When Projects End: The Fragmentation of Collaboration and the Afterworlds of HIV Prevention Available to Purchase

Reflective of broader trends of disinvestment characteristic of the “end of AIDS” era, the HIV/AIDS component of the Global Fund’s Tenth Round in Peru brought about new challenges that paradoxically undermined the social fabric of gay and transgender communities in Peru. Gay and transgender individuals who established reputations in their communities as collaborators became project specialists when HIV/AIDS projects were introduced in the region. However, when the Tenth Round was suddenly frozen and then unexpectedly terminated, project specialists experienced loss to their names and reputations. And yet, the crisis of the Tenth Round’s closure provided material for new scandalous stories. Stylized and embellished, these stories were anticipatory lessons in imaging queer social life in the face of the predicaments interlocutors encountered as the “end of AIDS” continued to unfold.