Tag: AIDS
GMAD Participates in Local AIDS Funding Rally
The LGBT organisation Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) gathered with thousands of advocates, entertainers and local leaders at the “Keep the Promise” event which took place in downtown Brooklyn.
HRC Statement on the Death of C. Everett Koop
Yesterday the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) mourned the passing of C. Everett Koop, the thirteenth Surgeon General of the United States.
Same-sex attracted men neglected in Africa
HIV-related research and programming has excluded same-sex attracted men in Africa for three decades. Their exclusion cannot be accounted for by the assertion that they are unreachable, says Norwegian researcher.
Bill Aimed at Increasing Availability of Organs for Transplantation Introduced in Senate
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights group, today lauded the introduction of legislation to increase the number of healthy organs available for transplantation to people living with HIV and AIDS, and reduce the wait time for recipients.
Sweden crown princess hands out ‘Gay of the Year’ award
Swedish Crown Princess Victoria made headlines Tuesday after handing out the country’s “Gay of the Year” award to an author whose writings about the 1980s AIDS crisis has gripped the nation.
HIV stays high as safe sex funds fall
A dramatic fall in spending on safer sex campaigns for homosexual men has been blamed for a failure to cut the number of HIV cases in the last decade.