HRC marks World AIDS Day with effort to end HIV criminalization laws that harm LGBT community

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), launched a national public education campaign to sound the alarm on dangerous HIV criminalization laws and the disproportionate harm they cause LGBT people, particularly LGBT communities of…

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University of Rochester documents three decades of public awareness of the AIDS epidemic

Today, World AIDS Day unites us in support of those who are surviving with the disease, in commemoration of those who have died and in a shared dedication to finding a cure. Recent scientific efforts have brought an increase in long-awaited treatments that can help to mitigate the effects and rate of transmission of HIV/AIDS. And…

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World AIDS Day 2015 — National LGBTQ Task Force: ‘The time to act is now’

WASHINGTON, DC — On the eve of World AIDS Day 2015, the National LGBTQ Task Force is urging everyone to “decisively act” to help end stigma and advance health care access for people living with HIV/AIDS — and to “seize the opportunity” to create an AIDS-free world. This year’s theme is Think Positive, Rethink HIV….

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Pride Foundation invests over $7.5 million to support LGBTQ people in 2015

SEATTLE, Wa.—Pride Foundation, a regional community foundation, has announced that it has invested over $7.5 million this year to expand opportunities and advance full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and families throughout the Northwest. “2015 represented another important milestone for our community,” said Kris Hermanns, Executive Director of Pride Foundation. “Despite…

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amfAR establishes San Francisco-based institute for HIV Cure Research

NEW YORK – amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, today announced the establishment of the amfAR Institute for HIV Cure Research, an innovative collaborative enterprise based at UC San Francisco (UCSF). As the cornerstone of amfAR’s $100 million cure research investment strategy, the aim of the Institute will be to develop the scientific basis of…

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