Today, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. It is well known that transgender people are disproportionately impacted by the epidemic, but their voices and leadership too often are silenced or marginalized. For this World AIDS Day, the Positively Trans program has released three new videos by and about trans people of color living with HIV….
Today marks World AIDS Day and Senator Corey Booker sat down with NASTAD Board Chair Dr. Shanell McGoy to discuss the history and importance of World AIDS Day, as well as the work ahead of us to end the HIV and hepatitis epidemics at home and abroad. Watch the interview above. Nashville resident Dr. Shanell L. McGoy serves as…
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), a global leader in the fight to end AIDS, commemorates World AIDS Day 2017 by honoring the 35 million lives lost to HIV/AIDS around the world, and urging world leaders to support the 36.7 million currently living with HIV/AIDS with necessary services and care. This…
NEW YORK – GLAAD today denounced the Senate’s tax bill and exposed how the bill targets low income and LGBTQ Americans. This tax bill aims to eliminate the individual mandate, a key component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will cause 13 million low income Americans to lose healthcare, and its 1.5 trillion dollar…
OTTAWA/GENEVA—Today, World AIDS Day, UNAIDS has released a new report showing that men are less likely to take an HIV test, less likely to access antiretroviral therapy and more likely to die of AIDS-related illnesses than women. The Blind spot shows that globally less than half of men living with HIV are on treatment, compared…
