NMAC launches new campaign to fight proposed federal budget cuts to vital HIV services

Today, NMAC Launches “Save Our Services,” an innovative campaign created to empower Americans across the country in fighting the proposed federal budget cuts that would cause severe harm to vital HIV treatment and prevention services. SOS will enlist the advocacy of community volunteers to contact their representatives in Congress both in their home offices during…

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New project to document AIDS activist history in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The GLBT Historical Society has launched a new oral history project under the guidance of historian Joey Plaster to chronicle, preserve and share the history of ACT UP/San Francisco and other AIDS direct-action groups in the city from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The San Francisco ACT UP Oral History Project…

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Sen. Baldwin and Rep. Grijalva lead Congress on LGBT Data Inclusion Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) led 96 Members of Congress in introducing bicameral legislation requiring federal surveys to include data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity. While some federal data on LGBT communities is currently collected, there is no centralized requirement prioritizing the collection of LGBT…

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Lawmakers extend California’s cap-and-trade program with bipartisan support

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —  State lawmakers have approved a 10-year extension for California’s cap-and-trade program. Cap and trade requires companies to buy permits to release greenhouse gas emissions. The legislation approved  Monday, AB 398, will continue the program until 2030. “Republicans and Democrats set aside their differences, came together and took courageous action,” Gov. Jerry Brown…

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