SAN FRANCISCO, Cali.—The Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship Program is now accepting applications from students interested in applying for Fall 2015/Spring 2016 scholarships. The Pedro…
New content teaches current, future providers about the unique health care needs of sexual and gender minorities PHILADELPHIA, Penn.—The American College of Physicians (ACP) today…
By: Eric Brus*— The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently announced $185 million in funding for three new programs to prevent HIV infection among…
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…
By: Eric Brus*— Late last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their new surveillance report, Diagnoses of HIV infection in the United…
At 6.2 miles, the AIDS Walk Boston route is not very long compared to other fundraising walks. But for Kelly Rush, it represents a long…
By: Sylvia Mathews Burwell/HHS Secretary Every day here at HHS, we work hard to ensure that all Americans have the building blocks to lead healthy…
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…
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Pride season will be here before we know it, and this year, a new organization called Unity Pride has…
BOSTON, Mass.—Facing an enormous shortfall of over $1 billion in next year’s budget, Governor Baker released his proposal for fiscal year 2016 cutting $2.3 million…
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…
New Reports Find Widespread Discrimination, Economic Vulnerably, and Health Disparities WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a year when transgender Americans are experiencing unprecedented visibility in the State…
By: Eric Brus*— “Our nation’s inability to effectively address HIV infections among Black gay men . . . is one of the greatest failures of…
Agency to sponsor discussion about impact of HIV/AIDS in Black community and provide free HIV testing BOSTON, Mass.—AIDS Action announces today that the new date…
Broadway legend talks Kinky Boots, his ‘legendary disaster’ and how drag influenced the gay movement By: Chris Azzopardi/Special to TRT— “I’m sorry,” Harvey Fierstein growls…
BOSTON, Mass.—Fenway Health is proud to announce that James Morgrage will receive the Congressman Gerry. E. Studds Award. Morgrage has managed Boston’s premier LGBT gathering spot Club…
By: Eric Brus*— Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) currently account for about two-thirds of all new HIV infections in…
Transgender Economic Equality on Agenda at 2015 Creating Change: February 4-8 in Denver, Colorado The U.S. unemployment rate for gender non-conforming individuals is twice the…
New Venture Leverages the Power of Celebrity Support to Raise Funds and Awareness to Find a Cure for HIV/AIDS NEW YORK, NY—Building on its legacy…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—There are only five tables still available for The AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts’ annual Viva! gala! Now in its 18th year, this unique celebration…
By: Eric Brus* Although we are 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, we still do not have consensus around precisely what “ending the epidemic” means. Yet…
By: Andrew Collins*/Special to TRT— Since its rapid transformation in the early 1990s into one of the world’s leading gay vacation destinations, Fort Lauderdale has…
By: Various Community Organization Leaders*— [Bay Window’s editor] Sue O’Connell’s editorial on December 17, “Is it Time for MassEquality to Retire?” asks the wrong question….