CDC, Mass. DPH Partner To Address Spike In HIV Diagnoses In Commonwealth
Partnership highlights need to address HIV transmission through intravenous drug use By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In response to an alarming rise in HIV diagnoses…
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Exclusive: Massachusetts Bill Provides Explicit Legal Protections for Transgender People in Public Spaces
It was not until the complete bill passed, with public spaces protections, that it seemed like a reality for Mass. By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor—…
CDC Reports Startling Increase in the Rise of STIs, Stresses Safe-Sex Practices
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In November, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report highlighting a significant increase in sexually…
Getting to Zero: The Multi-Faceted Solution to Beating New HIV/AIDS Infections
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Research, prevention, and treatments of HIV and AIDS has, in the last decade, made the disease anything but a death sentence….
AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run 2015 Marks 30th Anniversary this June
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—To honor the 30th anniversary of the AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run on June 7, the event will…
AIDS Action Calls on Lawmakers to Invest in Ending HIV/AIDS
BOSTON, Mass.—Statement by Carl Sciortino, Executive Director of AIDS Action Committee on the House Ways and Means Committee’s Recommended Funding of HIV/AIDS: “Since the beginning…
Boston AIDS Walk & 5K Run: Why I Walk — Bette Byrnes, John’s Team
BOSTON, Mass.—If you ask Bette Byrnes, a longtime AIDS Walk Boston and 5K Run supporter, why she still makes the trip from Florida to Boston…
Study: Increase in HIV for Black Gay Men; Orgs. Work to Combat Infection
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— In February, The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) released a new study entitled “HIV and the Black Community: Do #Black(GAY)lives…
Taste of the South End Celebrates 20th Anniversary
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The AIDS Action Committee (AAC) will host an evening benefit to showcase more than 40 chefs from over 45 different…
Mass. Same-Sex Couples Share Their Relationships for Valentine’s Day
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—In June 2015 the United States Supreme Court will listen to four different cases that dispute the issue of same-sex…
Local Orgs. Implement New HIV/AIDS Care Advances, Alternative Methods for Treatment
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—As advances in research and care for people living with HIV/AIDS continue to be made—including new forms of treatment…
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts Marks National HIV and Aging Awareness Day
BOSTON, Mass.— Thursday, Sept. 18 is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, which focuses on the challenges facing the aging population regarding HIV prevention, testing,…
Healthy Living for Older LGBT Adults with HIV
By: Carl Sciortino and Lisa Krinsky, LICSW— There are three types of older people living with HIV: people who have been living with the virus…
Social Media Effort Envisions World Free of Intimate Partner Violence
By: Chuck Colbert*/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—A mainstream, statewide non-profit organization which advocates against sexual assault and domestic violence and an LGBT survivor-led, social justice organization…
Carl Sciortino New Executive Director of AIDS Action
Carl Sciortino, state lawmaker and social justice advocate, has extensive experience advocating on behalf of people living with HIV and those vulnerable to infection BOSTON,…
Greater Boston Stonewall Democrats Endorse Carl Sciortino for Congress
Sciortino a leader in the fight for LGBT equality BOSTON, Mass.—The Bay State Stonewall Democrats have announced their endorsement of State Representative Carl Sciortino in…
Three-Strikes Bill Passes Mass. House & Senate Despite Objection
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist– Despite a multi-faith, multi-racial, cross-community effort, the fight to stop the three-strikes bill in the Massachusetts legislature failed. In November, both…
MassEquality Icons Awards nets $125K, Boston Leaders Attend Event
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The more than two hundred people who attended MassEquality’s inaugural Icon Awards gathering helped the statewide advocacy organization raised $125,000. The…