WASHINGTON — With mounting evidence that many public and private health plans are deliberately rationing care for Americans with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), those on the front lines in fighting viral hepatitis and HIV/AIDS have urged lawmakers to overturn state Medicaid and managed care policies that discourage testing, add prior authorization requirements on clinicians,…
In a surprising development Thursday, the U.S. Air Force announced a move that could eventually lead to open transgender service. The director of the Air Force Review Boards Agency, rather than local unit commanders, must now approve the removal of a transgender individual from the Air Force. “Neither gender dysphoria nor self-identification as transgender is…
WASHINGTON – Today, in light of a national outcry about a deeply transphobic column published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on June 4th, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Director of Research and Public Education Jay Brown, himself a former Pittsburgh resident of 6 years and a transgender man, wrote to the paper’s executive editor David Shribman…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Despite various discriminatory anti-LGBT bills being considered and debated over the past few months, the Alabama Legislature concluded this year’s legislative session on Thursday without a single piece of anti-LGBT of legislation becoming law. In addition, a handful of pro-equality bills that would have added explicit new protections for LGBT Alabamians were…
While Fox News pundit, Arkansas ex-governor and two-time presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee continues to score cheap political points with a base accustomed to his pithy, but frequently cruel, commentary on many social issues of the day, the uncomfortable reality it that many of those views represent a sizable share of the American population. And a…
Chris Ward has kicked off his campaign for San Diego City Council to represent the Third District, announcing a number of significant endorsements one year from the election. “For years, I have been working to improve our community – by walking our streets, talking with neighbors, and collaborating with our leaders,” said Ward. “As a…
Tuesday, June 9, Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will introduce a motion that calls for “a robust, comprehensive program to deliver Pre‑Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) throughout the County,”reports Frontiersmedia.com. The motion states, “For over three decades, Los Angeles County has experienced the second largest HIV epidemic in the United States. At its peak, there were…
WASHINGTON – With another campaign launch today after his embarrassing flameou the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a video highlighting presidential candidate Rick Perry, in his own words, using harmful rhetoric to oppose LGBT equality. Perry has consistently opposed LGBT equality, from marriage to non-discrimination protections. ˚˚ “If Rick Perry wants…
One moment links 8 minds in disparate parts of the world, putting 8 strangers in each other’s lives, each other’s secrets, and in terrible danger. All 12 episodes of the global dramatic thriller Sense8 will launch Friday, June 5 only on Netflix. From the unparalleled creative minds of The Wachowskis (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Cloud Atlas”)…
Mother knows best. Long before you were old enough to complain, for instance, she knew when you were uncomfortable or ailing and she fixed it. She told you to ignore detractors. She helped you follow your heart. She reminded you to take a sweater. Mom always knew best – except, as in the new memoir…
