For 5th Time, GENDA Passes NYS Assembly

GENDA is beginning to feel like the Susan Lucci of Albany bills—always a nominee, not yet winning the prize. Hopefully … Read More »

May 1, 2012

Action Alert: Tell Prez Obama To Stop Abstinence Only Programs

Hasn’t the Obama Administration promised to end AIDS? Not if we consider what they’re funding!

Heritage Keepers, an abstinence-only-until-marriage program, … Read More »

May 1, 2012

ADAP Watch: AIDS Drug Wait List Hits 3,109

As of April 26th, the wait list to receive lifesaving AIDS medication through the nation’s AIDS Drug Assistance Programs had … Read More »

April 30, 2012

Ten AIDS Activists Kicked to the Curb And Arrested At ACT UP Anniversary

(for photos from today’s action visit our Flickr page)

Ten AIDS activists were arrested near City Hall today for demonstrating … Read More »

April 25, 2012

Disability Rights Arrested for Protesting Medicaid Cuts on Capitol Hill

One of my biggest complaints in health advocacy is that the country gets bent out of shape when government officials … Read More »

April 24, 2012

US Bans Discrimination Against Transgender Federal Employees

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that federal employment protection laws apply to transgender people. This could have major … Read More »

April 23, 2012

ADAP Watch: AIDS Drug Wait List Hits 3,079

As of April 19th, the wait list to receive lifesaving AIDS medication through the nation’s AIDS Drug Assistance Programs had … Read More »

April 23, 2012

HRA Commish Doar to Force HASA Dependents to Work

Rather that overtly state his overall plan for drastically cutting the HASA caseload, it seems that HRA Commissioner Robert Doar … Read More »

April 19, 2012