GLAAD’s Annual GLBT TV Rating Index
July 27, 2009 by Bryan · Leave a Comment
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today released its third annual Network Responsibility Index, a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television. Read more
Most Important HIV/AIDS News Stories of 2008
365 Gay explores the 9 most important stories about HIV/AIDS of 2008.
Today, Dec. 1, is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, an international day of reflection around the epidemic, which is still uncured.
About 33 million worldwide have HIV – thousands remain unaware that they have the virus.
As the World AIDS Campaign announced, “while we have come a long ways since 1988, there is still much more to be done.” Read more
HIV/AIDS Funding Bill & Discriminatory Immigration Ban Repeal Heads to Bush
After passing the Senate (80 to 16) last week, the House passed the PREPFAR bill 303 to 115. Read more
Senate Votes to Repeal HIV Travel & Immigration Ban
July 16, 2008 by Bryan · Leave a Comment
Today, by a vote of 80-16, the U.S. Senate voted to pass legislation that will triple anti-HIV/AIDS funding to $48 billion over the next five years — including to lift the ban on HIV positive individuals who travel to the United States, or attempt to become citizens. Read more
Elizabeth Dole Adds Jesse Helms Name to HIV/AIDS Funding Bill, Says F#%k You to HIV/AIDS Victims
July 16, 2008 by Bryan · Leave a Comment
Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) yesterday introduced an amendment that would have added the name of Jesse Helms to the title of the HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria bill that is before the Senate. Helms, who died eleven days ago, was the nation’s most vociferous foe of federal funding for HIV/AIDS programs from the epidemic’s beginning until he left the Senate. Read more
