HRC Blog

October 15 marks the ninth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD).  This year’s theme, “Latinos Unite! Let's stay Healthy! Get Tested for HIV!”, speaks to the importance of addressing the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic but also other health issues, such as viral hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections that greatly impact our Latino communities.

Gay Men's Health Crisis will host a community discussion this Tuesday to address advocacy efforts aimed at revising the discriminatory blood donation policies for gay men -- a policy set by the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that it would award $55 million to community-based organizations across the country in order to expand HIV prevention services directed at gay, bisexual, and transgender youth of color.

Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, an event founded by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) to remind gay men that the epidemic continues and that they have a critical role to play in ending it.

Longtime advocates for equality, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) made big news on Capitol Hill today as they, along with otherwise anti-gay Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), launched the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus.