In This Issue

Continuing our series of profiles about the people behind the changes at the Black AIDS Institute, today we speak with Gerald Garth, a graduate of the African American HIV University (AAHU) who has advanced from accounting assistant to programs specialist supporting both AAHU and the Black Treatment Advocates Network.

Also in this issue, research shows that between one-third and one-half of PHWHA infected at or around birth may not have enough immunity to ward off measles, mumps, and rubella—even though they may have been vaccinated against them.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of HIV/AIDS Housing has unveiled a new three-part, multi-media training curriculum for HIV/AIDS housing and service providers to help PLWHA find the jobs they need to stay healthy and become self sufficient.

Despite the Affordable Care Act's requirement that insurance companies not deny coverage based on gender or health history, transgender people are still fighting for access to crucial health services, our friends at Kaiser Health News report.

Finally, Black Lives Matter protests seem to be be entering a new phase: non-cooperation with the mainstream political parties. Colorlines spoke with five leaders in or closely related to the movement to learn more about what they intend to accomplish thorough this approach.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill