Five Lessons Today’s Queer Activists Can Learn From ACT UP
Five lessons that start to explore just how much we can learn from our queer and trans forebears in AIDS activism.
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Sunday Funday Went to Janet Mock’s Wedding, Marched in a Massive Pride Parade, and Got Elected Mayor All Before Brunch
Reforms for Reform Judaism open doors for trans people, Salt Lake City elects some gay people, an introduction to India’s first trans woman cop, a peek at Janet Mock’s fabulous wedding, the winner of a trans beauty pageant, good gay news from around the world, and so so so so much more!
Trans Activist Diana Sacayán Found Dead In Her Buenos Aires Home
Kroger will cover gender affirming surgeries for trans employees, mainstream media and informal polls don’t agree on who won the Democratic debate, the New York Attorney General launched an investigation on the dude who jacked up the price of an AIDS drug and more news.
FDA Will Allow Gay Men to Donate Blood Under Amended Restrictions
After weeks of discussion on the subject, the agency has finally announced it will replace the current lifetime ban with a one-year restriction period for men who sleep with men.
FDA Upholds Status Quo Banning Blood Donations From Gay Men
The FDA is the one politicizing the issue, not the blood organizations and medical associations that support lifting the lifetime ban.
FDA To Consider Adjusting Restrictions on Gay Blood Donors
A change to FDA policy matters not just because it is based on sound science and will potentially increase blood donations — it would be a powerful and tangible step away from a culture that criminalized homosexuality and AIDS for decades.
Five Rad LGBT Artifacts You Can Find at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian’s LGBT collection isn’t all-encompassing, but it still has some awesome stuff!
Five Things You Should Know about The U.S.’s Criminalization of HIV
As various states prepare to analyze their criminal laws, here’s a quick breakdown of the relationship between HIV and the law in the United States.
First Gay Rose Parade Wedding Claims “Love Is The Best Protection” Against HIV/AIDS, Which Seems Medically Inaccurate
One wedding cake-shaped float, sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, will highlight a live same-sex wedding for the first time since the Rose Parade began in 1890. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is promoting its 2014 float with the slogan “Love is the Best Protection,” to promote legalizing same-sex marriage as a method to keep gay men safer from HIV/AIDS.
Pity Is Not The Same As Respect: A Critique Of ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
“Despite its pro-gay attitude, the film fails to break the pattern of transphobic narratives in cinema, perhaps because it doesn’t understand that trans people are not the same as cis gay people.”
Christine Quinn: Because Just Being Gay Isn’t Enough To Deserve The Gay Vote
NYC’s potential first female and gay mayor is a talented politician with a progressive background. But some question whether her policies and positions are really what the LGBT community needs.
AIDS Memorial Quilt Now Viewable Online So You Can Cry in Front of Your Computer, Too
Kate’s Team Pick: Being able to see the quilt in its entirety is probably the most intense experience of the NAMES project to date.
Defunding of Queer Health Resources Means It Kinda Sucks To Be Gay In Queensland Right Now
Queensland’s government health organisation, led by health minister Lawrence Springborg, has removed funding for the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC), which supports LGBTQI health throughout the State.
“United in Anger” Shares History of ACT UP Through Original Footage
“The birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches.”
Tomorrow ACT UP! And OWS Join Forces, Ask Lawmakers to Give Wall Street the FiST
By which they mean a Financial Speculation Tax (Fi.S.T.)
Artist Attack! Zanele Muholi Boldly Archives the Difficult Love of South Africa’s Black Lesbian Community
“Even if you don’t understand, you refuse to understand, you have something to process”
Artist Attack! Gran Fury Wants to Know When Was the Last Time You Cried
“We decided to just go bare bones and say how we felt.”
World AIDS Day: Look to the Future, Educate Yourself and Watch a Documentary
3.3 million people are affected with HIV worldwide. Today is their day.
Hillary Clinton Names Ellen DeGeneres Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness
This post has Hillary Clinton and Ellen DeGeneres in it. Talking to each other about how to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Yeah, you should probably read it.
Britain To Change Gay Male Blood Donation Policy To Slightly Different Version Of The Same Policy
“It’s supremely bloody homophobic, extremely discriminatory and potentially dangerous for thousands of patients in need of transfusions. The inequality has just got worse, not better.”