Tez Anderson is a San Francisco activist, writer, and speaker who has lived with HIV since 1983 and founded Let's Kick ASS, AIDS Survivor Syndrome, a grassroots group for long-term HIV survivors. In 2014 he created HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day, marked each June 5. He serves as executive director of Let's Kick ASS, described as the nation's first and largest group dedicated to improving the lives of long-term HIV survivors.