javiermuñoz

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