South Asian queer filmmakers look back at Rewriting the Script
It still is. I have donated my copy of the VHS and the booklet that came with it to the Rupert Raj Trans Collection at the CLGA (Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives), along with other material to document trans history in Canada. With the Internet …
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Monthly Archives: December 2015
NORMA GAY COTTOM
NORMA GAY COTTOM
The graveside service for Norma Gay Cottom, 92, of Okeene … where they made their home for over 25 years. She worked in the United States Civil Service Commission at Johnston Grain Company for over 10 years, and later became a caregiver.
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Morgan predicts bright future for T20 side
Morgan predicts bright future for T20 side
Morgan’s young troops continued their rapid development in the sprint format by following up victories over New Zealand and Australia during the … full and straight into their pads. “I had a chat with Jos, who is the vice-captain, and we discussed …
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HRC Marks World AIDS Day with Effort to End HIV Criminalization Laws That Harm LGBT Community
HRC Marks World AIDS Day with Effort to End HIV Criminalization Laws That Harm LGBT Community
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in partnership with the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), launched a national public education campaign to sound the alarm on dangerous HIV criminalization laws and the disproportionate harm they cause LGBT people, particularly LGBT communities of color.
To focus attention on this dire issue, HRC and its partners released a new video detailing the harm of criminalization – including driving people away from potentially lifesaving testing and healthcare — and launched a website, EndBadHIVlaws.org.
“As work continues to end the HIV epidemic, we must also eradicate the stigma surrounding HIV – including modernizing laws that are rooted in fear, not science,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “These laws do not reduce HIV, and only serve to increase confusion and shame. When 51 percent of young gay and bisexual men don’t even know they have HIV, laws that penalize people for getting tested to determine their status aren’t just outdated, they’re dangerous.”
Griffin continued, “With condoms and the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) regimens, individuals have more prevention options than ever. We are pleased to be working with NCLR and CHLP on this project, which builds on our important HIV and AIDS educational efforts generously supported by the Elton John AIDS Foundation. We join our partners in the firm belief that an AIDS-free generation is within reach.”
HRC will continue to work with NCLR, CHLP, and other partners at the local, state, and federal level to monitor the landscape of HIV criminalization laws and to combat efforts to further target people living with HIV. HRC stands together with the global community to fight stigmatization and end HIV and AIDS. This new video helps to debunk myths about HIV, and to highlight the harm of criminalization, and its negative impact on the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Catherine Hanssens, Founder and Executive Director of The Center for HIV Law and Policy, said, “It is a huge boost to this work to have an organization with the reach and sophistication of HRC join in this fight. We are looking forward to great things and measurable progress.'”
“Ensuring that no one is left behind means closing the gap between people who can get services and people who can’t, the people who are protected and the people who are punished,” said Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. “Stigma, discrimination and punitive approaches against people living with or at risk of HIV remain highly prevalent. They not only hurt those who suffer them, but they also threaten effective responses to the epidemic.”
NCLR Policy Counsel Tyrone Hanley said: “This video is a great collaborative first-step to raise public awareness of the harmful impact of HIV criminalization laws and ending HIV stigma. These laws hurt the most vulnerable members of society and we will continue to fight against these counterproductive laws.”
Around the world, people living with HIV and AIDS continue to be targeted, harassed, and harmed by criminalization laws:
- In at least 58 countries around the world, people have been prosecuted and some imprisoned for transmitting HIV and/or exposing others to the virus
- Here in the U.S., more than 30 states have laws in place that have been used to prosecute people living with HIV
- Many advocates, medical professionals, and public health experts oppose HIV criminalization laws, including the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV & AIDS, United States Conference of Mayors, American Medical Association and American Psychological Association
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World AIDS Day 2015
World AIDS Day 2015
December 1st marks World AIDS Day, a time for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and commemorate those who have passed.
This is an especially important day for GLAAD, which was founded in response to the New York Post’s grossly defamatory coverage of the HIV and AIDS epidemic. Three decades later, GLAAD’s legacy of fighting injustice in the media for the LGBT community has reshaped our culture and created historic levels of acceptance.
President Obama released the following statement regarding World AIDS Day:
More than three decades ago, the first known cases of HIV/AIDS sparked an epidemic in the United States — ushering in a time defined by how little we knew about it and in which those affected by it faced fear and stigmatization. We have made extraordinary progress in the fight against HIV since that time, but much work remains to be done. On World AIDS Day, we remember those who we have lost to HIV/AIDS, celebrate the triumphs earned through the efforts of scores of advocates and providers, pledge our support for those at risk for or living with HIV, and rededicate our talents and efforts to achieving our goal of an AIDS-free generation.
This year, GLAAD partnered with The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) to renew the attention of Americans, the entertainment industry, and news media on the fight to end HIV and AIDS. The partnership signifies GLAAD recommitment to ending HIV and AIDS. Together with ETAF, GLAAD created a PSA to inspire, inform, and reignite the passion and action needed to beat the HIV and AIDS epidemic once and for all. It includes participation from Meredith Vieira, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Groff, Michael Emerson, Tituss Burgess, and Bebe Neuwirth.
GLAAD also created a media resource guide for journalists reporting on HIV and AIDS to ensure accurate and fair reporting.
To get involved, share GLAAD’s graphic or visit our partners’ sites for more information on how to take a stand each and every day in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
December 1, 2015
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It's Time to End Bad HIV Laws
It's Time to End Bad HIV Laws
Sports Page Live Chat – Special Tuesday Edition
Sports Page Live Chat – Special Tuesday Edition
We’re flipping the script ever so slightly for this week’s WDRB Sports Page Live Chat. Our sports guys, Rick Bozich and Eric Crawford, are bringing you the same great sports coverage, but this week it’s coming a day early. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s to …
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Roberta Kaplan: Edie Windsor, Thea Spyer Were Engaged 2 Years Before Stonewall
Roberta Kaplan: Edie Windsor, Thea Spyer Were Engaged 2 Years Before Stonewall
Spyer died in 2009, two years after the women married in Canada. Windsor challenged the Defense of Marriage … “Edie’s life kind of tells a panoramic story of how life was for gay and lesbian people in this country in the 20 th century,” Kaplan …
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Surprise! The Planned Parenthood Shooter Is Not Transgender
Surprise! The Planned Parenthood Shooter Is Not Transgender
Robert Lewis Dear’s “female” gender designation was a simple clerical error that he actually tried to fix.
The post Surprise! The Planned Parenthood Shooter Is Not Transgender appeared first on ThinkProgress.
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After Turing Pharmaceuticals’ Outrageous Price Hike on Life-Saving Drug, Low-Cost Alternative Emerge
After Turing Pharmaceuticals’ Outrageous Price Hike on Life-Saving Drug, Low-Cost Alternative Emerge
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization issued the following statement on news that Express Scripts will partner with Imprimis Pharmaceuticals to offer a low-cost alternative to Daraprim, a lifesaving treatment for people living with HIV. Two months ago, Turing Pharmaceuticals’ CEO Martin Shkreli bought the rights to Daraprim and hiked the price of this crucial drug by 5,000 percent overnight.
“This is a positive development that will improve access to lifesaving treatment for many patients, including people living with HIV and pregnant women,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “It doesn’t change the troubling fact that Martin Shkreli and Turing Pharmaceuticals despicably preyed on vulnerable patients in an effort to turn a profit. Lawmakers should seek answers, hold Turing and Shkreli to account and ensure this can’t happen again.”
Just before Thanksgiving, Turing Pharmaceuticals’ Martin Shkreli announced that he would continue the price hike on Daraprim – a crucial treatment for people living with HIV, pregnant women, and others with weakened immune systems. The announcement came two months after the company first made headlines for an outrageous 5,000 percent price increase on Daraprim, which took the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill overnight. Express Scripts announced their alternative will be made available for as low as $1 per capsule for people whose pharmacy benefit is managed by the company.
Last month, at HRC’s urging, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman began investigating whether Turing Pharmaceuticals may have violated antitrust laws by limiting distribution of a drug that is essential to the lives of medically vulnerable people. HRC also sent letters to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce; and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, seeking an investigation into the unconscionable action of Turing Pharmaceuticals. The letters also called for an inquiry into Turing’s acquisition of Daraprim, the pricing strategy for the drug, investments made to bring the drug to market, the impact of that strategy on patient access, and the increased cost to federally-funded health programs. And they requested a hearing on formulary and tiering structure for prescription medications offered through health exchanges.
HRC also joined 151 other organizations from across the nation in signing an open letter to Turing Pharmaceuticals urging company CEO Martin Shkreli to restore the original price for Daraprim.
