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Trans women of color with HIV may lose an important lifeline under Trump’s 2018 budget

Trans women of color living with HIV face a new challenge under Trump’s proposed 2018 budget.

Trump’s proposed budget keeps allotted funding for much of the United States-focused Ryan White Care program, which provides treatment and support services for HIV-positive Americans. 

However, it also seeks to eliminate $25 million in funding for a line item called “Special Projects of National Significance.” Part of that line item includes a $3.2 million initiative meant to keep HIV-positive transgender women of color in care.

The grant is divided among nine recipients across the United States, including the Community Healthcare Network, based in New York. 

According to Freddy Molano, the vice president of infectious diseases and LGBTQ programs, about 300 HIV-positive transgender women of color access care through CHC’s transgender care program. Read more (5/24/17)

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A generation of artists were wiped out by Aids and we barely talk about it

A new film about the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a shocking and brilliant reminder of the devastation HIV and Aids wreaked – and still does

“Yet there was a time when you could walk around London or New York and see these gaunt faces, marked with sarcomas, and everyone you hung out with was dying. The official culture was in denial. Sometimes it was easier to be. I remember seeing Derek Jarman at a play. At that point he was blind. I didn’t want to see him like that. And then my friend was queer-bashed on the way home. Freddie Mercury died. Keith Haring died. Eazy- E from NWA died. Denholm Elliott died. Rock Hudson died. Fela Kuti died. And my uncle who wasn’t famous or even my actual uncle died. One of my friends lost seven people who were all under 30.”

The ABCs of HIV from The Stigma Project.

Everyone can support someone living with HIV. There is no cure, but HIV treatment  means people can live longer, healthier lives. Questions? Healthcare  providers have answers. You can also visit HelpStopTheVirus.com

How Lesbians Cared For And Fought For Gay Men During the AIDS Crisis

"These women walked directly into the fire and through it, and they did not have to."

An incredibly important, and often forgotten, part of lgbt history.