News 2013
HHS Seeks Nominations to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) is seeking nominations of qualified individuals to be considered for appointment as members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA).
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In This Issue
Earlier this year San Francisco 49, Chris Culliver, made waves with his homophobic comments about gay men in the NFL. In response to the backlash he faced, this month Culliver began to make good on his pledge to educate himself about LGBT issues. But while the media pounced on Culliver's comments and furthered its on-going narrative about perceived Black homophobia, the pro-gay statements made by several other Black male celebrities went relatively unnoticed. In this issue, writer Rod McCullom shares a range of comments made by Black male celebrities that suggest that more nuanced stories about homophobia among Black men and Black America are in order.
Black Male Celebs and Homophobia: 1 Stereotype, Yet Many Perspectives
Earlier this month, San Francisco 49ers cornerback, Chris Culliver, began making amends for the inflammatory anti-gay remarks he made prior to the Super Bowl. "We don't got no gay people on the team," he infamously boasted to reporters. "They gotta get up out of here if they do."
Read more: Black Male Celebs and Homophobia: 1 Stereotype, Yet Many Perspectives
Alicia Keys Encourages Women to Be Empowered
Fourteen-time Grammy Award-winning artist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys has teamed up with Greater Than AIDS to launch EMPOWERED, a new campaign to reach women in the U.S. about HIV/AIDS. EMPOWERED affirms the power of women -- as mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, partners and people living with HIV -- to change the course of the disease through everyday actions.
In This Issue
This week we examine the rollout of the Affordable Care Act in Texas, where Gov. Rick Perry has been moving extremely slowly in implementing Obamacare, which is increasingly gaining support throughout the state. But Texas isn't the only state that does not plan to partner with the federal government in setting up Health Exchanges. We run a piece from our friends at Kaiser Health News, who report on what's happening nationwide.