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New Trans Immigrant Leadership Initiative Launched

  On the National Day of Action to End Trans Detention, Transgender Law Center, along with members of the #Not1More campaign, announced a new national initiative, Honor Trans Immigrant Lives, to build leadership and capacity within transgender immigrant communities. While there has been significant work to end the detention and abuse of transgender people being held in immigration custody, there have not been coordinated, national efforts to build trans immigrant leadership within this work or support trans immigrants post-detention. “For too long, transgender immigrants have been ignored and under-resourced by both LGBT and immigrant rights movements,” said Isa Noyola, Program Director at […]

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Twitter Bans On-Site Blood Drives As Long As Gay, Bisexual Employees Can’t Participate

Twitter has taken heat for its lack of racial diversity, but it has taken a stand in support of its LGBT employees by ending on-site blood drives until the Federal Drug Administration lifts a decades-old ban that prevents healthy gay and bisexual employees from participating. Since 1983, the FDA has prevented men who have had sexual relations with other men to donate blood. The policy was put in place in response to the nation community’s AIDS crises in the 1980s, but more recently, that policy has been criticized for being unnecessary and discriminatory. “These are the only policies that the FDA has based on a […]

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Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates Reach Record High In U.S.

A U.S. sexually transmitted diseases epidemic is increasing and the most common infection, chlamydia, has risen to record levels, government officials say. Reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis all increased in 2014. Chlamydia cases had dipped in 2013, but last year’s total of more than 1.4 million — or 456 cases per 100,000 — was the highest number of annual cases of any condition ever reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The chlamydia rate was up almost 3 percent from 2013, the CDC reported Tuesday. Sexually transmitted diseases are among more than 70 diseases that […]

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NIH to Fund First Large-scale Trial for Heart Disease Prevention Among People With HIV

  Studies have shown that individuals with HIV are 50–100 percent more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (including heart attack and stroke) than individuals without HIV; however, more research is needed to determine if use of statins is the answer.  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now funding the largest cardiac prevention trial in HIV, called REPRIEVE, a Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV. This landmark study is the first large-scale randomized clinical trial to test a strategy for heart disease prevention among people living with HIV.  The REPRIEVE Clinical Trial is evaluating whether a daily dose […]

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New Single-tablet HIV Treatment Wins FDA Approval

The US Food and Drug Administration have approved a new single tablet as a complete treatment for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in people aged 12 years and over. The new single-tablet HIV drug contains a new form of the powerful HIV inhibitor tenofovir. The new treatment, called Genvoya, from Gilead Sciences, is a fixed-dose combination of elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide. It is intended for patients aged 12 and over, weighing at least 35 kg (77 lbs) and who have never been treated for HIV before, or for infected adults whose HIV is currently suppressed. The drug was […]

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Girls That Roam Is Ready to Party at The Dinah 2016 as a VIP Media Sponsor

The Dinah celebrated its 25th anniversary with a bang in 2015 and Girls That Roam was there as a proud media sponsor covering the event. Girls That Roam is proud to be a Dinah VIP Media Partner for our fourth consecutive year for The Dinah’s 26th all-girl getaway March 30 – April 3, 2016 in Palm Springs, California. The all-girl weekend sets off its next 25 years brining the best of the best women’s entertainment and throw down the biggest parties for one unforgettable weekend. Women will party under the sun around the swimming pool and late into the night […]

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Cruz, Jindal, & Huckabee To Speak At Event Organized By “Death To Gays” Pastor

  Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, and Mike Huckabee are all scheduled to speak at an Iowa event organized by Pastor Kevin Swanson, who regularly calls for a return to the “biblical punishment” for homosexuality. Right Wing Watch points us to the press release: Over 1,600 Christians around the country are gathering for a National Religious Liberties Conference, Freedom 2015, November 6th-7th at the Iowa Events Center. The conference speakers and attendees will celebrate the freedoms God has bestowed on our country, encourage those who have been persecuted or those who may experience persecution in the future and develop strategies for […]

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HRC Foundation and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids Join Forces to Prevent LGBTQ Teen Substance Abuse

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids released Preventing Substance Abuse Among LGBTQ Teens, an issue brief focusing on helping parents, educators and other youth-serving professionals understand the unique challenges – including bullying and family rejection – faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth that contribute to their heightened rates of substance abuse. The publication is the first product of a new collaboration between HRC Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy organization, and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, a national nonprofit working to reduce substance abuse among adolescents. The […]

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In Carmel Valley Go to 21 Tasting Rooms Without a Car

Carmel Valley is the place where locals go to soak up sunshine and, increasingly, high-quality wine. Last month, Holman Ranch spin-off Jarman Estate Wines opened its tasting room next to landmark Wills Fargo Steakhouse and Bar with an inventive and food-focused approach to wine tasting. At around the same time, Folktale Winery released its brand-new label — with a barrel-room rock show and garden party — in the previously underachieving, albeit massive, Chateau Julien, bringing the number of tasting rooms on the Carmel Valley Wine Trail to a full-bodied 23. Even better news for wine lovers near and far: No […]

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The Elton John AIDS Foundation Awards $4.4 Million in New Grants

The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), a leader in the global effort to end AIDS, announced Wednesday a new series of grants totaling $4.4 million to support organizations fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in critical and innovative ways. The Foundation is renewing 16 grants and funding nine new organizations to scale up programs that address societal trends driving the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This is one of EJAF’s largest grant cycles to date. “For more than 20 years, the Elton John AIDS Foundation has been committed to confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic where it exists,” said EJAF Founder Elton John. “Our newest round of […]

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