Category: Queer, Trans & Gender Justice
31-31 HIV/AIDS Summit at Creating Change: A Barometer for HIV PJA?
Listed obscurely as a “private meeting” at the 2013 Creating Change Conference, the groundbreaking 31-31 HIV/AIDS Summit convened over 100 people in downtown Atlanta. Packed tightly in the meeting room were Executive Directors, CEO’s, researchers, policymakers, activists and advocates, many from the upper echelons of national leadership in the global fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The [...]
Case Statement Editors Needed!
As you may know, HIV PJA’s structures and methods are informed by the rich history of LGBTQ struggles, AIDS activism and other social change movements in the United States and around the world. We seek to build upon this legacy and win victories for justice through methods of organizing rooted in openness, transparency, and decentralized decision-making. Last [...]
1/15, 2 ET: Launch 2013 with HIV PJA! New Year Webinar to Reflect on 2012, Scheme for 2013
From Countdown 2012 to the Year 2013: The HIV PJA Steering Committee invites you to join us on January 15th as we launch into 2013 with a New Year Webinar at 2 PM EST. During this webinar, we will: Reflect on our successes in 2012, and talk about our 2013 campaigns Share the results of [...]
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 [...]
