The Arizona Technology Council, the state’s largest trade association for technology businesses and a longtime leader of the technology community, has announced it would add issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality to its lobbying platform agenda. The Human Rights Campaign, praised the decision, noting the growing support for issues of equality in the…
In a move that reflects both the region’s progress on LGBT acceptance and the mainstreaming of our histories in public museums, the Missouri History Museum has announced its first collection of LGBT artifacts, according to the online version of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Sometimes things are happening right before our very eyes,” said museum curator…
In their latest report Media Matters of America reveal that both CNN and MSNBC devoted significant coverage to the Obama administration’s commemoration of World AIDS Day Dec. 2. Fox News, on the other hand, spent less than 20 seconds acknowledging President Obama’s speech outlining significant new efforts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS. On World…
The theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is “Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Results for an AIDS-Free Generation.” Now more than ever, it is a fitting theme as the United States focuses, both on the domestic and global fronts, on building partnerships that strengthen our response to HIV and AIDS. Here in the U.S., we are…
NEW YORK, — Athlete Ally and All Out have announced that American Apparel is launching a specially branded clothing line which will support the Principle 6 Campaign. Principle 6 of the Olympic Charter states that discrimination of any kind is incompatible with the Olympic movement. The campaign is a way for athletes, spectators and supporters to celebrate the Olympic principle of…
At a White House event today to mark the 25th annual World AIDS Day, President Obama announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to redirect AIDS research funds to expand support for research directed toward a cure for HIV. NIH plans to invest an additional $100 million over the next three fiscal years…
A twenty-second video of a teenager being punched in the back of his head has gone viral and, with it, outrage has grown not only over the attack but to the reaction of mall management where the incident took place. The incident, one of the latest in a brutal street game where teenage assailants walk…
If you’ve ever wondered where the most homophobic regions of the country are, the map junkies over at FloatingSheep.org may have just answered your question. “The prominence of debates around online bullying and the censorship of hate speech prompted us to examine how social media has become an important conduit for hate speech,” the mapmakers…
Last July, President Obama established the HIV Care Continuum Initiative, which addresses the gaps in care and prevention, especially among communities with the greatest HIV burden. On World AIDS Day 2013, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) released a report outlining the first recommendations and action steps from the Initiative detailing how federal efforts…
Today, the White House issued the following statement by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on World AIDS Day, Dec. 01, 2013: Today, there are 35.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS, including 1.1 million in the United States and 3.3 million children worldwide. In recent years, the number of AIDS-related deaths has…
