Nondiscrimination Statute Affirmed In CT
In a friend-of-the-court brief, GLAD urged the Conn. Supreme Court to affirm the state’s nondiscrimination laws, including for LGBTQ people HARTFORD—Recently, the Connecticut Supreme Court…
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LGBTQIA+ People Harmed Under Trump’s 3 Years In Office, New Brief Details
During the third year in office, Trump Administration expanded discriminatory policies and practices that are harming the health and well-being of LGBTQIA+ people in America,…
Study: Efficacy Of Interventions For Young Transgender Women In Reducing HIV Infection Risks
BOSTON—A new HIV prevention study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that Project Lifeskills—a culturally specific, empowerment-based, and group-delivered behavioral prevention intervention—significantly reduced sexual risk for HIV acquisition…
One Woman’s Thoughts on What it’s Like Being Transgender
Hurdles faced by some transgender women for living their true identity By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— One of the reasons I write for The Rainbow…
In Landmark Ruling Federal Court Allows Transgender Woman to Pursue Claim Under ADA
Ruling is the first to say that transgender people are not categorically barred from seeking relief from discrimination under the federal civil rights law A…
The Travails of Transitioning When Others Don’t, Won’t Accept It
An inside look at the effects of transitioning, on you, and on others By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— If you talk with a transgender person who…
American Repertory Theater Presents Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, under the leadership of Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Diane Quinn, is pleased to…
CDC: ‘Urgent Need’ for HIV Prevention Among Young People & MSM
HIV Prevention is key to lowering the alarming number of youth, others, with HIV/AIDS By: Eric Brus* HIV Surveillance Data Show Reduced HIV Diagnoses in Most…
Injectable Estrogen Shortage Creates Crisis for Transgender Women
By: Sophia Geffen— For nearly two years, drug manufacturers have not been able to meet the demand for injectable estrogen, which is a commonly prescribed…
Public Health Experts Call on FDA to Better Manage Estrogen Shortage Process
Estrogen is a hormone therapy that is life-saving for many transgender women BOSTON—Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, and Treatment Action…
Boston City Council Hears Testimony About Needs of LGBTQ Youth of Color
In response to a report by The Fenway Institute released late last year finding that more than 15 percent of Boston’s LGBTQ youth of color…
Despite Signs of Hope, HIV Still Ravaging Gay Men & Transgender Women Worldwide
HIV is still out of control and growing in some areas By: Sean Cahill, Ph.D. and Kenneth Mayer, M.D. — As 18,000 delegates gather at…
AIDS 2016 in Durban, South Africa: The Fenway Institute Represents
AIDS 2016 will mean more experts doign HIV research, talking PrEP stigma, sexually-transmitted infections and transgender women issues, msm issues and much more Digital technologies. Social networks….
Boston-Based Nonprofit Seeks to End Solitary Confinement in Mass. Prisons, Jails
Solitary Confinement, many attest, is a mentally and physically torturous experience By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In September, Mike Cox will embark on a spiritual…
HIV Infections Decline, But Country Fails to Meet Goals of National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By: Eric Brus* New U.S. HIV Infections Decline, But Progress Falls Short of NHAS Goals During the period from 2010 to 2015, the annual number…
Fenway Health: Women’s Dinner Party Raises Over $460,000
BOSTON, Mass.—Fenway Health’s 25th Annual Women’s Dinner Party on April 9 raised more than $460,000 in donations for life-saving services and programs for the organization. The event was…
Douglas M. Brooks Ends Tenure As White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy
Fenway Health, The Fenway Institute, and the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts commend outgoing White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy Douglas…
Transgender Women and HIV Prevention
BOSTON, Mass.—A policy brief released today by the National Center for Innovation in HIV Care—a program of The Fenway Institute, AIDS United, and ARCW—examines questions…
Planned Parenthood Battle Emblematic of a Bigger Struggle for Women’s Rights
By: Mike Givens*/Special Guest Columnist— In 2015, a horrifying trend of abuse, marginalization and mistreatment is rearing its head publicly across the country. The…
Statement on San Francisco Sheriff’s Plan to Move Transgender Women into Daytime Programming in the Women’s Jail
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Today, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced that he is implementing a policy that will allow transgender women to receive programming in the…
Positively Trans: Assesses Needs & Realities of Transgender People Living with HIV/AIDS
OAKLAND, Calif.—Today, Transgender Law Center launched the Positively Trans (T+) survey, a first-of-its-kind community-led needs assessment to examine the legal and policy landscape as experienced…
What We’re Looking for Over the Next Five Years of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By: Sean Cahill* One of my proudest moments in 25 years of LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism came in July, 2010, when I joined other HIV/AIDS…
CDC Awards Fenway Health, AIDS Action, Multicultural AIDS Coalition $3.78m for ‘Getting To Zero’ HIV Prevention Partnership
BOSTON, Mass.—The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have awarded Fenway Health, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition $3.78 million for a five-year…