The Consul General of Mexico Ambassador Marcela Celorio will be honored this Sunday, Dec. 3 at the 42nd Annual Nicky Awards at the Courtyard Marriott Liberty Station. “Ambassador Celorio has been a strong and vocal advocate of the civil rights of all people,” stated San Diego City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez (the founder of the…
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…
Travis and Joseph Dasilva, the two San Diegans from Hillcrest arrested in Thailand for taking pictures of their bare buttocks at the Temple of Dawn, are facing more severe charges than first thought. The new charges relate to posting their photos on the internet and taking photos of their naked body parts at a religious…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released “Working for Inclusion: Time for Congress to Enact Federal Legislation to Address Workplace Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Americans.” The report, based on testimony and written materials submitted to the Commission, along with extensive social science research and surveys, reflects the reality…
PHILADELPHIA — Coming out and its impact on the sports industry was a career-defining moment, said Jason Collins, retired NBA Player and the first openly gay man to play in the NBA, at an event on Tuesday. The AARP event, hosted in collaboration with SAGE and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs, brought…
Tuesday, NASTAD, a non-partisan non-profit association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs, revealed the #FlyAboveHIV Campaign as a part of World AIDS Day week. The campaign will encourage people from across the world to send in pictures of them “enjoying life and flying high” to coincide with the theme of “Flying High…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Today, Hornet, the world’s premier gay social network, announced the company will join the international Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) campaign becoming the first gay social network to support the initiative. Hornet, which has a longstanding history of community engagement around gay men’s health, is working to combat HIV stigma by continuing…
On Black Friday and Cyber Monday we shop. On #GivingTuesday we give! #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving, when millions of people support nonprofit organizations. With a third of all annual giving taking place in December and the U.S. ranking No. 5 overall in the 2017 World Giving Index, the personal-finance website WalletHub today…
