In This Issue
In this issue we continue our series on how the Affordable Care Act will affect people living with HIV/AIDS by focusing on how the ACA will dramatically improve access to care and treatment.
In May, Congresswomen Barbara Lee, a Democrat, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican, introduced H.R. 1843: the Repeal Existing Policies That Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act. Dázon Dixon Diallo of SisterLove, Inc., in Atlanta, and Craig Washington of AID Atlanta explain why we should support this piece of legislation in their opinion piece about the criminalization of HIV.
AIDSVu just marked the 3rd anniversary of their maps, portraying national HIV prevalence data by various demographics, by announcing ZIP-code-level maps for seven additional cities: Fort Lauderdale, Memphis, Orlando, Palm Beach, San Diego, Tampa and Virginia Beach. Our friends at AIDS.gov report that news as well as on Day One of the International AIDS Society Conference taking place in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. We encourage you to view their daily video updates about the entire conference.
And the Supreme Court's recent DOMA ruling has significant implications for LGBT couples of color, which tend to be poorer and twice as likely to have children as White couples, and therefore have more to gain from the economic benefits that gay marriage has to offer. Colorlines reports.
Yours in the struggle,
Leisha McKinley-Beach