; Whereas African-American gay and bisexual men are more affected by HIV than any other group in the United States, accounting for a higher proportion of HIV diagnoses, those living with HIV, those ever diagnosed with AIDS, and HIV/AIDS-related deaths; Whereas, in 2018, more than half of African Americans diagnosed with HIV were gay or bisexual men; Whereas, in 2018, among all gay and bisexual men who had received an HIV diagnosis, African Americans accounted for the highest number (39 percent); Whereas, according to a 2016 study by the CDC, an estimated half of Black gay men will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, if current HIV diagnosis rates persist; Whereas homophobia, stigma, religious trauma, and discrimination pose major obstacles to HIV testing, treatment, and other prevention services for gay and bisexual African-American men; Whereas data show a 22-percent decrease in new HIV cases among Black women between 2010 and 2019; Whereas among all women in the United States, Black women account for the largest share of 6,400 new HIV diagnoses (3,400 or 53 percent) in 2019; Whereas African-American women face the highest risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections compared with women of other groups; Whereas the rate of new HIV transmission among Black women (18.9 per 100,000) is nearly 11 times as high as the rate among White women (1.8 per 100,000) and nearly 4 times as high as the rate among Latinas (4.9 per 100,000); Whereas among African-American women, the leading transmission category of HIV is heterosexual contact, followed by intravenous drug use; Whereas among African-American men, the leading transmission category of HIV is male-to-male sexual contact, followed by heterosexual contact; Whereas research indicates that the high incarceration rates of Black men may contribute to the disproportionate rates of HIV transmissions among Black women; Whereas, in 2020, there were more than 11,000 people living with HIV in State and Federal prisons