LGBT Cancer Network Directs Patients to 400 Facilities; New Transgender-Friendly Designation
NEW YORK, NY – The National LGBT Cancer Network, the first program in the country to address the needs of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
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“Falsettos” Returns To NY After Long Island Run, To Benefit LGBT Youth Crisis Center
BALDWIN, NY – Off Sides Entertainment, Inc. announced that it is joining forces with Long Island Crisis Center, Long Island’s oldest suicide prevention and crisis…
MassEquality Hires Organizing Director Longtime LGBT advocate Wes Ritchie
BOSTON, Mass. — MassEquality announced yesterday that it has named longtime LGBT advocate Wes Ritchie as its new Organizing Director. Ritchie is a former campaign…
AIDS Fundraiser to be held featuring local Cape Cod musicians
WEST DENNIS, MA, – On April 30th, 2012 from 6-9 p.m. at O’Shea’s Olde Inne (348 Route 28) in West Dennis, MA there will be…
Book Review: Reflections of a Loving Partner; The last few months of a relationship torn apart by AIDS
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Gil Victor Ornelas, C. Andrew Martin’s life partner, passed away from AIDS complications on March 30, 1996. Martin graciously invites…
Ask Lambda Legal: The Affordable Care Act and HIV
By: Scott Schoettes/HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal– Q: I recently tested positive for HIV, and a friend told me that I might have a…
Chief Justice: Why make everyone pay for what only some need?
By: Lisa Keen*/Keen News Service– Tuesday’s landmark oral argument in a case testing the constitutionality of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act had some very interesting…
HBGC to Be Honored By AIDS Action Committee
BOSTON, Mass. — On April 14, 2012, the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition, along with other community activists, will be honored at the Bayard Rustin Community…
RI Pride Honors Community LGBT Leaders & Advocates
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRT Reporter– Held in the same building as Rhode Island Pride’s new offices in Pawtucket, the R.I. Pride Honors was an emotional event…
MA Senate Bill Requires Verbal Consent Before HIV Test Can Be Administered
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– BOSTON, Mass–The Massachusetts State Senate today passed a bill that would require verbal consent, instead of written, before an HIV test…
The Rhode Island Pride Honors award: Exceptional LGBT leaders and advocates in the community
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRT Reporter Held in the same building as Rhode Island Pride’s new offices in Pawtucket, the R.I. Pride Honors was an emotional event…
Fenway Institute Report: PrEP could be “game changer” in fight against HIV
Analysis examines biomedical prevention technology to be reviewed by U.S. Food and Drug Administration by June 15, 2012 BOSTON, Mass. — Pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis (PrEP)—taking antiretroviral…
AIDS Action Committee Opens New Drop-In Center, Specialty HIV MOMS Pharmacy
BOSTON, MA—AIDS Action Committee announce today, Feb. 22, that it has opened a drop-in center and an onsite MOMS specialty HIV pharmacy at its Amory…
President Obama’s 2013 Budget shows commitment to ending HIV/AIDS
BOSTON, MA—Today, President Obama released his Fiscal 2013 budget, which contains recommendations for Ryan White CARE Act funding and support for the Administration’s historic National…
Creep of the Week: Stacey Campfield (R-Tennessee) On Forbidding Sex Ed
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special for TRT– There are a lot of things wrong with State Senator Stacey Campfield (R-Tennessee). Mainly mouth things and brain things, as…
Mass. ahead of the curve in HIV infection-rate reductions, still a lot of work to be done
Nov. 1, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter Thirteen leading U.S. organizations in the fight against HIV/AIDS have called on the Food and Drug Administration…