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Said the note, “PrEP (therapy) is nearly 10 years old; however, it is underutilized, particularly by the communities most impacted by HIV. For example, in 2019, only 8 percent of Black/African Americans and 14 percent of Hispanic/Latino persons eligible for PrEP were prescribed it, compared to 63 percent of white persons. Increasing access to PrEP requires dedicated funding.” The group suggested $400 million be added to the National HIV strategy released in December 2021 for PrEP subsidy.
Income gap RIP, GLAAD founder ARNIE KANTROWITZ, a pioneering activist for the rights of gay men and lesbians and founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, has died at age 81. Before GLAAD, he co-founded the Gay Activist Alliance in NYC after the Stonewall demonstrations in 1969. He was an English professor at the City University of New York, where he created one of the first gay studies courses in the nation. He promoted the work of Walt Whitman and other gay writers. He made many groundbreaking television appearances on local and national radio and T.V. talk shows in the 1970s, speaking for the Alliance and gay and lesbian rights. In the 1980s, he helped his lifetime partner, Dr. Lawrence D. Mass found the Gay Men’s Health Clinic.
PrEP subsidy requested A coalition of 111 public health, HIV, hepatitis, and STD community-based organizations have sent a letter to the White House to support funding to make Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis available to underserved communities.
Recent analysis of Census data by the Brookings Institution found that gay couples have higher median family income than opposite-gender couples. Gay couples out-earn lesbian couples, says the report. This was true even though lesbian couples were more likely than straight couples to have traits that typically lead to higher incomes, including having two income-earners, living in densely populated areas, and attaining higher education. The report found that the average family income for gay married couples is 31 percent higher than for married lesbian couples and 27 percent higher than for opposite-gender couples. Interestingly, for unmarried couples, gay men earn 36 percent more than unmarried lesbian couples and 38 percent more than unmarried straight couples.
Pope’s advice POPE FRANCIS urged parents not to condemn their children if they are LGBT. The Holy Father has consistently reached out to the LGBT community and spoke informally in a regular Wednesday public ceremony. He said he was thinking about, “Parents who see that their children
have different sexual orientations, how they manage that and accompany their children and not hide behind a condemning attitude. Never condemn a child,” he said.
Iran: death penalty Iran has executed two gay men who were convicted on charges of sodomy. They had spent six years on death row. Homosexuality is illegal in Iran. In 2021 two other men were executed on the same charges.
COVID vax rate New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that COVID-19 vaccination rates are higher among gay and lesbian adults than among heterosexual, bisexual, transgender, and non-binary adults. As of October 2021, 85.4 percent of gay and lesbian adults had gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, compared to 76.3 percent of heterosexual and bisexual adults and 75.7 percent of transgender and non-binary adults.
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Her streak ended by missing a “daily-double” question, handing the victory to RHONE TALSMA, a librarian from Chicago. He is also a member of the LGBTQ+ community, identifying as queer.
No LGBT SCOTUS promise White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the White House isn’t pledging to put an LGBT person or an Asian American on the Supreme Court if future vacancies arise. However, the president promised in March 2020 during his presidential campaign to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, which would be a historic first. The press secretary praised the administration on the number of POC and women nominated to the federal bench. She did not mention that only three out LGBT federal judge nominees of the 82 were sent to the Senate by the administration. With Justice Breyer’s retirement, Justice Elana Kagan will become the Court’s “liberal wing” lead batter and assign opinions and dissents.
January 6 participant plea
‘Jeopardy’ winner AMY SCHNEIDER thrilled viewers of the game show “Jeopardy!” with a $1.3 million run to land among the all-time top winners on the game show. Her loss came after winning 40 consecutive games, second only to current host Ken Jennings, who won 74 in 2003. In media interviews, Schneider said that providing positive representation of transgender people was even more valuable to her than the money she had won. “It’s definitely been the most rewarding part of the whole experience,” she said.
A self-proclaimed “gay activist,” founder of the “WalkAway” Campaign, was charged in the January 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors said Brandon Straka “is one of the most prominent” because of his almost 500,000 followers on Twitter. He took a plea and was sentenced to house arrest, probation, and fined $5000. Straka, a New York hairstylist, founded the WalkAway’ Campaign encouraging LBGT to “walk away” from the Democratic party. He spoke at the rally before the storming and took part in the activity inside the building. He pleaded guilty to trespass and inciting resistance to police orders.
