In UNSTOPPABLE: Straight Women on the AIDS Frontlines, Victoria Noe returns to the subject of her award-winning 2019 book F*g Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community. But this time, the author focuses on the shifting public health environment of today.
Showcasing candid personal interviews that are complemented by extensive research, UNSTOPPABLE highlights the critical work of straight women to end the epidemic. Also explored are their responses to new challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the second Trump administration’s dismantling of HIV services, research, and treatment. How do they respond to the erasure of their accomplishments? Is the goal of ending the epidemic by 2030 no longer possible?
They are frustrated, exhausted, angry but determined. And they're not giving up.
Published in 2025
IBSN: 979-8-9882405-4-9
Dimensions: 6 x 9", 208 pages
Materials: Paperback
Victoria Noe
(Irving Park)
Victoria Noe is an award-winning author, speaker and activist. Her Friend Grief series recognizes the importance of friendships in shaping our lives, and is currently being updated to include the coronavirus pandemic. Her HIV/AIDS activism led her to write Fag Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community, the first book to honor the ways women changed the course of the epidemic. An accomplished public speaker, Noe has presented at The Muse and the Marketplace, Book Expo America, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Open Hand, and libraries around the country. She is a member of ACT UP/NY and the Chicago AIDS Garden planning committee.