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Daily Archives: January 10, 2019
Jamie Lee Curtis to Bring LGBTQ-Supportive Mom’s Story to Screen
Kevin Fret, Latin trap music’s first openly gay artist, shot and killed at 24
Kevin Fret, Latin trap music’s first openly gay artist, shot and killed at 24
Heartbreaking.
Lady Gaga, Don Trump Jr., Michael Cohn To Testify, And More: HOT LINKS
Lady Gaga, Don Trump Jr., Michael Cohn To Testify, And More: HOT LINKS
DYSMORPHIA MUCH? Why Do Gay Men Hate Their Bodies?
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON Donald Trump, Jr. shares meme mocking trans people on Instagram.
CONFESSIONS Michael Cohen will testify to Congress next month before heading to prison.
THREES COMPANY? Gwyneth invited Chris Martin on her honeymoon.
REGRETS Lady Gaga apologizes for collaborating with R. Kelly back in 2013.
NO SLEEP ‘TIL BROOKLYN Season 6 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine premieres tonight on NBC.
HE STARRED IN MOONLIGHT AND THE GREEN BOOK Actor Mahershala Ali reveals his real, 18-letter first name.
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Lady Gaga, Don Trump Jr., Michael Cohn To Testify, And More: HOT LINKS
New Report On HIV Viral Load and Transmissibility of HIV Infection Supports Undetectable Equals Untransmittable
New Report On HIV Viral Load and Transmissibility of HIV Infection Supports Undetectable Equals Untransmittable
Bruce Richman the head of Prevention Access posted on the U=U group on Facebook the following: I want to stress again how much this is a really important article from the Journal of the American Medical Association and our invaluable allies from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Drs. Fauci, Dieffenbach, and Eisinger provide the science, implications and unequivocal support of U=U.
I’m also beyond proud that this article starts by acknowledging the work of our campaign. I want our community to take note of this and let it sink in. The greatest minds in the field are continuing to graciously acknowledge what we have done together.
I know quite often that you (as I do) still face people and organizations that minimize and try to erase our work. Try not to be frustrated or angry. Think about how you challenged and pushed these folks, the status quo, the establishment — and you were right. It’s no wonder some would hope we go away. We remind them of their inaction, their indifference, their paternalism, and hypocrisy. We won’t go away. Let your victory and the reality of how many people you have helped protect you from all of that, and do your best to reach out with open arms to invite them on board. You made history! You are remarkable! #UequalsU #UUnity
Read the report here.
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Gay Thriller ‘Stay’ Depicts a Sexy and Dangerous Road Trip
Gay Thriller ‘Stay’ Depicts a Sexy and Dangerous Road Trip
Out director Brandon Zuck’s steamy new film is loosely based on events from his life.
www.advocate.com/film/2019/1/10/gay-thriller-stay-depicts-sexy-and-dangerous-road-trip
‘Green Book’ Writer Takes Heat for Trump-Supporting, Anti-Muslim Tweet
‘Green Book’ Writer Takes Heat for Trump-Supporting, Anti-Muslim Tweet
Nick Vallelonga agreed with Trump’s claim that Muslims in New Jersey cheered on 9/11.
www.advocate.com/film/2019/1/10/green-book-writer-takes-heat-trump-supporting-anti-muslim-tweet
31-year-old Dana Martin becomes the US’ first trans murder victim of 2019
31-year-old Dana Martin becomes the US’ first trans murder victim of 2019
Dana Martin became the first transgender murder victim of the year.
Spread Of Super-Gonorrhoea Is Huge Concern
Spread Of Super-Gonorrhoea Is Huge Concern
Two women in the UK have been infected with super-gonorrhoea, sparking deep concern from sexual health doctors the BBC reported.
Both women have since been cured of their infections, which were resistant to the main therapy.
Public Health England encouraged people to use condoms with new and casual partners.
One of the women appears to have been infected in mainland Europe. The other acquired the infection in the UK, but this case also has strong links to Europe.
Dr. Nick Phin, from Public Health England, said it was “unfair” to say super-gonorrhoea was currently circulating in the UK.
But he told the BBC: “It really brings home the message that these organisms will spread globally and you can get them in the UK.”
The world’s first case of drug-resistant “super-gonorrhea” was first reported in the United Kingdom, back in April of 2018.
At the time Plus magazine said “This particularly sinister new strain of gonorrhea (sometimes spelled gonorrhoea) doesn’t respond to any known conventional gonorrhea regimens, making it particularly hard, and in some cases “impossible” to treat.”
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HRC Mourns Dana Martin, the First Known Transgender Person Killed in 2019
HRC Mourns Dana Martin, the First Known Transgender Person Killed in 2019
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dana Martin, a Black transgender woman killed in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 6.
Local reports stated that Martin, 31, was found in a roadside ditch in her vehicle with a fatal gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests have been made, according to the Montgomery Advertiser, and the investigation is ongoing.
As is too often the case in the reporting of anti-transgender violence, Martin was initially misgendered by law enforcement and subsequent media reports, which delayed our awareness of this deadly incident.
“That’s a sister, even though she’s not here to defend herself,” Daroneshia Duncan-Boyd, founder of Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering, said in an interview with INTO. Duncan-Boyd described how Martin was loved by many.
“We still have a community in loss that is willing to defend her,” Duncan-Boyd said. “The justice system doesn’t know how to handle situations where trans folks are murdered. They always misgender, and when they misgender, it knocks the data off.”
The misgendering of transgender individuals is indicative of anti-transgender bias and discrimination too often seen from law enforcement, the media and our highest elected officials. Accurate reporting is imperative to gauge the full scope of bias-motivated crimes and effectively address the epidemic of violence that disproportionately targets trans women of color, but too often these crimes go uninvestigated, unreported or misreported — and thereby unaddressed. In the pursuit of greater accuracy and respect, HRC offers guidelines for journalists and others who report on transgender people.
Martin’s death is the first known case of deadly violence against the transgender community in 2019. Last year, advocates tracked the deaths of at least 26 transgender people, the majority of whom were Black transgender women.
In November, HRC Foundation released “A National Epidemic: Fatal Anti-Transgender Violence in America in 2018,” a heartbreaking report honoring the trans people killed ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance and detailing the contributing and motivating factors that lead to this tragic violence. It is clear that fatal violence disproportionately affects transgender women of color, and that the intersections of racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia conspire to deprive them of necessities to live and thrive.
This epidemic of violence that disproportionately targets transgender people of color — particularly Black transgender women — must cease.
To learn more about HRC’s transgender justice work, visit hrc.org/Transgender.
