US Marine convicted of killing transgender woman in the Philippines

A court in the Philippines has convicted a US Marine of killing a transgender woman. Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was found ghttps://lgbtweekly.jeffjungblut.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpuilty of homicide and not murder over the killing of transgender woman Jennifer Laude, reports the Philippine Star. Pemberton will face imprisonment from six to 12 years. Witnesses had testified that Pemberton squeezed…

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Nominate 2016 LGBT History Month icons — Deadline Dec. 11

The deadline to nominate your 2016 LGBT History Month icon is fast approaching. Equality Forum, the organization that  coordinates LGBT History Month, invites you to nominate your icon here by Friday, Dec. 11. Nominated LGBT icons may be living or dead, national or international, and are selected based on one or more of the following…

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Low-cost alternative to Daraprim emerges

Express Scripts announced Tuesday that it will partner with Imprimis Pharmaceuticals to offer a low-cost alternative to Daraprim, a lifesaving treatment for people living with HIV. Two months ago, Turing Pharmaceuticals’ CEO Martin Shkreli bought the rights to Daraprim and hiked the price of this crucial drug by 5,000 percent overnight. Express Scripts, a major…

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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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