Archive for October, 2012
Durham Sex Workers Talk About Violence Prevention and Condom Use
“I have been out here for a long time… 25 years. I am 46.” These words of a sex worker, known as Michelle, introduces the audience to the short video made by The North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. In this short film, several sex workers are interviewed at a roadside motel in North Carolina to listen [...]
Durham Sex Workers Talk About Violence Prevention and Condom Use
On the night of October 13, 2012, five sex workers at a roadside motel in Durham, NC (part of the regular Saturday night condom-and-supplies-distribution neighborhood visit for NCHRC outreach worker “Manny”) took a short break to talk about violence prevention and condom use. Produced by Hadley Gustafson for NCHRC.Third in the Sex Worker Violence Prevention [...]
Tell Congress that Raising Revenue isn’t Scary; it’s Lifesaving!
Fear not the ghosts, goblins, witches, or vampires this Halloween. It is the specter of sequestration and its looming cuts that are the most frightful. If Congress and the President do not reach an agreement by January 1 to address the nation’s deficit, automatic cuts will slash funding for vital health care, treatment, housing, and [...]
Addressing LGBT Bullying as a Public Heath Issue
A session on Health Equity & Human Rights at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, featured work around the bullying among LGBT youth as a health issue. The numbers are fairly eye-opening: 99% queer identified youth have reported hearing some type of homophobic remark. 61% have engaged in some form of [...]
Be a Health Reform Fact Checker During the Presidential Debate
Tonight at 8 p.m. central time, presidential candidates Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama will again meet face to face, taking questions from audience members in a town hall-style debate. Prepare yourself to cut through the spin by educating yourself and others about the candidates’ true positions on the issues, especially on issues vital [...]
